European Chess Union and ECU Trainers Commission, supported by FIDE Development Fund, announce the annual training program in period from 18th November 2024 to 29th April 2025.
The 4th Annual Training Program will feature two groups:
● Group A – Over 1900 Rating: Monday 18:00-20:05 CET (Juniors/Girls U20)
● Group B – Under 1900 rating: Tuesday 18:00-20:05 CET (Juniors/Girls U16)
Each group will have 24 live sessions for a total of 48 hours of instruction and participants will have the opportunity to watch the lectures and recordings for a limited time if they are unable to watch all the live sessions. The program is based on the new ECU-ETC Trainers’ Syllabuses and aims to systematically develop chess talents.
The lecturers are: GM Ivan Sokolov, GM Adrian Mikhalchishin, GM Miguel Illescas, GM Efstratios Grivas, GM Antoaneta Stefanova, GM Jan Timman, GM Ramachandran Ramesh, GM Gunnar Kjartansson, GM Arshak Petrosian, IM Jovan Petronic and WGM Jana Krivec.
Participation and Registrations
● Each European National Chess Federations is entitled to register free of charge 2 Junior/Girls; one on each Group through the following link: https://forms.gle/SmcKgbRzYCKsxw8j8.
● The program is open for a limited number of additional participants, from all continents, for each group. The cost is 200 Euros for 48 hours of top-level training.
● Registrations of additional participants are made through the following link: https://forms.gle/kcMU21LVNi9c1aSq9.
● Payments for additional participants (pre-paid) are made online here: https://www.europechess.org/ecu-payments-donations (select: ECU Academy).
● Or through the ECU Bank account mentioning the name of participant.
Each participant will receive an ECU-ETC official Certificate for the respective group upon completion of the programme.
