Queens Online Chess Festival 2022
The Queens Online Chess Festival 2022, a series of continental women’s online blitz tournaments, starts on June 5th 2022. Female players from Africa, Asia, Europe…
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Chessable English and English Women’s Championships – results
Chess in prisons update – from Carl Portman
The English Chess Federation and Chess in Schools and Communities Charity are delighted to announce an agreement about work with chess in prisons between the…
Blind Faith
(picture – Chris Ross at Sheffield Hallam University, where he holds a senior administrative role) Chris Ross, the UK’s strongest ever fully blind chess player,…
Chessable English Seniors Championships – results
BCET Awards 2022 – a reminder
A reminder that the deadline for nominations and citations for the BCET Awards is 31st May 2022. Please send these to John Wickham j.r.wickham@btinternet.com as…
Motion on Ukraine approved – ECF Finance Council Meeting
The following motion was approved at the ECF Council meeting on 23 April – That the ECF utterly condemns the regime of Russian President Vladimir…
David Anderton RIP (updated 25/4/22)
It is with great sadness we report that David Anderton passed away today, 1st April 2022. This is a great loss. Our condolences go out…
Attn. League and Club Secretaries
This is just a friendly reminder that ECF will be charging game fee (£18 adult, £6 junior) to leagues and clubs who send in non-members’…
Nominations invited for this year’s ECF Awards
Details for this year’s ECF Awards are now available and can be found here (PDF), together with information on how to apply and the assessment…
ECF Marathon for Ukraine – results
The English Chess Federation’s 24-hour charity marathon for Ukraine took place over the weekend of 02/04 to 03/04 on Chess.com to raise funds for the…
Unveiling of new chess tables in Russell Square Gardens
On Thursday May 12th 2022 13.30 to 15.00 at the Café Tropea, Russell Square Gardens. We will be joined by Malcolm Pein, International Chess Master,…
ECF Women’s Norm Event 2022/She Plays To Win
Follow these links — https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/ecf-womens-norm-event-2022#live https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/1st-she-plays-to-win-international-2022#live (image courtesy of Netflix)
Junior Development Pathway consultation
Junior chess remains extremely popular in England with a thriving educational and competitive scene. There are many organisations and service providers including for profits, charities…