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Croatia has over 200 registered chess clubs, with around 4 000 players

Chess is another mind sport to be played at EUG 2016. During the years, Croatia has  collected many medals and produced successful chess players. There are 17 players with the title of grandmaster and 53 with the title of international master. The Croatian Chess Federation excelled in successful organization of many official competitions of FIDE and numerous international tournaments. The EUG 2016 will proudly continue that tradition.

Team Tournaments:

  • one (1) men open tournament, eleven (11) Universities applied,
  • one (1) women open tournament, six (6) Universities applied.

Only two (2) best results of delegation count for team competition.

Side tournament:

  • one (1) men blitz (three minutes with a two-second increment) tournament,
  • one (1) women blitz (three minutes with a two-second increment) tournament.

Side tournament is non-compulsory for participating teams. Entries to only this tournament are not allowed.

The competition consists of four (4) days. The General Technical Meeting (GTM), where the presence of each Head of the Delegation is obligatory, will be held one (1) day prior to the start of the competition in the afternoon hours.

EUG 2016_Technical regulations_Chess

List of participants

General Technical Meeting

Technical Handbook

Standing list:

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES GAMES 2016 CHESS-WOMEN

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES GAMES 2016 CHESS-MEN

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