The European Senior Team Chess Championship 2027 will take place from 23 April – 3 May in Acqui Terme, Italy.

September in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan won the Open section of the 2026 Chess Olympiad on home soil in Samarkand, ...

The ECU Annual Academy training programme commences on Monday, 16th of November 2026 and will run until the 27th of April 2027 with the support of the FIDE Development Fund. The lecturers are the ...

“While fully supporting all necessary efforts to resolve the visa issues as quickly as possible and to ensure the participation of all eligible delegates, the European Chess Union does not support the ...

After questions have been received, concerning publications in social media, ECU clarifies that there is no any decision to endorse any candidate for the upcoming FIDE elections. The European Chess ...

The 2026 European Youth Team Chess Championship officially commenced yesterday at Enteria Arena in Pardubice, Czech Republic! Played across U12 and U18 age categories (Open and Girls sections ...

European Women’s Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2026 will take place from 7-11 January 2027, in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. The first event on the schedule will be the European Women’s Blitz Chess ...

The European Youth Team Chess Championship 2026 is set to take place from 25 July – 2 August in Pardubice, Czech Republic. The event will be played in two age categories: U12, and U18, open and girls ...

The European Chess Union and the Federation Monegasque des Echecs are pleased to announce the new event in the ECU Calendar: the European Senior Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship. The inaugurate ...

The Armenian State Pedagogical University, together with the “Chess” Scientific Research Institute and the Chess Academy of Armenia, organise the International Scientific Conference “Theory and ...