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E-MAGAZINE
MAY 2022
01
CIS Conference in Zurich
The Chess in School conference
“Chess a Game to be Spread in
Schools” was successfully held on
14th May in Zurich.
Grand Chess Tour 2022
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won
Superbet Chess Classic Romania
2022 and Jan-Krzysztof Duda is the
Winner of Superbet Rapid&Blitz
Poland; Grand Chess Tour 2022
FIDE Candidates
Tournament 2022
In brief..
The Chess in School conference “Chess a Game to be Spread in Schools”
took place on 14th May 2022 in Zurich.
European Corporate Chess Championship 2022, will take place from
17th-20th June 2022 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
The European Senior Chess Championship will be held in Lublin, Poland
from 4th July 2022 to 14th July 2022.
European Youth Team Chess Championship will take place from 11 July
to 19 July in Thessaloniki, Greece which will host also the European Youth
Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship from 19 July to 23 July 2022.
The 4th ESNA European Small Nations Individual Chess Championship
European Chess Union has its seat in Switzerland,
will be held from 24th September – 2nd October 2022 in the Principality of
Address: Rainweidstrasse 2, CH-6333, Hunenberg Liechtenstein with the support of European Chess Union.
See, Switzerland .
European Chess Union is an independent
association founded in 1985 in Graz, Austria; The 37th European Chess Club Cup and the 26th European Women’s
European Chess Union has 54 National Federation
Members;
Chess Club Cup will take place from 2nd – 10th October in Mayrhofen,
Every year ECU organizes more than 20 prestigious Austria.
events and championships;
www.europechess.org The ECU General Assembly and elections 2022 will be held n
ecu.secretary.general@gmail.com
Thessaloniki, Greece on Saturday July 23.
contents
03 Candidates Tournament
FIDE Candidates Tournament
2022 takes place from June
10 ECU General Assembly
The ECU General Assembly
2022 will be held on 23rd July
14 Queens' Chess Festival
The Queen's Online Chess
Festival started on June 5th.
16 - Jul 7 in Madrid, Spain in Thessaloniki, Greece
06 GCT 2022
Grand Chess Tour events in
Romania and Poland - final
11 CIS Conference Zurich
"Chess: A Game to be Spread
in Schools" conference
15 Upcoming events
Detailed preview of ECU
upcoming events and
reports successfully concluded Invitations
08 12 22
Norway Chess 2022 ECU EDU activities Arbiters Corner
The 10th Norway Chess 2022 Chairman of the ECU EDU Fun Zone
takes place from 30 May - 10 Commission Jesper Hall paid
June in Stavanger a working visit to Slovenia
Newsletter May 2022
UPCOMING
FIDE CANDIDATES
TOURNAMENT 2022
The FIDE Candidates Chess 2022 will take place in
Madrid, June 16 – July 7.
The event will be played in 14 rounds, with participation of
eight players. The winner of the event will qualify for the
World Championship match later this year.
Newsletter May 2022 3
Venue of the Candidates Tournament -
Palacio de Santona, Madrid, Spain
Eight prominent grandmasters take part in
the 2022 Candidates Tournament
Candidates Chess 2022
participants:
>Jan-Krzystof Duda (POL) – World
Cup winner
>Ding Liren (CHN) – highest rating
+ 30 games , substitute of Sergey
Karjakin
>Fabiano Caruana (USA) – Grand
Swiss runner-up
>Teimour Radjabov (AZE) – Wild
Card
>Alireza Firouzja (FRA) – Grand
Swiss winner
>Hikaru Nakamura (USA) – Grand
Prix winner
>Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) –
2021 World Champion Match
runner-up
>Richard Rapport (HUN, transfer
to ROU in the process)– Grand
Prix runner-up
The magnificent Palacio de
Santoña, a centrally located historic
building in Madrid, will host one of
the most anticipated chess
tournaments of 2022. Built in 1730,
this mansion boasts of distinguished
carved granite baroque façade and
is home to one of the most refined
eclectic interiors in the Spanish
capital. It is currently one of the
headquarters of the Madrid
Chamber of Commerce.
Newsletter May 2022 4
Candidates
Tournament
2022 -
System of Play
14 rounds (double round-robin If two players are tied after stage 1
system) will be played with time of the playoffs, they will play a match
control: 120 minutes for the first 40 of two blitz games (3 min + 2 sec).
moves, followed by 60 minutes for In case of a three-way tie (or more)
the next 20 moves and then 15 a round-robin blitz tournament will
minutes for the rest of the game with be played (3 min + 2 sec).
an increment of 30 seconds per
move starting from move 61. Finally, in case of another tie,
The total prize fund of the event is depending on number of players,
500.000 EUR. either knockout match or knockout
tournament will be played. Each
If two or more players tie for the top match consists of a single blitz game
after 14 played rounds, the Winner (3 min +2 sec). The colours will be
will be determined in the Playoffs determined by drawing of lots. In "The winner of
according to updated Tiebreak rules case of a draw, another game will be the FIDE
of the event. If there are two players played with the colours reversed. If Candidates
tied for the first place they will play a there is another draw, the opponents Tournament will
match of two rapid games (15 min + will play until the decisive outcome.
10 sec). In case of a 3-6-way tie, a
qualify for the
round-robin rapid tournament will be Official regulations and detailed World
played (15 min + 10 sec). information about the event can be Championship
found on the Official Website. Match"
Newsletter May 2022 5
Grand Chess Tour events in Romania and Poland
The series of Grand Chess Tour
2022 kicked off with the Superbet
Chess Classic Romania, which
took place from 4th-15th May in
Bucharest, Romania.
10 players participated in the event
which was played in 9 rounds, round
robin system: Alireza Firouzja, Ian
Nepomniachtchi, Levon Aronian,
Richard Rapport, Fabiano Caruana,
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley
So, Leinier Dominguez, Shakhriyar
Mamedyarov and Bogdan-Daniel
Deac.
After 9 played rounds played in a
classical time control, Maxime Photos from GrandChessTour
Facebook page
Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So and
Levon Aronian tied for the first place
scoring 5.5 points, each. The trio The three players who score the
proceeded to the playoffs which most GCT Tour Points over the
were played as a 3-player round course of the 2022 season will
robin tournament. Maxime Vachier- become the 2022 GCT winners and
Lagrave won both games against will receive the bonus payment of
Wesley So and Levon Aronian to 175.000$ in total.
clinch the first place of Superbet
Chess Classic Romania, winning the
money prize of $77,000.
All the information, results, games
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley overview and daily recaps can be
So and Levon Aronian earned 10 found on the Official website of the
GCT points, each, heading the Grand Chess Tour 2022.
overall Grand Chess Tour table after
the first event of the 2022 tour.
Grand Chess Tour 2022
Superbet Chess
Classic Romania 2022
The Superbet Chess Classic
Romania, the first event of the
2022 Grand Chess Tour series,
was played from 4th-15th May
in Bucharest, Romania. The
total prize fund of the event was
350.000$. The three players
who score the most GCT Tour
Final standings Points over the course of the
Grand Chess 2022 season will become the
Tour Romania 2022 GCT winners and will
2022 receive the bonus payment of
175.000$ in total.
Newsletter May 2022 6
The series of the
Grand Chess Tour
2022 events
continued from 17th
-23th May with the
Superbet Rapid&Blitz
in Warsaw, Poland.
Ten players competed in the second The Blitz event was played over two
Grand Chess Tour event for the total days after the Rapid stage, and
prize fund of 175.000$, playing 9 Fabiano Caruana was the winner
Rapid games (round robin system) with 14 points. Levon Aronian was
and 18 Blitz games (double round second on the Blitz ranking list with
robin system). The time control of 13.5 points and Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Rapid games was 25 minutes + 10 was again third with 12 points.
seconds increment, and for the Blitz
games: 5 minutes + 2 seconds The overall ranking list of the
increment. Superbet Rapid&Blitz Warsaw was
finalized after accumulating number
Fabiano Caruana, Richard Rapport, of points scored in Blitz and Rapid
Wesley So, Levon Aronian, stages of the event.
Viswanathan Anand, Jan-Krzysztof Jan-Krzysztof Duda emerged as the
Duda, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Anton winner of the tournament having the
Korobov, Kirill Shevchenko and overall score of 24 points.
David Gavrilescu completed the field Levon Aronian and Viswanathan
Superbet Rapid &
of the Superbet Rapid&Blitz Warsaw Anand shared the second place Blitz Poland 2022
2022. each with the score of 23.5 points. The Superbet Rapid & Blitz
Poland 2022 was the second
Former World Chess Champion event in the series of five Grand
Chess Tour 2022 events.
Viswanathan Anand dominated in The event took place from
the Rapid stage of the tournament, Detailed information about the 17th-23rd May in Warsaw, with
winning it with the score of 14 event, daily recaps, regulations, and participation of 10 world class
points. Richard Rapport was second photo reports can be found on the players who competed for the
in the Rapid with 13 points, while Official website of the Grand Chess total prize fund of 175.000$ and
Jan-Krzysztof Duda came third with Tour 2022. the Grand Chess Tour points
which will determine the winner
12 points. of the tour.
Newsletter May 2022 7
Norway Chess 2022
The 10th edition of the Norway
Chess takes place from 30 May –
10 June in Stavanger with
participation of 10 world class
players.
The field is headlined by reigning World
Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen and
includes: Wesley So, Shakhriyar
Mammedyarov, Anish Giri, Teimour
Radjabov, Viswanathan Anand, Maxime
Vachier-Lagrave, Veselin Topalov, Wang
Hao and Aryan Tari who replaced
Richard Rapport after his withdrawal.
The pairings of the main event were
announced after the Blitz tournament,
which was played on Monday in 9
rounds, round robin. Wesley So won the Photos by Lennart Oootes;
Blitz tournament with 6.5/9 points and Norway Chess 2022 (Facebook page)
chose the starting number one for the
main classical event.
The time control of the classical After 7 played rounds, Magnus Carlsen
tournament is: 120 minutes on the clock is the sole leader of the event with 13.5
with an increment of 10 seconds after points. He is followed by Viswanathan
move 4. If the classical game ends in a Anan who scores 13 points, while
draw, then the players play an Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Shakhriyar
Armageddon meaning that each round Mamedyarov tie for the third place with
has five winners. 11.5 points, each.
Players get the following points per
round: Victory main game: 3 points
Loss main game: 0 points Detailed information, results, standings
Draw main game & victory Armageddon: and links to the live broadcast of the
1.5 points games can be found on the Official
Draw main game & loss Armageddon: 1 Website of the event.
point
Norway Chess 2022
The 10th edition of the Norway
Chess takes place from 30 May
– 10 June in Stavanger with
participation of 10 world class
players. This year, the event
features interesting system of
play in each round. If the
The venue of the classical game ends in a draw,
2022 Norway then the players play an
Chess attracted Armageddon determining the
many visitors five winners of each round.
and chess
enthusiasts
Newsletter May 2022 8
The biggest Chessboard in the World
During the free day, on Saturday
June 4th, the participants of the
Norway Chess super-tournament
2022 joined the opening of the
World's biggest chessboard
in Stavanger’s Bjergsted Parken,
Norway.
The MegaChess set from RMD
Recuperacion Materiales
Diversos was built from 800
recycled tires. The chess pieces
are weighing up to 240kg, and sit
on the 144 squared meter board.
An exciting game between two
teams led by Magnus Carlsen
and Vishy Anand was played on
the board and ended in a hard-
fought draw. Players and
spectators enjoyed the event and
the welcoming weather.
Photos from Norway
Chess 2022
Facebook page
Newsletter May 2022 9
ECU GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2022
As ECU has already informed by the CL -2/2022 following the
decision- CM1-2022/44 of FIDE Council on April 28, ECU Board
taking in account the special circumstances, has finalised the place
and the dates of the ECU General Assembly and elections 2022 in
Thessaloniki, Greece on Saturday July 23.
Venue: Transportation:
Porto Palace, Hotel Thessaloniki. – Transfers from and to the airport of
Schedule: Thessaloniki will be free of charge for all
Friday, 22 July: Arrival of Delegates participants.
– Welcome Reception You can register for hotel
Saturday, 23 July : ECU General accommodation and transportation till 23
Assembly 2022 June 2022.
> 1st Session 09.30 – 13.30 / Board You can register online here:
Report – ECU Elections https://forms.gle/RiQDCDbo7H4NJLQn8
> 2nd Session 15.30 – 19.30 / Bid
Procedure – Rest Agenda items
Sunday, 24. July: Departure of ECU Electoral Assembly
Delegates representation
Hosting Hotel: Members and Associate Members shall
Porto Palace Hotel Thessaloniki (5 appoint one Permanent Delegate each
stars) for the purposes of representation at the
One delegate per federation will be ECU. Any such Member or Associate
hosted for free, including all meals for Member may revoke at any time the
ECU General two (2) days on 22 and 23 of July in a appointment of its Permanent Delegate
Assembly 2022 single room. Supplement extra person: and may substitute another
The ECU Secretariat shall 30€ per person per day on full board representative in his stead. All
publish the complete list of basis paying direct by the guest to the appointments and revocations shall be
those entitled to vote on the hotel made in writing. Every Member or
ECU website by 17.00 22nd Associate Member may be represented
July one day before the opening Rate for extra nights or additional at the General Assembly by the
day of the General Assembly. participants: representative (Permanent Delegate or
Single room full board (3 meals): 130 proxy) of another Member. Any change
Detailed information and
euros per room, per night. Supplement of delegate or proxies for the electoral
invitation for the ECU General
extra person: 30€ per person per day on Assembly must be registered at the ECU
Assembly can be found on the
ECU Website. full board basis paying direct by the Secretariat till 21st July 17.00 two days
guest to the hotel before the opening day of the General
Official Website of ECU GA Assembly. After this deadline further
proxies will not be accepted.
Newsletter May 2022 10“Chess a Game to be Spread in Schools” Conference
The Chess in School
conference “Chess a Game
to be Spread in Schools”
took place on 14th May
2022 in Dorint Airport Hotel,
Zurich.
On behalf of Swiss Chess
Federation Secretary General Mr.
Oliver Marti welcomed all
participants in Zurich.
Main items in the program:
>CGS project overall presentation
>Psychomotricity on giant
chessboard – CASTLE/ERASMUS+
project
>Report of the CGS research and
Chess Teaching Models.
>Case Studies by pioneer
>Chess organisations Chess and Among the speakers were:
Coding presentation the ECU President, Zurab
>Strategy Games on the chessboard Azmaiparashvili, ECU Secretary
>Interactive online training platform General Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou,
>ECU and FIDE Presentations of ECU Vice President and FIDE
CIS programs and actions. Managing Director Dana Reizniece
Ozola, Chairman of ECU EDU
Detailed program and presentations Commission Jesper Hall, Luis
can be found on the ECU Website. Blasco de la Cruz (Club Villalba 64),
The Conference was LIVE Davide Della Rina – Turin University,
broadcasted through the ECU Miriam Minardi – CSEN, Alessandro
Facebook page and the video Dominici – Alfiere Bianco, Zurich,
records of the Conference can be Jerry Nash – Senior Adviser for
found on the ECU Website. Chess in Education.
Chess a Game to be
Spread in Schools
The Chess in School
conference “Chess a Game to
be Spread in Schools” took
place on 14th May 2022 in
Dorint Airport Hotel, Zurich.
ECU Vice The Conference was
President broadcasted LIVE through the
Ms.Dana ECU Facebook page and the
Reizniece-Ozola Conference materials and video
presentation on records can be found on the
the Conference ECU Website.
Newsletter May 2022 11ECU EDU Working Visit to Slovenia
The Chairman of ECU EDU Mr. Jesper Hall visited schools and chess He also met representatives of ŠZS,
Commission Mr.Jesper Hall clubs, discussing with representativs of the members of the Committee for Elementary
paid a working visit to chess federation, principals, teachers and and Youth Chess and the Committee for
Slovenia by the end of May. instructors how Chess in Schools can be Promotion. The organized program continued
developed. He visited mentors and students with a seminar on school chess, which was
from Mirna in Dolenjska, and the elementary primarily for chess teachers.
school Sostra.
Newsletter May 2022 12UPCOMING
.
ECU101 – The SMART Method to
Teach Chess
ECU 101 – The SMART Method to Teach Chess Seminar
will take place Online on 11th and 12th June 2022.
Course information: It uses the SMART method developed
Course ID: ECU101 by the professional ChessPlus team
Duration: 2 days based upon years of practical
Dates: 11-12 June 2022 experience supplemented by action
Time: Please note, all times are in research.
London Time
Day1 09.00 – 12.00 The course is suitable for teachers and
13.00 – 16.00 tutors who want to make chess an
Day2 09.00 – 12.00 exciting and educational experience for
13.00 – 16.00 children. The course helps you to build
Language: English up your teaching skills in chess so as to
Fee: £150 improve the general educational
Early bird: (Register until the 1st of June attainment of children. You can
2022) showcase this qualification on your CV
Venue: on ZOOM and LinkedIn profile. The course
Course Instructor: Jesper Hall / John qualifies towards Continuing
Foley Professional Development and is
ECU101 Contact: training@chessplus.net recognised across Europe by virtue of
being accredited by the European Chess
The SMART Method The ECU101 – The SMART Method to Union.
to Teach Chess Teach Chess training course was
The ECU101 - The SMART designed by the leading chess This Training Course is subsidised by
Method to Teach Chess course educationists in Europe and is validated the European Chess Union to members
will take place from 11-12 June by the ECU Advisory Board which is an of national chess federations affiliated
2022, online. international academic panel with with ECU such that concessionary
The course is subsidised by the experts in disciplines from cognitive places will be provided for the following:
ECU to members of national science and psychology to statistics and a) Women applying individually from
chess federations affiliated with ECU federationns
pedagogy. The certification was
ECU with concessionary places
developed following the Declaration by b) ECU federation members of Small
provided to:
the European Parliament on 15th March Nations and Development countries
a) Women applying individually
from ECU federations 2012 that Chess in Schools should be
b) ECU federation members of encouraged for educational purposes. Detailed information about the course
Small Nations and Developing The course is innovative in terms of and registration can be found on the
countries. content and delivery. ECU Website.
Newsletter May 2022 13Queens' Online Chess Festival 2022
The Queens’ Online Chess Festival 2022, a series of
continental women’s online blitz tournaments, started on
June 05, 2022.
The event is organized by FIDE To facilitate the registration process
Commission for Women’s Chess in national federations are asked to appoint
cooperation with FIDE Events team captains and to send their contact
Commission, and is supported by the details to queensfestival@fide.com.
Asian Chess Federation, the African Registrations for the tournaments are
Chess Confederation, the European made by the National Federations by
Chess Union, and the Confederation of filling this form and sending it to the
Chess for Americas. Female players organizers’ email address:
from Africa, Asia, Europe and the queensfestival@fide.com.
Americas will compete in the Continental
Online Blitz Qualification Tournaments The deadline for registration:
first, and those who qualify will advance Friday, May 27, 2022 for America;
to the Queens’ Online Individual and Friday, June 03, 2022 for Africa &Asia;
Team Finals. Friday, June 09, 2022 for Europe.
The festival welcomes all women chess Presentation of the 2022 Queen Chess
players from around the world of all ages Festival and the regulations of events
and all rating groups, including unrated can be found on the ECU Website.
chess fans.
Newsletter May 2022 14UPCOMING
European Corporate
Chess Championship 2022
European Corporate Chess Championship 2022, organized by
CC&O- Chess Communication & Organization, under the
auspices of European Chess Union, will take place from
17th-20th June 2022 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
The tournament will be played on a The total prize fund of the
luxury cruise ship of Royal Spido Championship is 6.000 EUR, with
(named James Cook), while sailing 3.000 EUR reserved for the Winner
in the Rotterdam harbour. of the event.
Any corporate entity was allowed to
register up to two teams. Chess Official regulations and invitation for
Clubs, Chess Associations, and the European Corporate Chess
Chess Federations are not allowed Championship 2022 can be found
to participate in the championship. A on the ECU Website
team is composed of 4 main players
and 1 optional substitute player.
The event will be played in 9 rounds,
Swiss system, with time control of
15 minutes for the whole game, plus
5 seconds of an increment starting
from the move one.
Newsletter May 2022 15European Senior Chess Championship 2022
The European Senior Chess Championship will be held in
Lublin, Poland from 4th July 2022 (day of arrival) to 14th
July 2022 (day of departure). The Championship will take
place in Arche Hotel Lublin.
The event will be played in two age In accordance with the ECU tournament
categories: 50+ and 65+, open and rule the Championship will be played in
women’s sections separately. The two categories: one for those who shall
European Senior Individual Chess have reached the age of 50 (category
Championship is open to all players, SENIOR 50+), and one for those who
regardless of rating and title, who reach shall have reached the age of 65
their age of 50 and 65 by 31st (category SENIOR 65+). Players who
December 2022 and represent National have reached the age of 65 are allowed
Chess Federations which are members to participate and in the category
of ECU. SENIOR 50+ if they request it. In each
age category an Open and a Women’s
The Championships will be played in 9 competition is organized. There is also
rounds, Swiss system, with time control: no limit of participants per federation.
90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30
minutes for the rest of the game with an The registration deadline is 13th of
increment of 30 seconds per move, June 2022. Applications shall be sent by
starting from move one. The total prize email to the following address:
fund of the event will be 6.000 EUR. info@escc2022.eu.
Official regulations and invitation can be
found on the ECU Website.
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Newsletter May 2022 16European Youth Team
Chess Championships
2022 will take place from
11 July (arrivals) to 19 July
(departures) in the
Conference Hall of the 5
stars Lazart Hotel in
Thessaloniki which will
host also the European
Youth Rapid and Blitz
Chess Championship 2022
from 19 July to 23 July
2022.
European Youth Team & European Youth
Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2022
The European Youth Team Chess The European Youth Rapid&Blitz Chess
Championships (EYTCC) will include Championships 2022 will be played in 6
four (4) separate competitions, an open age categories: U8, U10, U12, U14, U16
competition and a girl’s competition in and U18, open and girls sections
categories U12 and U18. The events will separately.
be played in 7 rounds, Swiss system, The Rapid event will be played in 9
with time control: 90 min for 40 moves + rounds according to the Swiss system
30 min for the rest of the game + 30 sec (one game per round), with rate of play:
increment for every move played starting 15 min. + 10 sec. per player and the
from move 1. Blitz event will be played in 9 rounds
according to the Swiss system (two
48 teams registered for the competitions games per round), with rate of play: 3
coming from 17 different European min. + 2 sec. per player.
federations.
More than 200 players coming from 25
The starting rank list of participants can European federations already registered
be found here and the Official for the events and the starting rank list of
regulations of the event can be found on participants can be found here. Official
the ECU Website. regulations and detailed information can
be found on the ECU website.
Newsletter May 2022 1720th European Union Youth Chess
Championship U8-U14 - Regulations
The 20th edition of the European Union Youth Chess The best ranked three players from each
category will receive championship
Championship U8-U14 will take place from 21st – 30th trophies, medals and diplomas. Every
August 2022 in Prague, Hotel STEP. player of each category will receive a
commemorative championship medal
and a diploma. Furthermore, players will
receive prizes. The winners of each
The event is open for citizens of a tournament receive a laptop, other
member state of the European Union or medalists will receive a digital clock.
of a Schengen state. Each federation Prizes will receive at least the first six
can register one player, a boy or a girl, in players of each category. The total value
each of the categories: U8, U10, U12, of the prize fund will be at least 6.000
U14, and unlimited number of extra Euro. Girls in each category will be
(additional) players. evaluated separately.
The 20th EU Youth Chess Registrations shall be done online by
Championships will be played according filling the registration form and sending it
to the Swiss System in 9 rounds. The on the following email address:
rate of play will be according to FIDE zdenek.fiala@chess.cz. The registration
regulations 90 min for the whole game + deadline is 15th July 2022.
30 sec increase for each move played.
The event is organized by Czech Chess
The official venue and the hotel of the Federation under the auspices of
event is Wellness Hotel STEP in European Chess Union.
Prague.
Official regulations and invitation for the
event can be found on the ECU
Website.
Newsletter May 2022 184th ESNA European Small Nations Individual Championship
The 4th ESNA European Small
Nations Individual Chess
Championship 2022 will be held
from 24th September – 2nd
October 2022 in the Principality
of Liechtenstein with the support
of European Chess Union.
Federations participating in the
event are as follows (alphabetical
order): Andorra, Cyprus, Faroe
Islands, Guernsey, Jersey,
Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta,
Monaco and San Marino.
Each federation shall select one
player who will compete in the
Championship which will be played
in 9 rounds, round-robin system.
The time control is: 90 minutes for
40 moves plus 30 minutes for the Photo @ Bild: Julian Konrad /
rest of the game, plus 30 seconds Liechtenstein Marketing
increment for every move played
starting from the first move. Contact information:
The tournament director:
The Playing Hall will be the Mr. Renato Frick.
Vadozner Huus in the center of Phone (+41) 78 625 28 25
Vaduz with all the required Email: renato@powersurf.li
commodities. The federations Official website: www.schach.li/esna
should complete the registration
form for their player and
accompanying persons through the Official regulations and invitation for
www.schach.li/esna - official website the 4th ESNA European Small
of the event. Nationals Individual Chess
Championship 2022 can be found
The registration deadline for on the ECU Website.
players and accompanying
persons is June 30th, 2022.
4th ESNA Small Nations
Chess Championship
The 4th ESNA European Small
Nations Individual Chess
Championship 2022 will be held
from 24th September – 2nd
October 2022 in the Principality
Last year, 2021 of Liechtenstein with the
Liechtenstein support of European Chess
Chess Union.
Federation
celebrated its The event will be played in 9
50th anniversary rounds, round-robin system.
since its funding.
Newsletter May 2022 19European Chess Club Cup 2022
The 37th European Chess Club
Cup and the 26th European
Women’s Chess Club Cup will
simultaneously take place from
2nd – 10th October in
Mayrhofen, Austria.
Both events will be played in 7 rounds,
swiss system, with time control: 90
minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes
for the rest of the game with an
increment of 30 seconds per move,
starting from move one. The total prize
fund of the event will be 40.000 EUR
(25.000 EUR for the Open event and
15.000 EUR for the Women’s event).
Each European federation is allowed to
take part in this competition and the Photo: ECCC2018, Porto Caras,
event is open to: @Niki Riga
> Five (5) clubs per federation in which a
national team championship is The venue of both tournaments will be
organized or four (4) clubs per Europahaus Mayrhofen – Congress
federation in which no national team Zillertal.
championship is organized. There is no
restriction how the clubs will be selected Every federation that intends to
by the National federations. participate, with one or more clubs, must
>Any additional request for participation inform the Organizing Committee before
should be examined by the ECU Board August 1st, 2022 of its acceptance of the
>In the Women competition all the club invitation specifying the exact number of
members of ECU Federations are the clubs participating. A copy should be
allowed to participate. sent to the Tournament Director Mr. Petr
>Clubs shall be registered through the Pisk, e-mail: petr.pisk@centrum.cz.
National chess Federations or direct if Afterwards, entry forms must be
there is no objection from the National completed and sent to the tournament
Chess Federation. mail-account office@eccc2022.at no
later than August 15th, 2022.
The venue of ECCC2022
both
tournaments will European Chess Club
be Europahaus Cup 2022
Mayrhofen –
Congress The 37th European Chess Club
Zillertal. Cup and the 26th European
Women’s Chess Club Cup will
simultaneously take place from
2nd – 10th October in
Mayrhofen, Austria. The events
will be played in 7 rounds, swiss
system.
Photo credits:
©TVB Archiv Official regulations and
Mayrhofen invitation for the event can be
Norbert found on the ECU Website.
Freudenthaler
Newsletter May 2022 20ARBITERS CORNER
The difference between a good arbiter and
not the best one – episode 3
Perhaps you wonder sometimes how
you may become a better arbiter. You
probably know all the formal
requirements to be at the top, I mean
how to become the arbiter category A, or
maybe you are already at the top, but
what to do to maximize your chances of
being selected? What makes one arbiter
better than the other, assuming that they
have the same level of the competence?
This time it will be about how we can
learn from the experiences of other
arbiters, even those who work in other
disciplines. My inspiration was an article
about the Polish referee in football,
Szymon Marciniak, a main referee of the
2022 Champions League semi-finals.
The author of the article about Szymon
puts forward the thesis that “soft skills”
determines if someone can climb to the
top.
Relation with the players and respect
In football, the referee needs to build the
relation with the players based on
confidence and it is one of the key
attribute of the arbiter. It is easier if the
arbiter has a charisma and it is what
predisposed the referee to be respected
by the players. Szymon on the pitch has
a certain aura around him that makes
the players trust him. He has an ability to
manage players’ emotion. Just before
Szymon Marciniak to referee UEFA
the match he sometimes jokes with the
Super Cup; ©Domenic Aquilina
players, what creates nice and more
relaxed atmosphere. During the match
he is capable to make a quick retort with Precision and avoiding mistakes
a football sense of humour. Back in the old days a mistake causing a
scandal could end a season for a
Management and control referee. Szymon does not want to make
Szymon has something we call "feeling even the smallest mistakes, he wants to
of the game", I mean he has the ability be as precise as possible, close to
to position himself in such a way as to perfection. He spends a lot of time
have the best view of the action. The correcting small elements that are not
football player's experience definitely necessary for him to referee well, but
helps with that and it allows him to follow can help a little. Szymon has an ability to
and manage the match easy. He is not a admit his mistakes and apologize. It is a
sergeant on the field, he doesn't scream rarity among referees. Admitting a
and he doesn't put all the players mistake or apologizing for it is frowned
upright. This kind of management does upon even at the highest places and a
not work well for new generations. Sure, large number of referees refuses to do
you can yell at a player sometimes, but so, thinking it would harm their
you can't yell all the time because it reputation. Szymon goes against the
won't be effective. tide, he takes responsibility for his
mistakes and players appreciate it. Text by: IA Tomasz Delega,
Chairman of ECU Arbiters Council
Newsletter May 2022 21Photo: IA Tomasz
Delega together with
WGM/IA Agnieszka
Brustman and FIDE
VP Łukasz Turlej
during the Grand
Chess Tour Poland
2022
Text by:
IA Tomasz
Delega,
Chairman of
Preparation and pressure Ambition under control the ECU
Szymon keeps learning and adding Szymon is very ambitious and eager for Arbiters
something new. He always considers success and he often calculates: what
what else could be done better by him. will happen, if he goes well in this game, Council
He doesn’t hesitate to ask others for what he can get next time or next
their opinion, especially his mentor. He season. But the line between great
works to improve his communication ambition and unhealthy perfectionism is
skills and the languages. He has a thin. He is going in the right direction,
notebook where he writes down all the but according to his mentor there is still
players trying to cheat the referees. He room for improvement.
also notes down their cunning behaviour
towards rivals and in the future he is
able to warn the players against doing The difference between good arbiter and "The difference
such things in advance. He likes to work not the best one is that good is aware
between good
on his personal mental sphere, which that every time he can really improve
helps him to deal on putting a pressure things a little. arbiter and not
on him. the best one is
that good is
aware that every
time he can really
improve things a
little."
Newsletter May 2022 22FUN ZONE
In May 2022 edition of the ECU
>The place of chess in the society is
Magazine, we present three
closely related to the attitude of
positions where Black mates in
BORIS young people towards our game.
>The computer age has arrived, and it
three moves!
SPASSKY influences everything: analysis,
preparation, information. Now a
different talent is required - the ability
SAYS to synthesize ideas.
>For example, computer defends
ABOUT well, but for humans its is harder to
defend than attack, particularly with
Solutions from
April Magazine
CHESS: the modern time control. #Puzzle 1:
1.Qe6+ Kd8 2.Rxf8+ Bxf8
>Nowadays there is more dynamism 3.Qe8#
in chess, modern players like to take #Puzzle 2:
the initiative. Usually they are poor 1.Qxh7+!! Kxh7 2.Be5+ Kg8
defenders though. 3.Rh8#
#Puzzle 3:
>I think that the World Champion 1.Ne7+ Kh8 2.Ng6+!! hxg6
should try to defend the quality of 3.Rh1#
play more than anyone else. #Puzzle 4:
1.Qxh5+!! gxh5 2.Rh6+ Kg8
3.Rh8#
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