ECF Arbiters Courses – May and June 2018
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Coach required – European Schools in Krakow
An extra coach is required for the England Junior Chess Team at the European Schools Chess Championships in Krakow, Poland, 29th June – 8th July ….
Alan Merry wins in Jersey – and gets a GM norm!
Congratulations to ECF Chess Academy student IM Alan Merry, who is joint winner of the Open Polar Jersey Chess Festival (31st March – 7th April…
ECF Awards 2018
The ECF Awards Committee invites nominations for the 2017-18 season in the following categories (for the purposes of these awards, please note that the season…
Arbiter and Organiser title achievements
At the most recent FIDE presidential board meeting, we are delighted to announce that three ENG arbiters/organisers were awarded FIDE titles for their work. IA…
Ezra Kirk IM / Matt Wadsworth IM norm
Congratulations to ECF Academy members Ezra Kirk (above left), on being awarded his International Master title by FIDE, and Matthew Wadsworth (above right), on gaining…
National Club Championships – 7-8 April!
… at the Park Inn by Radisson Telford Hotel, Forgegate, Telford Centre, Telford, Shropshire TF3 4NA Run by Guy Greenland Email: nationalclub@englishchess.org.uk and Alex Holowczak Entry…
Jones, McShane are in joint first place in Batumi!
European Individual Chess Championships, Batumi, Georgia – the prestigious tournament is well under way, drawing to a conclusion on Thursday 29th March. Since its inception…
Yearbook correction – Andrew Toothill / Derbyshire
Please note that Andrew Toothill is STILL the Chairman of Derbyshire Chess Association, and that the vacancy shown in the yearbook is an error on…
RIP Graham Humphreys
Graham, a long time stalwart of Midlands chess, died in New Cross Hospital on Wednesday March 21st at the age of 89. David Anderton, President of…
Vince Cable signs the petition to recognise chess as a sport!
The petition, begun by Klaudia Tombolis, states — Chess should be recognised as a Sport by Sport England. This can be done if the Secretary…
ECF website security
Members and visitors are asked to kindly note that the ECF, ECF Juniors, ECF Seniors, BCC and NSCC websites have all had an SSL Certificate…
Yearbook correction – H&DCA
On page 162 of the 2018 ECF Yearbook, Ealing, Harrow and West London chess clubs are wrongly shown as being affiliated to the Huddersfield and…
18th World IPCA WICC in Prague
Coming soon – the 18th World Championship of IPCA Physically Disabled Chess Players in Prague 2018. To ensure accommodation in the TOP hotel in Prague,…