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E-MAGAZINE
JUNE 2021
01
Mediterranean Championship
Ivan Saric wins the 11th edition of
the Mediterranean Chess
Championship held in Petrovac,
Montenegro
ECU101 Certificates
We have reached Certificate
No.1000 (!) last weekend for ECU
Teachers Chess Training Course
in cooperation with ChessPlus.
#
6 Over-The-Board ECU
Championships annnounced!
Briefly..
The 3rd ECU Board meeting in 2021 took place on Wednesday 9th
of June through teleconference.
Regulations for six (6) European Chess Championships in 2021
have been published. Special health measures will be valid according
the hosting countries rules and ECU protocols.
European Women Individual Chess Championship 2021 will take
place from 8th-21st of August 2021, in Iasi, Romania. 116 players
from 29 federations registered for the event. A few late registrations
are also expected to complete the list.
The Mediterranean Chess Championship 2021 took place succefuly
European Chess Union has its seat in Switzerland,
Address: Rainweidstrasse 2, CH-6333, Hunenberg
from 18-27 June 2021, in Petrovac, Montenegro.
See, Switzerland .
European Chess Union is an independent
association founded in 1985 in Graz, Austria; ECU organised special webinars in cooperation with FIDE Planing and
European Chess Union has 54 National Federation
Members;
Develoment Commission. Reports are inlcuded in the magazine.
Every year ECU organizes more than 20 prestigious
events and championships;
+ Webinar for Erasmus #Friday June 18
www.europechess.org
ecu.secretary.general@gmail.com
+ Online FIDE International Organizers Seminar 28 June - July 1
+ Chess Teacher Training Online Course on 19-20 June
contents
03 Mediterannean #Chess
Mediterannean Chess
Championship 2021 - Final
12 Queen's Chess Festival
Final report on Queen's Chess
Festival
16 Seminar for Erasmus+
ECU Online Seminar for
application in Erasmus+
report programs
04 ECU Board Meeting
Communique of the ECU
Board Meeting - Main
13 ECU FIDE IO Seminar
ECU FIDE IO Seminar short
report
17 Arbiters Corner
"Once upon a time in
Belgium..."
information and decisions Text by: IA Geert Bailleul
05 14 19
ECU OTB EVENTS ECU EDU activities Fun Zone
Preview and invitations of 1000+ Certificated ECU
announced ECU Over-The- Chess Teachers!
Board events
Newsletter June 2021
Mediterranean Chess Championship 2021
Mediterranean Chess
Championship 2021 took
place from 18-27 June
2021 in a 4* Hotel Palas, in
Petrovac, Montenegro.
128 players from 20 federations
participated in the 11th
Mediterranean Chess
Championship. The event was
opened by the ECU President,
Mr.Zurab Azmaiparashvili.
After 9 played rounds, GM Ivan
Saric (Croatia) claimed the title of
Mediterranean Champion. He tied
for the first place with IM Saraci
Nderim (Kosovo), scoring 7.5 Légende Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem
points. quia voluptas sit aspernatur.
Additional criteria decided that
trophy goes to Ivan Saric, while
Saraci Nderim took silver. The total prize fund of the event was
10.500 EUR, with 1.200 EUR
Three players tied for bronze, reserved for the Champion of the
scoring 7 points each: GM Vahap event.
Sanal (Turkey), GM Zelcic Robert
(Croatia) and IM Livaic Leon The event was played according to
(Croatia), but according to tiebreaks, Swiss system, 9 rounds, with time
Vahap Sanal took bronze medal. control 90 minutes per player for 40
moves, plus 15 minutes till the end
IM Stavroula Tsolakidou (Greece) of the game, with increment of 40
scored 6.5 points to claim the seconds for each move, starting
Mediterranean Women's Chess from move one.
Chmapion title. WGM Injac Teodora
(Serbia) finished 2nd with 5.5 points All the results and final standings
and Eizaguerri Floris Maria (Spain) can be found here.
came 3rd with 5 points.
MediterraneanCh2021
The 11th edition of
the Mediterranean Chess
Championship took place from
18-27 June in Petrovac,
Montenegro.
The Closing ceremony of the
event was attended by ECU
President Zurab
Azmaiparashvili and ECU Vice
President and FIDE CEO Dana
Reizniece-Ozola.
Newsletter June 2021 3
ECU CL No5/2021
COMMUNIQUE OF THE
ECU BOARD MEETING
The third ECU Board meeting in 2021 >The European Individual Senior
took place on Wednesday 9th of June Championship 2021 will be organized by
through teleconference. the Italian Chess Federation. Expected
>ECU Board discussed the reports of to start on 25th of September. Exact
European Online and Hybrid schedule will be announced.
Competitions, which were organized >The European Youth Rapid & Blitz
from March to May 2021 and expresses Chess Championship is scheduled in
its satisfaction with the level and results Novisad,Serbia from the 26th to 31st of
of the events. For the European Hybrid December 2021.
Qualifier Tournament, ECU thanks >The European Corporate
National Chess Federations, who went Championship 2021 in Rotterdam
to great lengths to organize the venues postponed for 2022.
well and also show great concentration >For European Youth Chess
in the anti-cheating guidelines. Championship 2021 the decision will be
>ECU Board was informed about the made in early July, taking into account
projects concluded by the support of travel conditions and restrictions in
Main information FIDE Development fund and especially
the actions in cooperation with FIDE
Europe especially for young players
>European School Chess Championship
and decisions of Women’s Commission and FIDE
Commission for the Disabled.
2021 will be held online. Exact schedule
will be announced.
the ECU Board: >The Board approved the 2020
accounts and financial statements,
>European Small Nations Team Chess
Championship 2021 will be held in Malta
noting that the financial sustainability of from 27th November to 5th December
ECU has not been affected in this with the ECU support.
difficult year due to drastic cuts in the
annual budget. However, the ECU The Board of ECU is aware that the
program remained active online with chess calendar for the months August-
many competitions, webinars, and online December 2021 is full of national and
conferences. international events after the long break
of the over the board activities. However,
European Chess Championships holding more competitions in conjunction
>The European Open and Women Club with the organisers requests than being
Cup 2021 will take place at Ohrid Lake, cancelled for this year is a positive step.
North Macedonia from the 17th to the
25th of September 2021, with 44.000 > The bidding process for European
prize fund. Championships available in 2023 will
>The European Open and Women Club open with a deadline of October 1, 2021
Cup 2022 will be organised in Austria. to submit bids. Championships not
>The European Women Club Cup 2023 organised in 2021 will be carried over to
will be organized in Monaco. 2022 and 2023.
>The European Team Chess
Championship 2021 will be organized in >The ECU General Assembly 2021 will
Terme Omilia, Slovenia, from the 11th to take place in Terme, Omilia Slovenia
the 22nd of November 2021. during the European Team Chess
>The European Rapid&Blitz Chess Championship.
Championship will be organized in
Katowice, Poland from 16-19 December.
Newsletter June 2021 4
INVITATION
European Individual Chess Championship
European Individual Chess
Championship 2021 will
take place from August
26th (1st round) –
September 5th in
Reykjavik, Iceland.
The Championship will be played
according to the ECU Tournament Rules
Swiss system of 11 rounds. The
European Individual Chess
Championship 2021 is a qualifying event
for the FIDE World Cup 2023 with 23
qualification spots.
The total prize fund is 100,000EUR,
with 20.000EUR reserved for the Winner
of the event. Besides the regular prizes,
there will be special prizes for best junior
players, best women players, best
senior players and prizes for the 5
highest placed ACP Premium Members.
The official venue of the championship is Registration deadline is July 15th.
Hotel Natura, a historic place with a rich
history of chess events held there. Prolongation of the registration deadline
Bobby Fischer stayed at this hotel during may be possible for some federations if
his 1972 World Championship match a very special reason is presented as a
against Boris Spassky. A replica of the justification for the delay.
famous table used in 1972 can be found
at the hotel. Several other high-profile The list of registered players can be
events have been held at the hotel, found on the Official Website. Lists are
including the 1977 Spassky vs. Hort updated daily
Candidates match and the 1991 GMA
World Cup. as well as the GMA World
Cup in 1991.
The event is open to all players
representing the Chess Federations
which are members of the European
Chess Union, regardless of their title or
rating. There is no limit to participants
per federation.
Hotel Natura - #EICC2021
Official venue of
the European Regulations and
Individual Chess Boarder Rules
Championship
2021 All the detailed
information altogether with
regulations of the event
can be found on the ECU
Website.
Important Boarder Rules
of entry to Iceland have
been published and can
be found on the Official
Website of the event.
Newsletter June 2021 5
PREVIEW
European Women Individual
Chess Championship 2021
will take place from 8th-21st of
August 2021, in Iasi,
Romania.
116 players from 29
federations registered for the
event. A few late registrations
are also expected to complete
the list.
European Women's Individual Chess
Championship 2021
A
very strong battlefield is led by According to the FIDE regulations and
Dzagnidze Nana (GEO, the ECU Board decision, at least 10
2524), Batsiashvili Nino (GEO, players will qualify. The number of
2491), Javakashvili Lela (GEO, 2473), qualification spots may be increased
Stefanova Antoaneta (ECU, 2470), with a decision prior to the start of the
Khotenashvili Bela (GEO, 2463), Girya Championship.
Olga (RUS, 2448) and others.
All players and accompanying persons
he event will be played in 11 rounds, shall be accommodated in the official
Swiss system, with time control 90 ****UNIREA Hotel due to the special
minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes sanitary measures for the conduct of the
for the rest of the game with an championship.
increment of 30 seconds per move,
starting from /move one. All the players should follow medical
protocol which is described in the Official
The total prize fund of the event will be Regulations of the event that can be
60.000 EUR. The 21st European found on the ECU Website.
Individual Women Chess Championship
is a qualification event for the FIDE Starting list of the players can be found
Women’s World Cup 2022 or 2023. here.
Newsletter June 2021 6
INVITATION
EUROPEAN CLUB CUP 2021
The 36th European Club Cup
and the 25th European Club
Cup for Women will take place
from 17th-25th September
2021 in Struga, Ohrid Lake,
North Macedonia.
The championships will be held in 7
rounds, played in the Swiss system in
accordance with the ECU Tournament
Rules. According to FIDE and ECU
rules, the time control will be 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.
Each European federation is allowed to
take part in this competition.
According to the regulations, Légende Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem
participation is open to: quia voluptas sit aspernatur.
>Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova, Italy,
the current cup holder in the open All players fees and compositions
competition. restrictions are waived only for the year
>Five (5) clubs per federation in which a 2021 by decision of the ECU Board.
national team championship is
organized or four (4) clubs per The date of August 15, 2021, is the
federation in which no national team registration deadline. The basic team
championship is organized. composition shall be submitted with the
>There is no restriction how the clubs entry form.
will be selected by the National
federations The open teams shall be composed of
>Any additional request for participation six (6) players and two (2) reserves For
should be examined by the ECU Board the women competition the teams shall
>In the Women competition all the club be composed of four (4) players and one
members of ECU Federations are (1) reserve.
allowed to participate. The OPEN event will be held in the 5*
>Clubs shall be registered through the hotel Izgrev, Struga, Ohrid lake.
National chess Federations or direct if The Women event will be held in 4*
there is no objection from the National hotel Drim, Struga, Ohrid Lake, beside
Chess Federation. river Drim.
#ECCC2021
Prizes
The total prize fund of the event
is 44.000 Euros. The first
ranked 3 teams will receive
trophies. Each team member of
the winning clubs open &
women (players, reserves and
captain) will receive a gold
medal. The team members of
the 2nd and 3rd placed clubs
Hotel Drim, will each receive a silver and
Struga, Ohrid bronze medal respectively.
Lake, beside
river Drim.
Newsletter June 2021 7
INVITATION
European Team Chess Championship 2021
European Team Chess Championship 2021 and The playing venue of the event will be
Hotel Terme Čatež Spa.
European Women’s Team Chess Championship 2021 will
take place from 11th-22nd November in Catez, Slovenia. The winners of Open and Women’s
sections will claim the title of the
European Team Champions for the
years 2021-2022. The first three teams
T
he events will be played according to the in the Open and Women’s sections will
Swiss System in 9 rounds, with time each receive cups. Each member of the
control of 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 winning team (players, reserves and
minutes for the rest of the game, with 30 captain) shall receive a gold medal and
seconds increment for every move diploma. Members of the second and
played starting from the move one. third-placed teams shall each receive a
silver and bronze medal and a diploma
Each ECU member has the right to enter respectively. The best – performing
one team of four players + one reserve players in the Open and Women’s
player in the Open competition and one sections on each board (10 players in
team of four female players + one total) will receive gold medals.
reserve player in the Women’s Performance shall be calculated as per
competition. The hosting federation may ECU tournament rules. Second and third
compete with more than one team in placed players in both sections will
each section by approval of the ECU receive silver and bronze medals.
Board.
The registration deadline is Contact Information:
September 30th, 2021. Registrations Email: etcc2021@gmail.com
can be submitted by National Chess Official Website – www.etcc2021.eu
Federations through the following email
address: etcc2021@gmail.com.
The playing venue
of the event will be
Hotel Terme Čatež
Spa.
Newsletter June 2021 8
INVITATION
European Senior Chess Championship 2021
European Senior Chess
Championship 2021 will
take place from 25th
September – 5th October
in Budoni, Italy.
The event will be played in two age
categories: 50+ and 65+, Open and
Women sections separately. The
events will be played in 9 rounds,
Swiss system, with time control of
90 minutes for 40 moves + 30
minutes till the end of the game, with
an increment of 30 seconds for each
move, starting from move one.
If the total number of Women teams
is less than 9, Women section will
be merged with Open section with
separate prizes.
The total prize fund of the event will Covid19 measures:
be 8.000 EUR. The top 3 players Upon arrival to the tournament, all
from each category of the European participants, referees and staff
Senior Chess Championship 2021 (including Italian citizens) must
will qualify for the FIDE World Senior present to the Organising
Championship 2022 or 2023, with Committee a certificate of full
personal rights (free board and vaccination or a 72h negative PCR
lodging). test for Coviv19.
Regisration deadline is September Additional measures will comply with
5th, 2021. Registrations shall be the Italian and ECU health protocols.
sent to the following email address:
senior@unichess.it.
#ESCC2021
Contact information:
Contact person:
Nadia Ottavi
E-mail: senior@unichess.it
Official website:
www.ecusenior.unichess.it
All the information and official
regulations can be found on the
ECU Website.
Newsletter June 2021 9
INVITATION
European Senior Team Chess
Championship 2021
European Senior Team Chess Championship 2021 will The European Senior Team Chess
Championship is open to all players,
take place from 29th August -8th September in regardless of rating and title, who reach
Prague, Czech Republic. their age of 50 and 65 by 31st
December 2021 and represent National
Chess Federations which are members
of FIDE. Teams can register only
T
he event will be played in 2 age through their national chess federations.
categories: 50+ and 65+, and open and There is no limit in the number of teams
women sections will be awarded per federation (club teams, city teams,
separately. Both sections will be played regional teams, national teams, etc. may
in 9 rounds, Swiss system, with time start in the championship, there is no
control of 90 minutes for 40 moves+ 30 limitation). There is only one limitation –
minutes for the rest of the game, with an all team players must be members of the
increment of 30 seconds per each move, same European chess federation (for
starting from the move one. example CZE).
The registration deadline is August Organisers have secured various
15th, 2021. Due to anti-epidemic accommodation packages for the teams
measures all teams are obliged to be and prepared also a parallel cultural
accommodated in the official hotel- program for the participants.
venue. The official venue and the hotel
during the event will be Hotel Don The total prize fund of the event is 6.000
Giovanni. Upon arrival to the EUR and material prizes for individual
tournament, all participants, referees board winners.
and staff (including Czech citizens) must
present a certificate of full vaccination or All details and official regulations can be
a 72h negative PCR test for Covid19. found on the ECU Website.
Newsletter June 2021 10INVITATION
European Union Youth
Chess Championship 2021
will take place from
13th-22nd August 2021, in
Kouty nad Desnou, Czech
Republic.
The event will be played in 4
age categories: U8, U10, U12
and U14, according to a Swiss
system in 9 rounds, with time
control of 90 min for the whole
game + 30 sec increase for
each move played.
EUROPEAN UNION YOUTH CHESS
CHAMPIONSHIP 2021
O
nly players based in the EU The first three players from each
member countries are allowed to category will receive
participate. Each Federation can championship trophies, medals
register to the tournament one and diplomas. The winners of
player, a boy or a girl, in each of each tournament receive a
the categories – under 8, 10, 12 laptop, other medalists will
and 14 years. Boys and girls will receive a digital clock. Prizes will
play in the same tournament, but receive at least the first six
with two separate scores. players of each category. The
total value of the prize fund will
Registration deadline is July be at least 6.000 Euro. Girls in
12th, 2021. Registration form each category will be evaluated
shall be fullfilled and sent to the separately.
following email address:
zdenek.fiala@chess.cz . Official regulations and contact
information can be found on the
ECU Website.
Newsletter June 2021 11Queens’ Festival – Connecting Women in Chess
The Global Women’s Online Chess
Challenge “The Queens’ Festival”, a
series of continental and global
women’s online chess tournaments
and educative side events, started
on June 11, 2021.
The Queen’s Festival is a unique all-
inclusive event with the aim to develop a
strong global community of women in
chess and enhance participation of
women in all aspects of chess life. Built
on the recent success and appeal of the
Netflix series “The Queen’s Gambit”, this
event promotes female players,
organizers, arbiters, influencers, leaders,
and rising stars of all levels,
backgrounds and countries.
Players from Africa, Asia, Europe and
the Americas were able to participate in
the Continental Online Blitz Qualification
Tournaments and those who qualified The Winners Group B:
advanced to the Queens’ Online 1.WFM Lile Koridze (Georgia)
Individual and Team Finals. 2.WIM Angela Franco Valencia
(Colombia)
Over 460 female players from 82 3.Kamila Hryshchenko (Ukraine)
countries participated in the individual
and team tournaments. The Winners Group C:
1.Miranda Vargas Analia Karen
Argentina scored 29.5 points and (Ecuador)
emerged as the winner of the Team Blitz 2.Sanudula C M Dahamdi (Sri Lanka)
Tournament. Georgia with 29 points and 3.Magpily Francois Marie (Philipinnes)
Indonesia with 28 points finished second
and third respectively. The Winners Group D:
1.Herfesa Shafira Devi (Indonesia)
The Winners of individual events- 2.Subramanian Anusha (England)
Group A: 3.Gunawardhana Devindya Oshini
1. IM/WGM Martha Fierro (Ecuador) (India).
2. IM/WGM Olga Zimina (Italy)
3. WGM Gong Qianyun (Singapore)
Queen's Festival
Side-events
For those interested in various
chess-related topics, there were
seminars and networking
events with special guests
including Dana Reizniece-
Ozola, Dinara Saduakassova,
Jennifer Shahade, Susan
Namangale, Regina Pokorna,
Sarkhan Gashimov, Dr.
Gnounewou Fopa Seraphin and
others.
Newsletter June 2021 12International Organisers
Online Seminar
The Webinar for FIDE International
Organisers took place from June 28
– July 1.
The event wass organized by
European Chess Union in
cooperation with FIDE Events
Commission and FIDE Women’s
Commission, co-funded by FIDE
Development Fund.
The Webinar was held in English
language with following topics:
>Regulations FIDE Events (General
Regulations, Specific Regulations,
Bid Procedure)
>Events’ Management
>Ratings and Titles – Tournament
Conditions
>Titles applications and Tournament
experience
>Organisation of Online and Hybrid
Events
24 participants took the evaluation
test after 3 days of lectures.
Newsletter June 2021 13We have
reached
Certificate ECU Teachers Chess Training Course
No.1000 (!)
last - 1000 Certificated Teachers!
weekend for
ECU
Teachers
Chess The very first training course, ECU101 - The SMART Method to Teach
Training Chess has been a great success since its start in 2017.
Course in More than 1000 chess educators have taken the opportunity so far to
cooperation develop their skills to teach chess for educational purposes and
with gained the School Chess Teacher Certificate from the European
ChessPlus. Chess Union.
The certificate is widely recognised today between European Schools
and Teachers and we believe soon to be also recognised by a number
of states!
More details about courses and upcoming events can be found here.
Newsletter June 2021 14ECU101 Teaching Chess
in Schools Online
Seminar took place from
19-20 June 2021.
The Webinar was led by
Jesper Hall, Chairman of
ECU EDU Commission,
and supported by the
FIDE Development fund.
ECU101 Teaching Chess in Schools
15 participants attended the course, Testimonies:
among whom were 13 participants • Thank you for the great course!
supported by FIDE Deevelopment fund: • Excellent presented from Mr. Jesper
Albania (5), Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Bergmark Hall and appreciate that being
Luxembourg, North Macedonia (2), part of this team and this course.
Finland, UK. •Great teacher excellent english, good
structured - sorry everything was fine
14 participants took part in the test by • Online teaching is difficult, but given
the end of the lectures, and all of them the circumstances, this was very well
passed the test with the average test done.
score of 85.3%. • Jesper, Brigitta and John were all very
friendly and nice. Jesper managed to
11 feedback replies, the participants create a good athmosphere in the group,
answered following questions: he also taught everything very well. I am
>Did you enjoy course? 100% very happy to have taken this course.
>Would you recommend the Thank you also for providing it in this
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>Are you more confident to teach • Perfect , a huge thank you, will look
chess? 100% forward to other courses....
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of chess? 100% ones.
Newsletter June 2021 15The first Online seminar
on how to applicate and
run an Erasmus+ project
took place on 18th of
June.
Alessandro Dominici and
Jesper Bergmark Hall as
the main speakers led
the seminar, introducing
procedures of application
in Erasmus+ projects.
Seminar for application in Erasmus+
14 participants took part Till the next seminar in August
representing federations and the participants will come in with
organizations. The idea with the their best ideas to Alessandro
seminar was to create a network and Jesper, 2-3 will be pitched,
of federations and people presented, and coached.
interested in making application Hopefully, this can be the
for Erasmus+ projects and to: fundament for an application.
1) Present Erasmus+
2) Present the application The action supported by the
procedure 3) Present successful FIDE Development fund.
projects, both smaller and larger
ones Report by:
4) Discuss ideas for a future Jesper Bergmark Hall
application Chairmain of ECU EDU
5) Discuss how to co-operate Commission
Newsletter June 2021 16ARBITERS CORNER
Once upon a time in Belgium...
(by IA Geert Bailleul, secretary of the ECU Arbiters’ Council)
The ECU Arbiters’ Council is always interested in the opinion of all their colleagues.
By studying several cases, we are convinced that we can learn from each other and
improve our skills as an arbiter.
This month I would like to actively involve you all in this article. It is my intention to
start some kind of discussion about two cases which occurred during two different
tournaments in Belgium.
The first case occurred during an Open After the start of that round at 15:00 pm
International Tournament. (the 8th), and before entering the playing
The playing venue (playing area, small venue, the IGM on the first board with
bar, toilets, smoking area...) was clearly the black pieces was looking on his
separated from the bar (+ analysing laptop (in the bar!) to see what was the
possibilities and projection of the live first move of his IGM-colleague with the
games). white pieces.
They were both in another building,
about 50 meter from each other. After seeing that the White player had
played 1. e4..., the Black player started
The time control was 90 minutes + 30 to search on the internet to find games
sec per move starting from move 1. of the player with the white pieces in
Schedule: 9 rounds. which he played 1. e4...
2 rounds per day (during 4 days, the last He then studied about 30 games of his
day only 1 round), one round starting at opponent on his laptop before entering
10:00 am and the second round the the playing venue.
same day starting at 15:00 pm. He did that during approximately 20
ARBITERS CORNER The default time was 30 minutes. minutes, still being in the bar.
After that, he entered the playing hall
During the 4th day of the tournament, (without his laptop) to make his first
the round that had started at 10:00 am move.
For this edition of the Arbiters' (the 7th round) ended at 14:15 pm.
Corner, Secretary of the ECU The pairings of the round that starts at Some spectators who, at that time, were
Arbiters' Council IA Geert 15:00 pm that day (the 8th round) were in the bar and saw what this player did,
Bailleul presents two cases that available at 14:30 pm. informed the chief arbiter (CA) about it.
occured during 2 events. They were rather upset of what the
The ECU Arbiters Council On the first board two IGM’s were player did.
would be very pleased if we They were convinced that it must be
playing against each other (on a live
would be flooded with
internet board). It was an important interpreted as cheating.
responses concerning both
game for the first place (and the title) of They asked the CA if this was
cases. We will be glad to
publish the most interesting the tournament. acceptable and what he (the CA) was
comments and remarks of the going to do about it.
arbiters in the Arbiters’ Corner
of next Magazines.
Newsletter June 2021 17ARBITERS CORNER
Text by: IA Geert Bailleul
Once upon a time in Belgium...
The CA didn’t react because he did not The clock was stopped and turned off by
see the player do it. player B.
At the time, when the player was The pieces were set again on their
analysing the games of his opponent (in original position.
the bar), the CA was in the playing area. After done all that both players filled in
their score sheets.
What is your opinion about this
situation? Only at that time they discovered their
Is this cheating? mistake and the confusion between
How to react as an arbiter or CA? them.
How to react as an arbiter if you see a Player A had “1 – 0” on his score sheet,
player acting like that before he enters while player B had “½ - ½”.
the playing venue? Player A refused to sign the score sheet
What can we do to prevent this kind of of player B.
situations?
The arbiter was called to solve the
The second case occurred during problem.
another international tournament in They didn’t play on a live board.
Belgium. How would you, as an arbiter, react in
The player with the white pieces (player this case? What has to be done?
A) was an older man from about 70 What is your opinion when players offer
years old. a draw when their position on the board
The player with the black pieces (player is completely lost?
B) was a 9 years old youth player.
The ECU Arbiters Council would be very
After more than 2 and a half hours of pleased if we would be flooded with
play, the situation of player B on the responses concerning both cases.
board was disastrous. We will be glad to publish the most
He was one bishop and 4 pawns down. interesting comments and remarks of
At a certain moment in the game, after the arbiters in the Arbiters’ Corner of one
player B played his move, he reached of the next the ECU Magazines.
out his hand to his opponent and asked:
“draw??”.
Player A shacked hands with the youth IA Geert Bailleul
player, thinking that he resigned Secretary of the ECU Arbiters’ Council.
because he (player A) didn’t hear player
B ask: “draw??”.
Player A was convinced that player B
resigned, because of his disastrous
position on the board.
Player B thought that his opponent
accepted the draw offer.
Newsletter June 2021 18FUN ZONE
>If it is true that a player’s style is
his person, then everyone plays
For this edition of the
as he is intended to by nature. I ECU E-Magazine we
am naturally cautious, and I prepared for you 4
altogether dislike situations
which involve risk. positions where White
mates in 2 moves!
Tigran >In almost any position the
boundless possibilities of chess
Petrosian enable a new or at least a little-
studied continuation to be found.
Solutions from May
Magazine
said >Chess is a game by its form, an
art by its content and a science
by the difficulty of gaining
#Puzzle 1:
1.Rb8+! Rxb8 2.Nf7#
about mastery in it. Chess can convey
as much happiness as a good
book or work of music can.
#Puzzle 2:
1.Re6+!! Kxe6 2.Qd6#
chess: >In general I consider that in
#Puzzle 3:
1.Re6+! Nxe6 2.b4#
chess everything rests on tactics.
If one thinks of strategy as a Puzzle 4:
block of marble, then tactics are 1.Re8+! Kxe8 2.Qe7#
the chisel with which a master
operates, in creating works of
chess art.
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