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 /September 10, 2009/
1st European Chess Championship for journalists
Ohrid, October 9 – 10, 2009 
1st place
Nebojsa Baralic (SRB)
2nd place
Mark Gluhovsky (RUS)
3rd place
Viktor Novotny (CZE)
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 /September 16, 2009/
VISAS - FINAL INFORMATION
Even though we got an arrangement with The Agency of youth and sport, the Organizing committee announces that all ECC 2009 participants will get their visas in Embassies and Consulates of Republic of Macedonia.
According to the agreement with the Ministry of foreign affairs, the players and accompanying persons will get their visas in Embassies and Consulates of Republic of Macedonia in their countries, or in other countries that have the authority to issue this document. You can see the chart on www.mfa.gov.mk (visa regime).
The visas will be issued in the same day when You give Your application. The payers and accompanying person won't need any document as a guarantee (invitation letters or similar).
Participants that live in countries that don't need entry visa for Republic of Macedonia, with a document as a proof for granted residency in that country, will have to send their informations to the organizers by e-mail eclubcup@yahoo.com, and they will get an entry visa for Republic of Macedonia.
Players and accompanying persons from China and India will get visa for limited stay from the Embassies of Republic of Macedonia in their own countries. This persons will be checked by the Ministry of internal affairs, and they will get their visas in 2-3 days, if not sooner.
Also, they won't need any documents as a guarantee (as invitation letter and similar) except for necessary photos and application.
Director
Petar Gicarovski
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/September 09, 2009/
VISAS - IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
In addition we have a list of tournament participants that need visa with their info. We ask the clubs and participants to re-check their info and urgently (not later than September 11th) send the missing informations to the Organizers by mail: eclubcup@yahoo.com.
For all participants that don't have complete info, the Organizers can't guarantee that they will get visa upon their arrival in Macedonia.
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 /September 05, 2009/
1st European Chess Championship for journalists
Ohrid, October 9 – 10, 2009
Organizer: Chess Federation of Macedonia under the auspices of the European Chess Union.
The right to participate in the Championship have all the journalists who are employed or actively cooperate in written, electronic or Internet media.
Participants prove their status, by press card or the attached work.
The right to participate in the Championship have the journalists who lives in European countries.
The championship will be 7 rounds, played in the Swiss system.
The time control will be 15 minutes per participant for the entire game with the increment of 5 seconds per move starting from the move one.
Organizer will provide chess sets.
Schedule:
October 9 th
10.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.: Opening of the tournament and the first three rounds
October 10 th
9.30 a.m. - 1.30 p.m.: The remaining four rounds
Announcement of the winners and prize awarding will be during the closing ceremony of the European Club Cup, on October 10 th at 8 p.m.
There will not be registration fee, registrations will be accepted until the start of the tournament.
Awards: cups, medals and awards in the goods for the three best players.
The winner is Champion of European Chess Championship for journalists for 2009.
Participants who need accommodation may contact the Organizing Committee via e-mail: eclubcup@yahoo.com.
Contact person on behalf of the Organizing Committee: Peter Gicarovski Contact person on behalf of the European Chess Union: Damir Levacic |
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 /August 29, 2009/
Here is the Organizing Committee's proposal for Teams' Dress Code during European Club Cup 2009. ECU and Organizing Committee encourages all the teams to have the same sports appearance during the games.
The T-shirts can be ordered from the Organizing Committee in a reasonable price: 10 – 12 €!
Orders can be made by the teams at least for 6 T-Shirts for men event or 4 for women event. Teams can choose between 4 different colors (green, white, gray, cream) and 4 different sizes (M, L, XL, XXL). Orders can include the team's or sponsor's logo and the names of Players.
Orders, special requests and all the questions you can post at e-mail eclubcup@yahoo.com
WHY WE HAVE TO STANDARDIZE A TEAMS' DRESS CODE
Chess organizations should soon discuss a standardization of Teams' Dress Code in major Chess Team events for the following reasons:
 · A more common and suitable appearance in the sports' market
· A more attractive picture for the MEDIA worldwide
· Better information for the spectators and the arbiters in the playing halls
· Co-operation with major sports firms who may design special collection for the hundreds millions of chess players.
· Better promotion of Sponsors and Chess Organizations
· In the near future Clubs or National teams could add in the contracts with top chess players the commercial exploitation of their t-shirts.
European Club Cup 2009
Organizing Committee
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 /August 20, 2009/
2nd Press Conference
Second press conference of the Organizing Committee of the European Club Cup 2009 was held in hotel “Arka”, Skopje , on 20th of august 2009.
Participants were: Petar Gicarovski, director of ECC 2009 and president of Chess federation of Macedonia, Dragan Gjurcevski, member of the Organizing Committee and director of Agency of youth and sport of Republic of Macedonia, Blagoja Bogoevski, president of the Organizing Committee of ECC 2009 and Marina Pop Pankova, administrator of the ECC 2009.
 The director Petar Gicarovski underlined the support of the ECU President Mr. Boris Kutin for gaining financial support from the Government of the Republic of Macedonia , and Prime minister Nikola Gruevski.
The director Dragan Gjurcevski announced that the Agency of youth and sport and the Chess federation of Macedonia will continue their commitment for Republic of Macedonia to continue hosting big chess tournaments.
 Although the presence of media reporters was modest, due to information exchange the news were presented at almost all television stations with national concession and most of the daily newspapers.
The president of the Organizing Committee, Blagoja Bogoevski informed that so far there are 59 teams that are registred in open and 19 teams in women section. So, we could expect to surpass last year's record of participating teams.
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/August 17, 2009/
VISAS - IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
With an agreement from Agency for youth and sport of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia , all participants of the European Club Cup that need entry visa, will get it on the border, when arriving in Macedonia.
It is by all means necessary that all informations (passport number, date of issue, date of expiry, date of birth and time and place of entering the country) to be send to the Organizers by 4 th of September. |
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 /August 08, 2009/
The Organizing Committee of the European Club Cup have the pleasure to announce that so far, we have applications from 59 teams in “Open” and 13 teams in “Women” section. That would be 72 teams from 37 European countries.
Because there are Federations that haven`t confirmed the participations of their teams, it is very likely that the European Club Cup in Ohrid will host the record number of teams in the “Open” section! We are informing the teams that haven`t done it yet, to contact the organizers about hotel reservations. |
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 /August 05, 2009/
Although we made huge efforts and we got many promises, the Organizer of the European Club Cup, didn`t managed to sign an agreement with the avio-company, related to direct flights to Ohrid.
We are announcing this information, so the clubs could make early booking and ticket reservations by affordable prices. The Organizers are willing to give maximum help about it, and recommend the best options available. |
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 /July 15, 2009/
The exceptional congress of the European Chess Union, held in Kalithea on 11th of July, finally confirmed that the European Club Cup will be held in Ohrid, as it was planned. We are reminding the federations, members of ECU, that haven`t done it yet, to do so and send the applications for their teams according to the deadline on 31 st of july. |
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 /June 12, 2009/
Application from the European cup holders
Mr. Jean Michel Rapaire, the president of the club "Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo", current European cup holders in women's competition, sent a letter to the director of the Cup- Petar Gicarovski, to confirm the participation of both men and women teams in the European Club Cup. Including this, the number of teams that sent their applications raise up to five (three teams in men's and two teams in women's competition). |
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 /June 07, 2009/ Airline transportation - Important note
The Organization Board of the European Club Cup announces that there are negotiations for organizing two direct flights to Ohrid on 3rd of October and two from Ohrid on 11th of October.
There will be special offers and therefore we advise the clubs not to make ticket reservations until 30th of jun.
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 /June 05, 2009/ First applications
“Werder Bremen” from Germany and “1. Novoborsky SK” from Czech Republic are the first teams that sent their applications to the organizer of the European Club Cup. There is a big interest for this cup, so we expect applications from about 60 clubs in men's and 20 in women's competitons with 200 helders of the highest title-grandmaster and many world-known aces.
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 /June 04, 2009/ Youth chess camp - STRUGA
European Chess Union and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Chess Federation are pleased to invite all European Chess Federations affiliated to FIDE and ECU to participate at the 1st Continental youth chess camp. The camp will be in Struga, lake Ohrid (the dates are 1st - 9th of july 2009). INVITATION (*.doc) >>>
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Commentary
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GM Vlatko Bogdanovski
IM Atanas Kizov |
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17th European Team
Chess Championship
Novi Sad (Serbia)
21-31.10.2009 |
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10th Individual European
Chess Championship
Rijeka (Croatia)
05-19.03.2010 |
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