GM Luke McShane on the boom in chess
Chess continues to be in the news and English Grandmaster Luke McShane has written an article in The Spectator on the game’s current surge in…
Articles by Danny Rosenbaum
Ben Chilwell gets the chess bug
Chelsea FC star Ben Chilwell made a video this week about how chess has helped in tough times and is one of the diversions he…
The Caplin Hastings Online All-Play-All
The Caplin Hastings Online All-Play-All takes place this weekend. Taking part are GM Michael Adams, GM David Howell, GM Luke McShane, GM Gawain Jones. GM…
GM Gawain Jones is the European Online Blitz Chess Champion
Many congratulations to GM Gawain Jones on becoming the European Online Blitz Chess Champion! After getting through a gruelling 11-round qualification stage, he reached the…
England qualify for Division 1 – FIDE Online Olympiad
England have qualified for Division 1 in the FIDE Online Olympiad 2020, after coming second in Pool E, winning 8 out of 9 matches and…
England start their Olympiad campaign tomorrow
England starts its campaign in the FIDE Online Olympiad tomorrow in Pool E. Matches take place on Chess.com on 14th, 15th and 16th August. The…
England Team announced for FIDE Online Olympiad 2020
The FIDE Online Olympiad 2020 takes place from July 25th to August 30th, with 163 teams taking part. The games will take place on Chess.com. The…
Checkmate Covid-19 report
The English Chess Federation’s 24-hour marathon online chess tournament, Checkmate Covid-19 in aid of the British Red Cross, took place on the weekend 23rd-24th May…
Nominations invited for this year’s ECF Awards
Details for this year’s ECF Awards are now out and can be found here, together with information on how to apply. The closing date for…
ECF Online Fair Play and Anti-Cheating Rules
The English Chess Federation has just released new Online Fair Play and Anti-Cheating Rules. The direct link is https://englishchessonline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ECF-Online-Fair-Play-and-ACv2_0-1.pdf. These can be also accessed via…
English Women’s International Team Battle
The English Women’s team will be playing in an Online International Women’s Competition against a number of European National teams on Thursday 28th May at…
ECF Appointments
The ECF Board have agreed the creation of two new positions, Manager of Online Chess and Manager of Women’s Online Chess, and are delighted to…
Checkmate Covid-19 starts today!
The ECF’s 24-hour online chess marathon in aid of the British Red Cross starts today on Chess.com at 5pm UK time. Entries and donations are…
ChessPlus Training Camps for Juniors
ChessPlus together with the European Chess Union is organising two online chess camps on the weekend of 30th-31st May. These are aimed at chess players…