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E-MAGAZINEJUNE 2019

ECU new web-basedproject ChessWhere.comThe Global Chess Map

CHESSWHERE PROJECT

ECU WEBSITE HAS A NEW DRESSING

ECU has a new website.

We are delighted to inform you about the launch of the updated

ECU Website www.europechess.org which offers a new

design, more information, and additional technical abilities.

Among them the better visibility in mobile phones and the

creation of sub-websites for our commissions, events and

projects.

Already, ECU Educational Commission

edu.europechess.org and ECU Arbiters Council

arbiters.europechess.org

operate their own sub-websites which are under development.

Moreover, we present you the new ECU web-based project

ChessWhere.com. The project is under development and by

the completion of the first construction phase will include 5000

chess locations in Europe (currently around 500) and will offer

mini websites to all chess entities.

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European Chess Union has its seat in Switzerland,Address: Rainweidstrasse 2, CH-6333, HunenbergSee, Switzerland

European Chess Union is an independentassociation founded in 1985 in Graz, Austria;European Chess Union has 54 National FederationMembers; Every year ECU organizes more than 20prestigious events and championships.

[email protected]

ESCC 2019Final report of EuropeanSchool Chess Championship2019

Visit in SloveniaFIDE Presidential Board,Baku

CHESSWHERE

ECU new website [email protected] - GlobalChess Map

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Invitation for Workshops

Development seminars andworkshops in Trieste, Italy &Thessaloniki, Greece

Travel subsidy

Travel subsidy for Teams'Captains/Trainers

ECU EDU seminars

Development CIS seminars inPristina, Kosovo* andBratislava, Slovakia

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ESCIC 2019

European School ChessIndividual Cup - Regulations

Upcoming events in July

Arbiters corner and

Fun Zone

Newsletter June 2019

European School ChessChampions 2019 announced

After 10 days of harsh struggles at the European SchoolChess Championship 2019, the event was declaredclosed on the Closing ceremony, and the EuropeanSchool Chess Champions were announced.

The Closing Ceremony of the event was attended by thePresident of European Chess Union, Mr. ZurabAzmaiparashvili, and ECU Treasurer, Mr. IonDobronauteanu.

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In Open section for the youngestplayers, Open U7, the Winner becameTatvidze Davit (GEO) who scoredperfect 9 points out of 9 games!

Karimli Yusif (AZE, 1401) took the firstplace in Open U9 section, withconvincing maximum score 9/9.

In Open section U11, top seeder,Samunenkov Ihor (UKR, 1972), tookgold with score of 7.5 points.

Silich Yahor (BLR, 2170) became theWinner of Open U13 section with scoreof 7.5 points.

Ognean Mihnea-Ionut (ROU, 2260)triumphed in Open U15 category scoring8.5 points.

In Open section U17, Schitco Ivan(MDA, 2437) took gold medal with 7.5points.

Uygun Alara (TUR) triumphed in Girlssection U7, with impressive 9 points.

In Girls section U9, Mgeladze Kesaria(GEO, 1336) came on the top of the listwith 7 points.

ESCC 2019

European SchoolChessChampionship2019 took placefrom 30th May-8thJune in Mamaia,Romania.

Official Websiteof the event


Zhapova Yana (RUS, 1864) took victoryin Girls U11 section with score of 8points.

Karaivnova Petya (ECU, 1655) came onthe first place in Girls U13 section,scoring 7.5 points.

Obada Ema (ROU, 1889) became theWinner of Girls U15 section with score of7.5 points, a point and a half ahead ofthe followers.

Girls section U17 was merged with opensection due to the lack of participants.After 9 played rounds, Celik Eylul (TUR,1840), Verbin Valentina (MDA, 1961)and Sahin Hayrun Nisa (TUR, 1771) tiedfor the first place, each with 4.5 points.Tiebreaks decided that gold goes toCelik Eylul, silver to Verbin Valentinaand bronze medal to Sahin Hayrun Nisa.

Besides the main event, the blitzChampionship took place on the 4th ofJune. The European School ChessChampionship 2019 took place from30th May- 9th June in Mamaia,Romania. The event took place inConstanta Exhibition Center and theorganizers provided the livetransmission of the top boards.

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Winners of Open section U15

Winners of Girls U7 section

Winner of Open U17 section

Winners of Girls U13 section

President of European Chess Union, Mr.Zurab Azmaiparashvili, paid a workingvisit to Slovenia.

On the 20th of June, ECU President metwith Slovenian Minister of Education,Science and Sports, Prof Dr. Jernej Pikaland the President of the National ChessFederation of Slovenia, Dr. Brglez Milan.The meeting took place in Ljubljana,Slovenia.

After the meeting, ECU Presidentinspected the playing venue ofEuropean Individual ChessChampionship 2020, which shall takeplace from 17th-30th May 2020 inMaribor, Slovenia.

Mr. Azmaiparashvili also participatedand won the 22nd edition of PircMemorial, which took place on Saturday,the 23rd of June, in Maribor, Slovenia.He scored 9.5 points, full point ahead ofthe runner ups.

The event was played in 11 rounds,Swiss system with a total prize fund of2.200 EUR, with participation of 127players coming from 17 Europeanfederations.

ECU PRESIDENT INSLOVENIA


ECU President Zurab Azmaiparashvili.represented the European Continent. Theagenda of the two-day meeting included theproposal of reducing the membership fees forthe federations, dress code topic, the hostsof the future FIDE events and newmemberships among the other questions.

FIDE PRESIDENTIALBOARD MEETING

The 2nd Quarter FIDEPresidential BoardMeeting took place onJune 28-29 in Baku,Azerbaijan.

Moreinformationabout FIDEPresidental

Board meetingare availableon the FIDE

Website


The agreement of the cooperation betweenFIDE and the Chess Federation ofAzerbaijan is planned to be signed. It willmainly cover children's chess and socialprojects. Arkady Dvorkovich expressed hisgratitude to the organizers of the PresidentialBoard meeting in Azerbaijan.

ECU is pleased to announce thenew web-based projectChesswhere.com. Chesswhere.comis an online platform & Google mapsapplication which presents the mainChess locations in Europe, and laterin all world, (federations, museums,historical places, clubs, pubs &cafes).

Join the Map!

Chess clubs or other entities which are not placed yet in the map may sendthe following information to the ECU Secretariat:[email protected]– Chess Club Name– Chess Club Full location– Chess Club Coordinates – not mandatory ( Find it using Google maps)and send us x and y coordinates of their location).– Chess Club Country– Chess Club City.– Chess Club Logo.– Chess Club Website Link.


@ ChessWhere.com theChess Global Map

The development of the projectstarted in December 2018 and thefirst presentation was made duringthe ECU General Assembly inMarch 2019, in Skopje, NorthMacedonia. The project is still in thedevelopment phase and morelocations, features are scheduled tobe added as also technicalimprovements to be made.

The users have the opportunitythrough the search menu either tofilter the locations by theme on themap or to go to search results andreceive more infomation.

Through Chesswhere.com the userhas the opportunity to find alocation, use a GPS system to visit itand receive important information.

The same time the applicationpresents the European ChessHeritage, connecting chess places inEurope, Chess legends & ChessOlympiad venues. Additionally, allthe chess entities located in the mapwill have the possibility, afterregistering, to create with its owncontrol panel a mini-website givingmore information to the public.


The European Chess Union, withthe cooperation of the ItalianArbiters’ Commission on behalf ofItalian Chess Federation and theFIDE Development Commission,organises a multiple-field trainingevent specially dedicated to femaleparticipants, from 1st-7th Septemberin the city of Trieste, Italy.

The objective of the event is todevelop women’s activity in Chessas per the priorities set by theEuropean Chess Union for theavailable FIDE Development Fundfor Europe.

Hence, the European Chess Unionhosts two Seminars: FA Seminarand IO Seminar to be heldconcurrently with the TriesteInternational Chess Festival thatruns on September 01-08, 2019, inthe City of Trieste, with specialprovisions for 40 places for femaleparticipants funded through theprogram.

For those 40 places, will be coveredfull board accommodation and FIDEexam fee. Both Seminars will beheld in the English language.

The seminars will be hosted inIppodromo di Montebello, Piazza deGasperi 4, Trieste TS – Italy c/o theRestaurant Hall. Official Hotel of theseminars will be Hotel Milano,located in Trieste, Italy. For eachSeminar 30 places are available forparticipants from EuropeanFederations. Among them 20 placesper seminar, 40 in total are fundedby the project: female participantswill be granted full boardaccommodation, free participation,and coverage of Fide Exam fee.

#Development FA and IO Seminars in Trieste

Applications for theseminars shall be senton email:[email protected] witha copy [email protected], before theregistration deadlineFriday, July 19th.

INVITATION

Trieste, Italy

The 40 free places for femaleparticipants will be selectedaccording to the following criteria inorder: Federations Members: one atleast places out of 40 will be grantedto each federation applies. Restparticipants will be selectedaccording to their chess experience& strength. One female applicantmay apply for one or both seminarsbut can be approved for onedepending on the number ofapplications.

The officialinvitation of theevent may be foundon the ECU websiteon the followinglink: http://www.europechess.org/1st-workshop-equal-opportunities/

1st Workshop "Equal opportunities

The 1st Workshop named “Equal opportunities” will takeplace from 19th-22nd September in Thessaloniki, Greece.

he purpose of this workshop is tointroduce and explore importantinformation about chess players withdisabilities. The participants willanalyse the situation in chess andreach basic skills for interacting withand accommodating people withdisabilities acting as Organiser,Trainer and Arbiter.

The Workshop will take place inAMO Galaxias Sports Club inThessaloniki, and is organized byEuropean Chess Union, FIDE DISCommission and Hellenic SportsFederation for Persons withDisabilities.

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The following are the goals of theworkshop: > Increase participants’awareness of disability issues anddisability culture. >Educate ChessArbiters, Trainers & Organisersproviding special certificates ofspecialization. >Inform aboutEuropean programs and activitiesrelated with sports & disability

The detailed program & speakerswill be announced in a later time.Information-Registrations:[email protected]

he subsidy will amount 2500 eurosfor each federation applicationapproved by the ECU and concernsthe total expenses for a trainer/captain (travel, hotel expenses, and1000 euros stipend).

For the support eligible to apply arethe European Federations which areplaced in the FIDE developmentlevels 2 to 5. ECU invites thosefederations, to express their interestto the European Chess Union by aletter till Friday 19th of July 2019,16.00 CET.

In the letter shall be included thename of the Trainer/Captain whoshall be a licenced FIDE Trainer andif the federation will compete in openor women section or both. If thenumber of requests exceeds the ten(10 x 2500 euros), ECU will selectthe applications with the followingcriteria in order:1. Lowest development level from 5to 2 2. The applicant federationcompetes also with a women team.3. The level and experience of theproposed Captain/Trainer

Travel Subsidy for Teams’ Captains/Trainers

By the request of the European Chess Union and approval by theFIDE Development Commission, support of 25,000 euro will bedistributed to 10 European Federations which will take part in theEuropean Team Chess Championship 2019, in Batumi, Georgia (23rdOctober – 3rd November 2019).

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ETCC 2019

European TeamChessChampionship 2019will take place from23rd October-3rdNovember inBatumi, Georgia.


Eligible European Federations toapply:

1 Austria 22 Belgium 23 Bosnia and Herzegovina 24 Estonia 25 Faroe Islands 26 Finland 27 Ireland 28 Lithuania 29 Luxembourg 210 Moldova 211 Monaco 212 Montenegro 213 North Macedonia 214 Portugal 215 Scotland 216 Slovakia 217 Albania 318 Andorra 319 Kosovo 320 Malta 321 Wales 322 Cyprus 423 Guernsey 424 Jersey 425 Liechtenstein 426 San Marino 4

Registrations forthe seminar inBratislava, Slovakiamay be done onlineon the followinglink:

https://chessplus.net/ecu-course-graduates/.

#Development CIS seminars

European Chess Union organized Development SchoolChess Teacher Seminar from 22nd-23rd June in Pristina,Kosovo*, and the second seminar will take place from7th-8th August in Bratislava, Slovakia.

he Seminars are providing acertificate recognizing thatparticipants have met the requiredlevel of chess knowledge andunderstanding of didactical methodsfor teaching chess in schools. Theseminars are supported by the FIDEdevelopment fund.The seminar in Bratislava is openand free for all female participantsas also Small Nations Participants(FIDE Zone 1.10).

The courses deploy chess as avehicle to teach thinking skills suchas problem-solving and logicalanalysis. The methods presentedare suitable for pupils from age 8and older.

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Contect of the courses is asfollowed: Didactic methods:SMART® method, questioningtechniques, playing method, thinkingskills, code of conduct, arrangingclass tournaments, mini-games,social formats, problem-solving,planning terms and lessons.Attendees may be Teachers,teaching assistants, school chesstutors, with basic knowledge ofchess.Courses draw upon decades ofexperience by European chessteaching experts who have trainedthousands of teachers acrossEurope. The pedagogical approachhas been validated by ECUAcademic Advisory Boardcomprising leading internationalprofessors. Trainers of the course inPristina, Kosovo* was John Foley –Secretary of ECU EDU Commissionand Jesper Hall will be the Teacherof the course in Slovakia –Chairman of ECU EDU Commission.

The Kosovo Chess Federation is the newestmember of the European Chess Union. Theyare keen to develop chess which has longbeen part of their culture. When ZurabAzmaiparishvili visited Pristina in May, hesigned an agreement with the FederationPresident Nyret Avdiu to support and promotechess in Kosovo.

The first fruit of this support was to arrangean ECU School Chess Teacher TrainingCourse in conjunction with FIDE whichfunded the course from their DevelopmentFund. The course took place in the capitalPristina on 22/23 June. It was presented byJohn Foley from ChessPlus supported byMajlinda Pilnici from the Albanian ChessFederation.

We were also assisted by two professionalinterpreters: Inan Mahmuti and Hysni Recica.An ECU record large number of 36 peopleattended the course from all over the countryof whom 13 were school teachers and 4 werewomen.

The event took place in the Grand Hotel inthe centre of town during a hot spell ofweather made bearable by the airconditioning and distribution of bottles of coldwater. Burhan Misini, the Federation generalsecretary, organised the event efficiently withthe tables arranged in cabaret style withname place cards.Pairing cards and Berger tables were alsoprepared in Albanian. There was also a largespace in the foyer where the group couldexpand for the practical exercises.

ECU School ChessTeacher Course in Pristina

An ECU record largenumber of 36 peopleattended the coursefrom all over thecountry of whom 13were school teachersand 4 were women.

ECU SchoolChess TeacherSeminar inPristina,Kosovo*


John Foley brought lanyards and namebadges as well as the magnetic name platesused in the chess ladder exercise on themagnetic white board. There was a high spiritduring the course with one participantremarking that Kosovo really needed courseslike this. Most of the participants had nottaught chess in schools but were lookingforward to spreading the game to the nextgeneration. Another participant described theconcept of the course was to make childrenlove chess and then later they can improvetheir strength if they want. It was clear thatthe participants enjoyed experiencing thewide range of minigames, chess variants andsocial chess formats.Two videos were watched with considerableinterest. One was from the ECU: “Chessmakes children smarter!” and the other wasfrom the Albanian Chess Federationdescribing their Chess in Schools project. It ishoped that this will be available in Englishsoon. At the end of the course, theparticipants took a written test, translated intoAlbanian. No concessions were made in themarking.

Fortunately, it was a strong group andeverybody passed albeit closely in somecases. The Federation, in the spirit oftransparency, posted the scores onFacebook. Photographs of people with theirECU Certificates were posted on socialmedia.The course was well received andthere is already a request for more courses inKosovo and Albania in the next year. Specialthanks to Agon Berisha for being the kindhost to the visitor from London.

The event will take place on 12thOctober 2019 in Hungarian NationalGallery, in Budapest, Hungary.

Talented chess players born 1st January2007 or later with a FIDE rating of 1800or higher (on the 1st July FIDE ratinglist) are eligible to participate. Due to thecapacity of a venue, a limited number ofparticipants may enter the competitionand pre-registration is required.

Registration deadline is 15th September2019, and registrations may be doneonline through the official website of thefestival: www.globalchessfestival.com.The applicants will receive confirmationfrom the organizers and the participantswill be listed at the official website on30th September 2019. Entry fee is freeof charge for all participants and theorganization will offer a free 2-night stayfor foreign players with a FIDE rating ofat least 1950.

Young talents registered for the eventwill play the tournament in 9 rounds,Swiss system, with time control: 10minutes for each player plus 2 secondsof an increment per each move, startingfrom the move one.

FUTURE CHAMPIONS OF EUROPEEuropean Chess Union and JuditPolgar Chess Foundation partnerto organise the tournament“Future Champions of Europe” asa part of the annual GlobalChess Festival.

Contact information

For more information about theevent, please contact theorganization:[email protected].

The 5th Global Chess Festivalwill be held with the spirit ofPolgar’s personal motto,“#Chess Connects Us”.


The winner of the event will be invited tovisit the 82nd edition of the world-famous Tata Steel Chess Tournament2020 in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands.This prize includes 2 round-trip ticketsfrom his/her home country (winner andaccompanying person) + a double roomfor 2 nights on the weekend of the 18thand 19th January in Wijk aan Zee. Thisincludes entrance to the playing areaand ’behind the scenes’ access as wellas an opportunity to make the first movefor one of the rounds!The runner up will meet top chessGrandmasters and compete at one ofthe biggest European chess opens in2020.The third prize winner will receivea wooden chess set and board signedby the Legend GM Judit Polgar herself.

he European Chess Union (ECU),International School Chess Union(ISCU) and Montenegro ChessFederation (MCF), have the honour ofinviting all National Chess Federationsof the European Chess Union andeligible players in the EUROPEANSCHOOL CHESS INDIVIDUAL CUP2019 on combined system (classic,rapid, blitz) organised in Ulcinj,Montenegro from 11 October (arrivals) to20 October 2019 (departures).

The event will be played in 5 agecategories: U7, U9, U11, U13 and U15,open and girls separately. Each NationalFederation or School Association orschools may enter an unlimited numberof players in each of the 10 age groups.In case that one girl group is less than10 participants then it will be mergedwith the same open age group category.Entry forms must be sent from theNational Federations or the players andreturned to the Organizing Committeenot later than 10 September 2019. If theregistration form is not forwarded by theFederation a copy must be sent to theNational Federation.

Official venue and hotel of theChampionship will be: KARISMAHOTELS ADRIATIC MONTENEGRO 4*.

European School ChessIndividual Cup 2019

European School Chess individual Cup 2019 based oncombined system (classic, rapid, blitz) will take place inUlcinj, Montenegro from 11th-20th October 2019.

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CONTACT

Official website ofthe event

The official website is:http://www.sahcg.me/schoolcup2019

Technical accommodationdirector: Andrija Čabarkapa 00382 69 303 301Tournament Manager: IO JovanMilović 00 382 67 600 471


The tournament will be held according tothe Combined System: ■ Six days forClassic tournament (nine rounds) (90minutes for all game with an incrementof 30 seconds per move starting frommove 1); ■ One day for Rapidtournament (15 min. for game with 10sec. for each move); ■ One day for Blitztournament in each age group (3 min. +2 sec. for each move).

After 9 rounds in tournament withClassic time-control in each age groupplayers will be divided on group A andgroup B.■ Group A will be consist from playerswho have place from 1 to 8 in thestanding after 5 rounds.■ Group B will be consist from otherplayers. Eight players from groups A willcontinue to play in rapid in OlympicSystem (3 double rounds withArmageddon in each round if needed)and blitz in Robin System (7 doublerounds). Players from groups B willcontinue to play in rapid (7 rounds) andblitz (14 rounds) in Swiss System.

Competitions are provided as testtournament during 2018-2020 years andin case of success will be included inECU Regulations.

Goryachkina Alexandra winsFIDE Women's

Candidates Tournement

Twenty years old Russian Grandmaster, GoryachkinaAlexandra (RUS, 2522), convincingly won the FIDEWomen’s Candidates tournament 2019 and qualified forthe FIDE World Chess Champion match, where she willmeet reigning World Champion, Ju Wenjun (CHN, 2592).


Goryachkina scored impressive 9.5points out of 14 played games and wonthe event with 2 rounds to spare. Eventhough she lost in the last round againstMariya Muzychuk (UKR, 2563),Alexandra Goryachkina triumphed with apoint and half ahead of the first runner-up.

Anna Muzychuk (UKR, 2539) securedsilver medal with draw in the last roundand took the second place with 8 points.

Lagno Kateryna (RUS, 2554) and TanZhongyi (CHN, 2531) tied for bronze,each with score of 7 points. According tothe tiebreaks, Lagno Kateryna tookbronze.

The Candidates Tournament took placein Kazan, Russia, from 29th May- 19thJune, 2019. Eight strongest femalegrandmasters played in the competitionwith a prize fund of 200.000 Euros: Theparticipants are Mariya Muzychuk (UKR,2563), Kateryna Lagno (RUS, 2554),Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS, 2546), AnnaMuzychuk (UKR, 2539), AleksandraGoryachkina (RUS, 2522), Tan Zhongyi(CHN, 2513), Nana Dzagnidze (GEO,2510), and Valentina Gunina (RUS,2506).

@Photos from the Official Website ofthe event

Second place went to Anna Muzychuk Third place went to Kateryna Lagno

Interview with aWinner- GoryachkinaAlexandra


ZAGREB GRAND CHESS TOUR

The second stop of the 2019 Grand Chess Tourand one of the first two classical events takesplace from 26th June-8th July in Zagreb,Croatia.


The Mimara Museum in Zagrebhosted the opening ceremony, whilethe tournament games will be playedat the historical Novinarski Dombuilding, permanent head office ofthe Croatian Journalists Association.The Opening ceremony of the eventwas attended by Prime Minister ofCroatia, Mr. Plenkovic Andrej,Science and Education Minister,Blazenka Divjak, Culture Minister,Nina Obuljen Korzinek, TourismMinister, Gari Cappelli, ECUPresident, Mr. ZurabAzmaiparashvili, the chess legendGarry Kasparov and the FIDE VicePresident Mr. MichaelKhodarkovsky.

On this occassion, Croatian PrimeMinister, Andrej Plenkovic, said: “Inthe days ahead Zagreb will be theworld capital of chess. I hope thistournament has a positive effect onyoung people and I thank GarryKasparov for helping ensure that it isheld in Zagreb.”, and played anopening ceremonial game againstWorld Chess Champion, MagnusCarlsen.

Grand Chess Tour2019

Official website of the event:

https://grandchesstour.org/2019-grand-chess-tour/2019-croatia-grand-chess-tour

World Chess Champion,Magnus Carlsen, and thePrime Minister of Croatia,Andrej Plenkovic, playingthe game on the Openingceremony of the event.

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The participants of the CroatiaGrand Chess Tour are: World ChessChampion, Magnus Carlsen (NOR),Viswanathan Anand (IND), LevonAronian (ARM), Fabiano Caruana(USA), Ding Liren (CHN), Anish Giri(NED), Karjakin Sergey (RUS),Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE),Hikaru Nakamura (USA), IanNepomniachtchi (RUS)- the winnerof the first leg of the 2019 GCT,Wesley So (USA) and MaximeVachier-Lagrave (FRA).

The event will be played as a 11rounds Robin round tournament,with classical time control, with atotal prize fund of 325.000$. The firstgame starts today at 16:30 (localtime) and LIVE broadcast isavailable through the official websiteof the event.

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The event will be played in 5 agecategories: U6, U8, U10, U12and U14, and will be played in 9rounds, Swiss system, with timecontrol: 1 hour and 30 minutesfor the game with an addition of30 seconds per move startingfrom move one.

The event feautures 210 prizesand a total prize fund of the eventis 20.000$.

The 1st Vinnytsia InternationalGolden Youth Cup is organizedby Regional Chess Federation ofVinnytsia with the help of thehost city, and supperted by ECUand FIDE.

More than 600 children willparticipate the event, amongwhom are 39 players in thesection for the youngest-U6, 138players in U8 section, 170players in U10 section, 165players in U12 category and 104players in category U14.

Golden Youth Cup will be playedat shopping center"MEGAMOLL", located in the cityof Vinnytsia.

The 1st VinnytsiaInternational Golden YouthCup takes place from3rd-7th July in Vinnytsia,Ukraine.

1st VinnytsiaInternationalGolden Youth

Cup

Newsletter June 2019

GOLDEN YOUTH CUP 2019

The 1st Vinnytsia InternationalGolden Youth Cup will be played in5 age categories with a total prizefund of 20.000$!

The event takes place from 3rd-7thJuly at shopping center "Megamoll"located in the city of Vinnytsia.

About the event

Upcoming

European Youth Team ChessChampionship 2019 will takeplace from 10th-18th July inPardubice, Czech Republic.

The event will be played in twoage categories U12 and U18 in7 rounds, Swiss system.

European Youth TeamChess Championship

Riga will become the worldchess capital in July 2019. Thesecond Grand Prix leg will behosted at Latvian NationalLibrary from July 11 till 25.Grand Prix in Riga will continueChampionship Cycle. 16 bestchess players from differentcountries will come to Riga tocompete for CandidatesTournament participation.

FIDE GRAND PRIXSERIES, Riga, Latvia

EUSA UniversitiesChampionships include this year,22 sports competitions takingplace across 15 European citiesfrom June 23rd to September7th. , among which is theEuropean Universities ChessChampionship 2019, under theECU auspices, will take placefrom 24th-28th July in Budapest,Hungary, during the EuropeanUniversities MindsportsChampionship.

European UniversitiesChess Championship

The Golden Youth Cup 2019will take place from 3rd-7thJuly in Vinnytsia, Ukraine.

The event will be played in 5age categories: U6, U8, U10,U12 and U14, with a totalprize fund of 20.000$!

The event is supported byEuropan Chess Union.

Golden Youth Cup


UPCOMING EVENTS IN JULY 2019

ARBITERS CORNER

Figure 1:Dead position afterthe move c5

Dead position

Everybody knows that the game immediately ends with checkmate orstalemate, provided that the move producing it was legal (see 5.1.1, 5.2.1).The so called dead position doesn’t get nearly as much attention, but itshould be quite familiar to all arbiters, because its identification can change aresult of a game.

rticle 5.2.2 states The game is drawnwhen a position has arisen in whichneither player can checkmate theopponent’s king with any series of legalmoves. The game is said to end in a‘dead position’.It makes sense for this to alsoimmediately end the game, since theultimate goal of the game is no longer inreach for either player - the game isover.

The first position that comes to mind istwo bare kings. Or that of king andknight vs. king, or king and bishop vs.king, etc. The game must end there; thatis very clear to everybody. There is aslightly more complicated position seenin figure 1 (below). White is about to playc5, which leads to a dead position.

Figure 2: Deadpositiona after

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Even though there are many pieces onthe board, it is not possible to win – tocheckmate the opponent’s king -because both kings are trapped on theirrespective sides and the pawns cannotmove, so the game ends immediatelyafter White makes the move c5. In suchcases, the players usually don’t protestand simply agree to a draw.A problem may occur in cases such asthe one in figure 2 (below). In thisposition, White went 48. Nc2+ whichends the game. It is no longer possiblefor either player to win, because the onlyseries of legal moves is 48. … Qxc2+49. Kxc2 stalemate. So if, for example,White’s flag falls after the move Nc2+, itis a draw, because the game hasalready effectively ended. And if thearbiter observes such position it is hisduty to declare a draw.

FUN ZONE

For this edition of theECU monthly magazine,we prepared 4 mate in 3positions! White is onthe move!

Solutions from May

> Puzzle #1:1. Qf6+ Kxc5 2. Qe7+ Kb6[2...Kd4 3.Qb4#] 3. Qc7#>Puzzle #2:1. Nb6 c5 [1...Bxf6 2.Qxd7+Bxd7 3.Nxc4#; 1...Nd3 2.Rxe6dxe6 3.Nxc4#] 2. bxc5 Kc63.Qa8#>Puzzle #3:1.Nf5 Qxg6 [1...Bxc7 2.Rd4Nxd4 3.Ne3#] 2.Re5 Kc4 3.Rc5>Puzzle #4:1.Na4 Nf5 [1...e4 2.Qg7 Nc63.Nc3#] 2.Bb6 Nxg3 3. Nc3#


The 1st World

Chess

Champion

Wilhelm

Steinitz

said about

chess:

>Chess is intellectual gymnastics.

>Only the player with the initiative

has the right to attack.

>Chess is so inspiring that I do

not believe a good player is

capable of having an evil thought

during the game.

>A sacrifice is best refuted by

accepting it.

>When you have an advantage,

you are obliged to attack;

otherwise you are endangered to

lose the advantage.

>Chess is not for timid souls.

>A win by an unsound

combination, however showy, fills

me with artistic horror.

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