During the second weekend of June (June 8th – June 10th 2018) Slovenia’s second largest city - Maribor hosted a series of amazing chess events in different parts of the city. European Chess Academy in cooperation with Slovenian chess club ZSK Maribor organized the following events:
- Clock simultaneous exhibition with former World Champion challenger, Latvian Grandmaster Alexei Shirov
- A challenge to the current World Champion among seniors GM Evgeny Sveshnikov by the legendary Slovenian GM Alexander Beliavsky
- Final of Styrian Cadets League
- Online match ZSK Maribor – Small World Chess Club Shanghai
- Maksimiljan Dular memorial blitz tournament
During the second weekend of June (June 8th – June 10th 2018) Slovenia’s 2nd largest city - Maribor will host a series of amazing chess events. European Chess Academy in cooperation with Slovenian chess club ZSK Maribor will organize the following events:
- Clock simultaneous exhibition with former World Champion challenger, Latvian Grandmaster Alexei Shirov
- A challenge to the current World Champion among seniors GM Evgeny Sveshnikov by the legendary GM Alexander Beliavsky
- Final of Styrian Cadets League
- Online match ZSK Maribor – Small World Chess Club Shanghai
- Maksimiljan Dular memorial blitz tournament
On Friday, 8th of June chess enthusiasts will be able to witness a clock simultaneous exhibition, where 6 Slovenian promising cadets will get the unique opportunity to test their knowledge against the former World Champion challenger – Latvian Grandmaster Alexei Shirov.
At the same time legendary GM Alexander Beliavsky will be challenging the current World Champion among seniors GM Evgeny Sveshinkov in 4 rapid games. Their fight will continue on the next day, when they will be playing 4 additional games - all at the same time!
Live Games:
Beljavski-Svešnikov (2) http://view.livechesscloud.com/71ab4084-d62f-4e5f-a453-e90e3b565155 - 2. dvoboj, petek, 8. 6. 2018.
Beljavski-Svešnikov (3) http://view.livechesscloud.com/2b69b2a4-d1ea-485b-984a-e41a8fb49aad - 3. dvoboj, petek, 8. 6. 2018.
Beljavski-Svešnikov (4) http://view.livechesscloud.com/4e770aae-6127-448d-81e2-871b6e6d79ba - 4. dvoboj, petek, 8. 6. 2018.
Beljavski-Svešnikov (M) http://view.livechesscloud.com/8eba22b7-c16a-4d4e-bace-c091c30e10c1 - Dvoboj, sobota, 9. 6. 2018.
Širov-Štajerska mladi http://view.livechesscloud.com/7b7db60c-8bd9-4864-b287-f9c31c5404d9 - Dvoboj petek, 8. 6. 2018.
We are proud to announce that we have signed a cooperation agreement with a renowned chess company Chess Base from Hamburg.
We have agreed to cooperate in many areas.
We will do our best to raise our game to an even higher level. Moreover, the participation of the German company has enhanced credibility and recognisability of our activities.