The 24th edition of the European Women’s Chess Championship 2024 will be held from 18 (arrival) to 30 April (departure) 2024, in the 5***** “Rodos Palace” Conference Hotel in Rhodes, Greece.
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 according to the Swiss System, 10 rounds. The rate of play is 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds for every move starting from move 1.
The official hotel and the playing venue of the event is Rodos Palace Conference Hotel.
The European Individual Women’s Chess Championship 2024 is a qualification event for the FIDE Women’s World Cup. According to the decision of the European Chess Union, 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 qualification spots.)
The total prize fund of the Championship is 60.000 EUR with 10.000 EUR reserved for the Winner of the event. Altogether with 20 regular prizes for the best ranked players, the organizers provided special prizes for two best Greek players. The list of prizes can be seen below:
The deadline for registrations and bookings is 19th of February 2024. The application form can be downloaded at the official website of the championship.
Contact information:
Mr. Ioannis Kalesis
Email: info@ewcc2024.com
Official Website: https://ewcc2024.com