European Chess Union congratulates its President Zurab Azmaiparashvili on his 59th birthday anniversary!

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1 ECU PRESIDENT ANNIVERSARY BIRTHDAY European Chess Union congratulates its President Zurab Azmaiparashvili on his 59th birthday anniversary! We congratulate him for all accomplishments he has already done and we wish him many future successes!

2 ECU E-MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 2019 The first edition of ECU E-Magazine, the continuation of ECU monthly Newsletter, is out! ECU Digital Magazine includes information about ECU championships and activities, as also articles for European events and meetings. In this edition of the ECU E-Magazine you may read about: Review of ECU visit to Lisbon, Portugal Preview of European Individual Chess Championship 2019 Regulations of European Corporate Chess Championship 2019 Regulations of European Youth Team Chess Championship 2019 Brief report of charity simul exhibition by ECU Vice-President, Mrs. Dana Reizniece-Ozola Preview of Summer Chess Camp in Maribor, Slovenia 2019 ECU Arbiters corner Chess and Education corner Preview of 9th Riga Technical University Open 2019 Preview of Irish International Chess Open 2019 Upcoming events in March 2019 Fun Zone The ECU Magazine can be also downloaded below or here. ECU-Magazine_February-2019 ECU IN LISBON, PORTUGAL The President of the European Chess Union, Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili, and the Vice President Mrs. Dana Reizniece Ozola, paid an official visit in Lisbon invited by the Portuguese Chess Federation during the annual International Portugal

3 Chess Open. The visit and the meetings are part of the program which have been announced by the ECU Board Europe Support Chess. Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili and Mrs. Dana Reizniece Ozola, accompanied by the President of Portuguese Chess Federation, Mr. Dominic Cross, and the Director of the Portuguese Chess Federation, Mr. Antonio Bravo, had a working meeting at the Ministry of Education of Portugal on 8th of February, where they discussed about promotion of chess in schools with the Portuguese national coordinator of School Sports programs, Mr. Rui de Carvalho and his cabinet. The outcome of the meeting, open the door for an important development for chess in an international level. The discussions are in progress.

4 After the Ministry of Education, the President and Vice-President of ECU have visited the new premises of Portuguese Chess Federation (PCF), which have been recently opened in Lisbon on the occasion of the 92nd anniversary of PCF.

5 Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili and Mrs. Dana Reizniece Ozola then visited the Portugal Open 2019 following the games of the 8th round. The Vice President of ECU, Mrs. Dana Reiznece Ozola marked the start of the 8th round by making the first move on the first board. The next day and by the end of the competition, the ECU officials attended the Closing Ceremony of the event and awarded the prizes to the winners.

6 After 9 played rounds of the Open Portugal 2019, Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo (VEN, 2640) triumphed with 7.5 points to be the sole Winner of the event. Eight players tied for the second place, each with 7 points, but according to the tiebreaks, top seeded Motylev Alexander (RUS, 2644) took the second place, while Petrov Nikita (RUS, 2585) came third. Final rankings

7 The Portugal Chess Open 2019 took place from 2nd-9th February 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal, with participation of more than 250 players coming from 39 federations. Official Website of the event

8 ECU NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2019 The first 2019 edition of the ECU Newsletter is out! In January 2019 ECU Newsletter you may read about: Final report of Tata Steel Chess 2019 Final report of Gibraltar Chess Festival 2019 Official regulations of European Individual Chess Championship 2019 Official regulations of European Women s Individual Chess Championship 2019 Invitation for 1st Schengen Youth Championship Chess for Piece, event of the Smart Kids Calendar Memorandum of co-operation signed between ECU and AESAN Chess Confederation

9 Vladimir Kramnik s announcement of retirement as a professional chess player Upcoming events in February 2019 Fun Zone The January 2019 edition of the ECU Newsletter can be downloaded below or here. ECU NEWSLETTER January 2019 ECU EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY- SKOPJE, FYR OF MACEDONIA The ECU Extraordinary Assembly will take place on 23rd of March 2019 in Conference Centre of Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, in Skopje, FYR of Macedonia. The agenda of the ECU Extraordinary Assembly is limited and defined from the ECU General Assembly 2018 in Batumi, Georgia and the ECU Board. 1. Budget Amendments in Tournament Rules

10 a. Team Swiss Pairing Systems b. Dress Code c. Any other urgent item 3. Decisions for Bids submitted by the April 30th, The detailed agenda of the Extraordinary Assembly with the annexes will be circulated the coming days. Proposed Hotels are 5* Hotel Double Tree by Hilton and 4* Hotel Russia&Spa. Transfers from and to the airport of Skopia can be arranged for the delegates by the local organisers according their request and a transportation fee. The venue is 20km from the airport and taxis in low fees are also available. For hotels bookings and transportation please contact the Organising Committee of the European Individual Chess Championship 2019: eicc2019mk@gmail.com with a copy to ecu.secretary.general@gmail.com For any matter concerning your representation to the General Assembly please contact the ECU Secretariat: ecu.secretary.general@gmail.com. Invitation for the ECU Extraordinary Assembly can be downloaded below or here. ECU Extraordinary Assembly- Invitation ECU signs Memorandum with the ASEAN Chess Confederation European Chess Union signed a Memorandum of co-operation with the ASEAN Chess Confederation representing 10 federations members in the south- east Asia.

11 The scope of the cooperation between the Parties includes: Sharing of knowledge and experience in developing chess academies and chess in education Technical cooperation including best practices in the organisation of chess events The organisation of a periodic chess match between Europe and the ASEAN member nations. More information about European Chess Union: More information about ASEAN Chess Confederation : ECU NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2018 ECU Newsletter December 2018 is out!

12 In this edition of the ECU Newsletter you may read about: Final report of European Individual Rapid&Blitz Chess Championship 2018 Final report of London Chess Conference 2018 Main information and decisions of the ECU Board Meeting held in Skopje Final report of London Chess Classic 2018 Fun Zone ECU Newsletter December 2018 can be downloaded below or here. ECU NEWSLETTER December 2018

13 ECU COMMISSIONS AND NOMINATIONS TO FIDE COMMISSIONS The ΕCU Board welcomed the expression of interest by a large number of applicants and appointed the members for the ECU Commissions and the European representatives for the FIDE Commissions. The criteria that were used for the selections were: (a) The applications received through the open call of interest and the qualifications of the applicants (b) The proposals by the ECU Commissions Chairmen (c) The wide representation (d) The implementation of the ECU Board policies in key areas. ECU notes that a number of remarkable applicants had already applied and to FIDE and have been selected by FIDE for certain tasks, so they couldn t be selected and by ECU as the rule agreed with FIDE is that each individual could participate only to one FIDE Commission. The commissions compositions are as follows: ECU Educational Commission Jesper Hall SWE Chairman John Foley ENG Secretary Phillippe Vukojevic BEL Maria Tamkovic BLR Johanna Basti FRA

14 Walter Radler GER Christos Pilalis GRE Ferenc Mauer HUN Alessandro Domicini ITA Vibele Ekeland Gronn NOR Alexander Kostyev RUS Christine Zoppas SUI Veli Ozan Cekir TUR ECU Arbiters Council Tomasz Delega POL Chairman Geert Bailleul BEL Secretary Prokopova Irina CZE Marco Biagioli ITA Burhanudin Misini KOS ECU Events Commission Blagoja Bogoevski MKD Chairman Paris Klerides CYP Secretary Gunter Delhaes BEL John Higgs ENG Vladimir Danilov ROU Georg Mohr SLO Jean Michel Rapaire MNC Chairman Almira Scripchenko FRA Secretary Malinda Pilinci ALB Angelina Kontini GRE ECU Women s Commission

15 Alice O Gorman IRL Nilufer Cinar TUR Commissions confirmed open for nominations by FIDE Nominations to FIDE Commissions* George Mastrokoukos GRE FIDE EVENTS Jouni Lehtivaara FIN FIDE RULES Dominique Dervieux FRA FIDE FOR DISABLED (DIS) Arthur Schuering NED FIDE MEDICAL Alexios Sorras LUX FIDE SOCIAL Yuriy Gnyp UKR FIDE QUALIFICATION Kristjan Orn Eliasson ISL FIDE FAIR PLAY Alex Macfarlane SCO FIDE ARBITERS Almog Burstein ISR FIDE TECHNICAL Grivas Efstratios GRE FIDE TRAINERS Mario Held ITA FIDE SWISS PAIRINGS Christelle JagerHafstad ENG FIDE WOMEN S Ion Dobronauteanu ROU FIDE EDUCATION Korab Krasniqi KOS FIDE ONLINE Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou GRE FIDE DEVELOPMENT & PLAN *ECU notes that the nominations to FIDE Commissions, as every term, are nominations for the FIDE Commissions operations and the nominees are not necessarily expressing the ECU policies and decisions, except if this is confirmed and discussed by the ECU in advance. We wish a good luck to all members and hoping on the best achievements. Sincerely,

16 Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou ECU Secretary General CIRCULAR LETTER No COMMUNIQUE OF THE ECU BOARD Circular Letter No. 4/ Communique of the ECU Board The European Chess Union Board meeting took place on 7 th of December in Skopje, FYR of Macedonia. The meeting was held under excellent conditions in the hotel Aleksandar Palace during the European Individual Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship The President of the National Chess Federation, Mr. Blagoja Bogoevski, opened the meeting and welcomed the ECU Board in Skopje.

17 The main areas under discussion and decisions made were the following: Appointments Arkadij Naiditsch (AZE) is appointed as the ECU Commercial Director Erald Dervishi (ALB) appointed as ECU CEO and Ms. Tea Kipshidze (GEO) as ECU Marketing Director at the Board meeting in Batumi on 4 th of October The Chairmen of ECU Commissions appointed by the ECU President at the Board meeting in Batumi Educational Commission: Mr. Jesper Hall (SWE) Arbiters Council: Mr. Tomek Delega (POL) Events Commission: Mr. Blagoja Bogoevski (MKD) Women s Commission: Mr. Jean Michel Rapaire (MNC) The ΕCU Board welcomed the expressions of interest by a large number of applicants and appointed the members for the ECU Commissions and the European representatives for the FIDE Commissions. The commissions compositions will be announced in a separate press release.

18 Program of Support in National and European Level It was agreed that ECU in co-operation with the National federations-members will launch a program of communication in the ministerial level with the scope to boost the National chess programs supporting where is possible the members budgets through the National structures. Main point is to activate all members in chess projects assisting to financially strong, independent and transparent chess institutions. A working group was created under the supervision of the ECU Vice President Mrs. Dana Reizniece Ozola to establish contacts with the European Union institutions and submit proposals to the EU annual funding programs. ECU Board noted that EU is already one the biggest supporters of Chess in Schools projects approving a number of proposals as the Castle project and the Chess & Mathematics which results already have been adopted by the ECU Educational Commission. The preliminary work and the key actions for the main project to be submitted has already completed by the ECU Educational Committee. Standardization & Information Technology

19 The ECU Board emphasized the significance of standardization in various areas. Proposals discussed, planned and approved on the following directions: The dress code for the ECU Arbiters. Scheduled to be implemented by the European Teams Chess Championships 2019 in Batumi, Georgia. The development of special software for the selection and evaluation of the Chess Arbiters for the European Championships. The development of special statistical database for the broadcasting of the European Championships. The standardization of the TV and online productions for the ECU major Competitions. For that purpose, ECU Board decided to make an open nonbinding tender to receive proposals and offers. Innovative IT projects approved and will be announced on due time. European Championships The European Senior Team Chess Championship 2020 is awarded as a sole bid to Wroclaw, Poland. The European Youth Team Chess Championship 2020 is awarded as a sole

20 bid to Halkidiki, Greece. The option of the 2nd European Corporate Chess Championship is awarded to Minsk, Belarus to be organized from 1st to 4th March The winner of the event may qualify (with free entry) for the European Business Gala a new event under consideration. The European Small Nation Teams Championship 2019 will be organized in San Marino from 23rd to 31st March Due to many requests from players the European Club Cup 2019 scheduled to start in Montenegro on 6th November 2019, was moved for few days, in order to be enough time for convenient travel from the European Team Championship 2019 scheduled n Batumi, Georgia from 23 October to 3 November New dates for ECCC2019 are November 2019 (Saturday to Sunday). ECU Board decided to qualify for the World Chess Cup 2019 both players, rd who tied, with all tiebreak criteria the same, on the 23 position of European Individual Chess Championship 2018, GM Anton Guijarro David (ESP) and GM Mircea Emilian Paligras (ROU). ECU extraordinary General Assembly With reference to the decision of the ECU General Assembly 2018 in Batumi, Georgia and the postponement of bids decisions the ECU Board confirmed the ECU extraordinary General Assembly to be held in Skopje, FYR of Macedonia, during the European Individual Championship 2019, on Saturday 23rd of March with the following three (3) items: Decisions on the bids for the events which already have been submitted in April 2018 Reallocation of the ECU budget 2019 Amendments on the ECU Tournament rules The detailed invitation and the agenda of the meeting will be sent on due time. Sincerely,

21 Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou ECU Secretary General ECU NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2018 ECU Newsletter November 2018 is out! In this edition of the ECU Newsletter you may read about: Final report of FIDE World Chess Championship match 2018

22 Final report of FIDE Women s World Chess Championship 2018 Final report of 2nd ECU School Team Internet Chess Championship 2018 Report of Opening Ceremony of World Youth Chess Olympiad 2018 attended by ECU President Review of FIDE World Youth U14, U16 and U18 with 13 European medalists Final report of Grand Prix de Monaco AEPA chess tournament Final report of historical Tournament of Piece held in Zagreb European School Chess Championship Official regulations European Amateur Chess Championship Official regulations European Senior Chess Championship Official regulations London Chess Conference 2018 Upcoming events FUN Zone The November 2018 edition of the ECU Newsletter can be downloaded below or here. ECU NEWSLETTER November 2018