Other events

Join our online events where you will have a possibility to connect on an international level with many inspiring people. We will provide a space for sharing experience and best practice, a space for educating, encouraging women to play tournaments and European chess federations to create strong and positive female chess communities in their respective countries. We will organize a big event “ECU Girls Chess Weekend” with several side events like talks, seminars and coaching in Q1. And at the end of the year “Women’s Chess Conference” in London.

Playing against weaker and/or stronger opponents”, lecture & discussion with GM Jan Markos

We’d like to invite European female chess community (of all ages and all rating groups) to join another lecture with a Slovak GM Jan Markos. And the chess content is again very interesting: How to play against weaker and/or stronger opponents?

Date: October 11, 2023 (Wednesday)

Time: 17:30 – 18:30 CET

To save your free place please send your full name and your country to: womenchess@europechess.org

Everyone is welcome!

Together with European Chess Union ECU Commission For Women’s Chess English Chess Federation
We would like to invite You for our next interview with a special guest IM Jovi Houska

Online Blitz Tournament with a special guest – IM/WGM Stavroula Tsolakidou

We invite all European female chess players of all ages and all rating groups to join us to our first Online Blitz Tournament with a very special guest, IM/WGM Stavroula Tsolakidou from Greece. Stavroula, who finished during the last European Women Championship on an outstanding 4th place, is currently playing Fide Women World Cup in Baku:)

We are also happy about our first cooperation with ChessBase who will provide their platform Playchess for the tournament and contribute to our prizes in form of the ChessBase vouchers.

Please see attached invitation for more details.

To save your free place (number of places are limited) please send your full name, your country and rating to: womenchess@europechess.org

We look forward to see you at our event:)

 “How emotions influence our decision in chess and also outside chess”, lecture & discussion with GM Jan Markos

We’d like to invite all female chess players of all ages and all rating groups to join our next event with a Slovak GM Jan Markos.

And the content can’t be more interesting: Why do we decide irrationally in both chess and life?

Date: May 17, 2023 (Wednesday)

Time: 17:30 – 18:30 CET

To save your free place please send your full name and your country to: womenchess@europechess.org

Everyone is welcome!

2nd ECU Girls‘ and Women‘s Chess Weekend

The ECU Commission for Women’s Chess is organizing the 2 nd edition of the ECU Girls’ and Women’s Chess Weekend.

The event will take place on the weekend 25. – 26.02.2023.

All events are online and is open to all ECU Federations, who would like to participate with a team. The event consists of a team battle, a rapid tournament, and various seminars.

Participants can either join all events or attend individual events they are interested in.

Please see the detailed timetable and the sign-up information below.