/September 11, 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)

SNo.	Name	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pts	SB.	Rank
1	Novotny Viktor	CZE	*	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	5.50	3
2	Kutin Boris	SLO	0	*	0	0	1	0	1	2	2.50	5
3	Selbekk Vebjorn	NOR	0	1	*	0	½	0	1	2½	4.00	4
4	Baralic Nebojsa	SRB	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	6	15.00	1
5	Ilkovski Goce	MKD	0	0	½	0	*	0	½	1	2.00	7
6	Gluhovsky Mark	RUS	1	1	1	0	1	*	1	5	10.00	2
7	Milosevski Zoran	MKD	1	0	0	0	½	0	*	1½	3.50	6

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