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Eunice Dolan – MCCU President

At the recent Midland Counties Chess Union AGM, Eunice Dolan was elected as the 1st Lady President of the Union. The MCCU was founded in 1897, 125 years ago.





England Triple World Champions!

England won three world titles in the World Senior Chess Teams Championships yesterday in Acqui Terme, Italy. England’s men won both the World Over 50 Championship and the World Over…




Girls Only unrated online tournament

FIDE, together with ChessKid and in the frame of the Queens Festival, is organizing very important initiative – a Girls Only unrated online tournament! The event will run from the…


ChessFest 2022

The ECF is delighted to report that Chess in Schools and Communities will be holding another ChessFest this summer on Sunday 17th July in Trafalgar Square, London. ChessFest is a…


Caplin Menchik Memorial

Vera Menchik (1906-44) was the first women’s world chess champion, as well as the longest reigning champion, gaining the title at the age of 21 and defending it multiple times…


A special offer for new ECF members

In the past the ECF membership year has run from 1st September to 31st of the following August, and each year during July we open the sale of new memberships…


Girls National Schools Championships – semi-finals

Entries have re-opened for the ECF Girls’ National Schools semi-finals on October 9th in the South and November 20th in the North. Entries may be made here – https://www.englishchess.org.uk/NSCC/girls-championships-2022/ and…


Arbiter appointments for the Chennai Olympiad

The arbiter appointments for the Chennai Olympiad have been announced at https://arbiters.fide.com/news/7464. There is a relevant article at https://www.fide.com/news/1801. There are 22 senior roles and the arbiters appointed to these positions come…