18th EUROPEAN CHESS SOLVING CHAMPIONSHIP 2025

25-27 April, Athens, Greece

Announcements

Our Sincere Thanks!

May 12, 2025

As the organizers, would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who contributed to the success of of the 18th ECSC.

We begin with heartfelt thanks to the University of Athens for providing us with such an iconic venue. We also extend our deep appreciation to the WFCC Fujairah Grand Prix, whose support gave a significant boost to Chess Solving. Our collaboration with their representatives, Dr. Abdulla Ali Aal Barket and Mohammad Alhallak, was truly excellent.

Our gratitude also goes to Marjan Kovačević, Harry Fougiaxis, and Julia Vysotska for their invaluable support throughout the event.

A special thanks to our directors, Axel Steinbrink and Borislav Gadjanski. Axel’s impeccable work and outstanding character are well known to all of us. He has been a consistent supporter of Greek organizers — and of us personally — many times over the years. We are fortunate to have someone like him in our field.

As for Bora, this was his first time serving as Director at a European Championship, and he proved to be an excellent choice. His contribution is especially important as it helps expand the currently limited pool of reliable directors for major events.

Many Greek contributors supported us in various ways, and we would like to briefly acknowledge them:

Stathis Efstathopoulos, Dimitris Skyrianoglou, Panagiotis Konidaris, Nikos Dirlis, Katerina Kyriakou, Dimitra Tsiaousi, Kostas Prentos, Dimitris Liakos, Manolis Manolas, Vangelis Petridis, Nikos Pirenis, Despoina Mendrinou, Nektarios Mendrinos, Maria Efstathopoulou, and Elena Foumaki.

Finally, we sincerely apologize for any mistakes or oversights that may have occurred on our part as organizers.

With warm thanks,

Nikos & George Mendrinos

18th ECSC photos

May 10, 2025

We’ve gathered as many photos as we could from our three-day visit to Athens. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who took part and made it so special!

Greek Press Coverage of the 18th ECSC

May 9, 2025

The 18th ECSC attracted significant interest from the Greek press. Below, we present a selection of the most notable articles and interviews published in Greek media regarding the event.

18th ECSC results

April 27, 2025

The final results of the 18th ECSC and WFCC Fujairah Grand Prix 2025-26 have been posted!

Open results

April 27, 2025

The final results of the Open Competition have been posted!

Machine Gun results

April 26, 2025

The results of the Machine Gun have been posted!

Press Conference

April 24, 2025

On Friday, April 25th at 11:30 AM Athens local time, we kick off the championship events with an open-to-all press conference at the competition venue! All attendees will have the opportunity to speak with the organizers as well as representatives of the WFCC Fujairah Grand Prix and get answers to all your questions. We look forward to seeing you there!

Athens Tours with a discount!

April 16, 2025

Great news!

We’ve secured a 20% discount on all guided tours from the exceptional travel agency Athenian Tours for the dates April 23–29! The possible tour time slots we had previously mentioned for Friday 25/4 and Saturday 26/4 are now confirmed and available! You can view and book all available tours directly on their website with the following instructions:


Three clarifications

March 19, 2025

a) Solvers from outside Europe are also eligible to participate in the event. They will be presented as unofficial ECSC participants, and can compete for the Grand Prix monetary prizes and Grand Prix Points, but as stated in the WFCC rules:

"Solvers outside of the ECU are not considered for the team competition and also not for the individual European championship results, only for the overall individual results."

b) While participation in the Open tournament is open to everyone, the WFCC rules impose restrictions on the number of solvers per country in the ECSC. We encourage you to check the detailed WFCC rules and coordinate with your national delegates for further clarification.

c) Participants belonging to special categories (Women, Seniors, U23, U18, U14) who are not listed in the Solvers' Rating List are kindly requested to send a photo of their passport or ID to the official tournament email!

10% Discount at the Titania Hotel will be available until April 13th!

February 7, 2025

The organizers have secured an exclusive 10% discount for ECSC participants and their companions at Titania Hotel, conveniently located just a 4-5 minute walk from the competition venue!

Registration form is open!

February 1, 2025

Please complete and submit the registration form as soon as possible (we still accept new forms)

The timely submission of the form will help us make the event even better!

Further information (fees, activities, etc.) can also be found in the registration form.

Schedule

Contact us!

Email

2025ecsc@gmail.com

Phone

+30 210 220 1832

©2025

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