08.05.2026: The program of the 19th European Chess Solving Championship started with a press conference in the Continental Hotel, the venue of the event. The main ECSC organizer Zoran Stojčevski, the president of Chess Federation of North Macedonia Saša Bogdanović, the WFCC President Marjan Kovačević, and the WFCC 1st Vice-President Abdulla Ali Aal Barket adressed a group of domestic journalists, eager to know many details about the ECSC and the WFCC Fujairah Grand Prix 2025-26.