international events in 2005

Click on the event name to link to any relevant website - no link normally means no website has yet been created for the event (ie the majority as this stage).

It should also be noted that many dates are yet to be confirmed

Event	Place	Dates	Chess Scotland status
World Events
World Senior Championship	Italy, Lignano Sabbiadoro	27 September to 10 October
World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad	India
World Major Open Championship	No information
World University Championship	No information
World Junior and Girls U20 Championships	No information	Turkey	8 to 21 November
World Senior Team Championship	No information
Commonwealth Championships	Bikaner, India	27 February to 9 March
World Olympiad	No event - held every two years
World Youth Championship	Belfort, France	18 - 29 July	Boys: - Under 18 - Steven Tweedie, Under 16 - Christopher Macdonald, Ivan Stokes, Andrew Green, Lloyd Hughes, Under 14 - Connor Woods, Ian MacGregor, Blair Hawthorne, Under 12 - Jonathan Wright, Under 10 - Calum Fraser McDonald Girls: - Under 16 - Lynsey Shovlin, Under 14 - Amy Officer, Under 12 - Rhian Hughes, Under 10 - Ali Roy Coaches : Esben Lund and Graeme Kafka
1st World School Championship	Halkidiki, Greece	22 - 29 April	Open to any school - see dedicated website for more information
European Events
European Team Championship	Gothenburg, Sweden	29 July to 8 August	Colin McNab, John Shaw, Andrew Muir, Jonathan Grant, Tim Upton Captain Jacob Aagaard
European Individual Championship	Warsaw, Poland	17 June to 3 July
European Youth Team Championship	probably Yalova/Turkey	probably 15– 24 October	We will participate from 2006 once the Glorney Cup cycle is finished
European Women's Blitz Championship	No information		Open - no CS action
European Blitz Championship	Cannes, France	November	Open - no CS action
European Amateur Championship	Pardubice (CZE) within the frame of CZECH OPEN 2005 festival.	20 to 31 July	Open - The registration deadline without additional charge is prolonged till 30.6. 2005.
European Youth Championship	Budva, Serbia/Montenegro	13 to 24 September	Clash with tri-nation (see below) creates problems
European Individual and Team Championships for Cadets and Juniors (Rapid and Blitz)	Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro	24 to 28 September	Do not usually take part on logistical and cost grounds but may consider if it follows Youth Championships
European Seniors Championship	Bad Homborg, Germany	25 June to 3 July	Open - no CS action
European Club Cup	St Vincent, Italy	17 to 25 September	Open to CS Club Champion (ie Richardson Cup winner)
European Rapid Chess Championship	Basel, Switzerland	1 and 2 January	Unlikely to take part!
Under 16 EU Championships	No information
Glorney and Faber Cup junior tournaments	Liverpool, England	26 to 29 July	Clash with World Youth being considered at present
Tri-nation youth championships	N Wales Agricultural College	17 / 18 September	CS will take part
European Individual Womens Championship	Chisinau, Moldavia	10 to 25 June
European Seniors Team Championship	Dresden, Germany	20 to 26 February
EU Championship	Cork, Ireland	21 March to 3 April
International Congress Chess in Schools	Netherlands	7 to 12 November	CS exploring more information