The European Youth Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship will take place August 4 – August 8 in Porto Palace Hotel, Thessaloniki. Over 400 talented young players from across Europe will compete in this prestigious championship in the U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, U18 Open and Girls.

The European Youth Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2025 is organized by the European Chess Union and is part of the ECU Calendar. The event is a 9 rounds Swiss tournament. The rapid section time control is 15 min + 10 sec, while the blitz is 3 min + 2 sec. On August 6th the event also features a Chess Solving Competition.

More ECU youth events: European Youth Team Chess Championship 2025 / European School Chess Championship 2025

Live games will be daily on Chessdom.com. For more events in Europe, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

European Youth Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2025 participants

The Prime Minister of China HE Li Qiang is visiting the 5-star hotel Rodos Palace these days, the venue of the upcoming WCF Rodos International Tournament in Greece. WCF organizers said, “We are always honored to co-operate with Rodos Palace, a hotel preferred by famous politicians, celebrities and businesses for many years now.”

Visit the official website of the WCF https://worldchessfestival.com and for more events see the European Chess Calendar

The tournament will be a 9-round Swiss, FIDE rated and open to all players with a FIDE ID number. The time limit for each player is 90 minutes for 40 moves + 15 minutes for the rest of the game + 30 seconds increment for every move played, starting from the 1st move.

Participants

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World Youth Rapid Chess Championship U18 girls final standings

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Participants list

The winner in overall points from this event and the 10th Open Grand Prix by SOXalandriou LIVE Blitz combined will be the winner in the whole event.

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List of participants

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The event is open to all women players representing national federations listed as ECU members, without rating or title limitations. The Championship will be played in 11 rounds, swiss system, with time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves, plus 30 minutes until the end of the game, with 30-second increment for each move starting from move one. The official hotel and the playing venue of the event is *****Rodos Palace Conference Hotel.

More ECU events: European Chess Club Cup 2024 / European Individual Chess Championship 2024 / European Corporate Chess Championship 2024 / European Senior Chess 2024

The 24th European Women’s Championship is a qualification event for the FIDE Women’s World Cup. According to the decision of the ECU at least 10 players will qualify*.
*Under the current FIDE Women’s World Cup regulations, FIDE is the only body responsible for rules
of FIDE Women’s World Cup the qualification spots.

The total prize fund of the Championship is 60.000 EUR, with 10.000 EUR reserved for the Winner of the event.

The deadline for registrations and bookings is 14 February 2025.

Contact information:
Mr. Giannis Kalesis,
Email: chess.at.events@gmail.com
Official Website: http://ewcc2025.com

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