Minsk, Belarus 19-22 August 2021
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Latest Updates
18-09-2021
A short video about the event28-08-2021
The rating changes for the 22-08-2021
Sergey Korchitsky won the World Open Shogi Championship.
21-08-2021
Sergey Korchitsky won the European Championship.
20-08-2021
The championship has started:
20-08-2021
40 players participated in the blitz championship. Anton Starykevich won the tournament. Dream Team (Peter Sheslionok, Thomas Pfaffel and Boris Savich) won the team tournament (11 participants).
20-08-2021
Shun Tokuni won the online tournament.
20-08-2021
13-08-2021
69 players (including 3 top European ones) have registered for August 13.
12-08-2021
An online championship with short time limit (5 minutes + 10 seconds byoyomi) will be held on Thursday 19th August. The tournament will be run on the Swiss system with 7 rounds.
15-07-2021
No self-isolation for vaccinated arrivals in Belarus!. The new resolution removes the self-isolation requirement for arrivals with vaccination certificates. It also cancels the PCR test requirement for them too. The Belarusian government has also cut the period of self-isolation to 7 days.
23-06-2021
At a general vote of the FESA member countries, it was approved the decision to hold the championships on August 19-22, 2021 in Minsk.
30-05-2020
Due to the difficult epidemiological situation in the world, the championships are postponed. The possible dates are November 2020 or July 2021.
01-01-2020
Belarusian shogi statistics for 2019:254 players from Belarus took part in 157 rating tournaments, including 36 major (multi-day) events.
09-11-2019
The event venue has been determined. The tournaments will be held at the conference halls of the Hotel Belarus. There will be a discount up to 30% for participants on the accommodation price. The details will be provided after pre-registration.
17-08-2019
Minsk player Vincent Tanyan beat Thomas Leiter (Germany) in the final game of the ESC 2019 in Bratislava and made his second European championship title. The 3rd place was taken by another Minsk player Anton Starykevich by beating compatriot Maxim Shaporov.
27-07-2018
Effective from July 27, 2018, foreign citizens of 74 countries (including all the EU countries) can enter Belarus in the visa-free regime for up to 30 days. The details you can find here.
27-07-2018
Minsk was selected as the host city of the ESC/WOSC 2020.
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About the Event
ESC&WOSC 2013 in Minsk
Held annually since 1985 in one of the FESA member countries, the European championship is the main shogi event in Europe. The 2020 competitions will take place in Minsk, Belarus from the 19th to the 22nd of August 2021.
The event consists of four tournaments:
- the European Shogi Championship (a knock-out tournament for the top 32 rated European players with 5 rounds)
- the World Open Shogi Championship (a McMahon-system tournament with 9 rounds)
- the Blitz Shogi Championship (a tournament with short time limit with 7 rounds)
- the Team Tournament (a team (3 players) tournament with 4 rounds)
The halls of the Belarus Hotel will serve as a venue for the competitions.
ESC & WOSC 2020 in Minsk, Belarus