Schedule

Arrival and registration: 7th and 8th of May

The organizers will provide transfer from Skopje Airport to the official hotels on 7th and 8th May and from the official hotels to Airports on 10th and 11th May, for guests in official hotels. The price is 15 EUR in one direction.

On a special request, it is possible to organize a transfer from Sofia or Pristina airport. (Estimated price for taxi is round 150 EUR)

Friday 8th May: Saturday 9th May: Sunday 10th May:
  • 16:30 – 20:00

Open Solving

Director: Ivan Denkovski

  • 21:00 – 21:30
    Captains meeting
  • 11:00 – 14:30
    ESCS 1st Day

Director: Ivan Denkovski

  • 18:00
    Machine Gun

Director: Borislav Gadjanski

  • 21:30
    Traditional Macedonian Dinner with live music
  • 10:00 – 13:00
    ESCS 2nd Day

Director: Ivan Denkovski

  • 17:00
    Closing ceremony and awarding of the winners

 

Important notes:

  • Selfmates will be included in Round 4 and Helpmates in Round 6.
  • Each round of ECSC-Open will consist of one two-mover, one three-mover, one more-mover, one endgame, one helpmate and one selfmate.   
  • The Championship is included in the WFCC Fujairah Grand Prix 2025-26. Grand Prix prizes and Grand Prix points will be available to all the solvers, including the unofficial ECSC participants.

SIDE EVENT:

ESCS Internet composing tourney 2026 for mates in three moves and helpmates in 2.5 or 3 moves.

Please send your original problems to the tourney arbiter at zoran.gavrilovski@gmail.com until 30.04.2026. The best participants will receive chess composition literature (books, magazines etc.) and other prizes.

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