30 December 2022:
By the Chairman
XXXII NATO Chess Championship, Tartu EST, June 26 - July 1, 2022
Silver medals of the Polish Army!
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Original article in Szachista (Polish)
Polish Armed Forces at NATO Chess
To start with, I shall stress that I am extremely honoured to write these words on NATO Chess from Polish perspective following good examples of Germany, Norway, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
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15 August 2022:
By the Chairman
Two decades of the Polish Armed Forces in the NATO Championship
Chess is a popular sport discipline in the military environment of the NATO member states.
This is evidenced primarily by the competitions organized at the allied level: the 12th NATO
Tournaments (1978-1988 and 1993) and the 31st NATO Championships (1989-2021).
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Original article in Szachista (Polish)
15 August 2022:
By the Chairman
Lt. Col. Sławomir Kędzierski: the most important thing is the team's success
Three gold medals, 11 silver and four bronze were won by the Polish Army representation in 20 competitions in the championship chess competitions at the NATO level. The last championship in Estonia and the results obtained by our chess players in previous competitions are summarized by Lt. Col. Sławomir Kędzierski, chairman of the International Military Chess Committee.
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Original article in Armed Poland (Polish)
3 July 2022:
By the Webmaster
Last week, the 32th NATO Chess Championship has been played. Despite 30 degrees Celcius (86F) the whole week which was very unusual in Estonia this time,
the chess event and the cultural events were wonderful organized!
Results NCC 2022: 1) Greece, 2) Poland, 3) USA.
More information can be found at the
NCC 2022 Championship web site and the
NCC 2022 Championship event page.
4 June 2022:
By Jan Cheung
I have written a new article about chess education.
Does this lead to the same position
13 April 2022:
By the Webmaster
Open File (Magazine UK Armed Forces Chess Association) - Edition Spring 2022
By Jan Cheung
I have written a new article about chess education. A New Rate of Play
24 January 2022: 1st EU and NATO Online Blitz Tournament
The winner of the 1st Joint EU and NATO online blitz tournament is Cpt. Dariusz SYCZ. The participation of almost 30 players on Lichess, 29 Dec 2021, gives hope to continue the project. The main goal to get started has been successfully achieved. :-) Moreover, the competition offered a good chance to Albanian and Czech soldiers to show up. All veterans are welcome, too.
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The trophy King Canute has attracted the attention of the Museum of Sports and Tourism in Warsaw.
The nearby trophy belongs to GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda who won the World Cup 2021 and thus qualified for the 2022 Candidates tournament.
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View (and download) the games of NATO Online Blitz 29 Dec 2021
20 January 2022: King Canute in the Museum of Sports and Tourism (MSiT)
Presentation of the Friends of Chess medal
to the Director of MSiT Mr Sławomir Majcher
1 January 2022:
By the Webmaster
Happy new year! The world situation is still unclear. We hope that the NCC tournament in
Estonia can be organized this year. In the mean time, the web site is being updated with old pictures that were a) stored in Google+ in the past or b) couldn't be stored in Google+ due to space problems.
The news section at the countries pages are being updated from collections over the web sites in the world. There is much written about the
NCC tournaments and it is a pity that some material is being lost due to space problems at the servers. Recovered news material will be summarized at the countries pages.
In the mean time, an online blitz tournament was played at 29 Dec 2021. The games can be viewed and downloaded from
