Chess News

BCC Winners!

Congratulations to Michael Adams on winning the British Chess Championships and to Lan Yao, winner of the British Women’s Championship, who also gained a WGM norm


ChessFest!

The UK’s largest chess event took place on Sunday 16th July in London’s Trafalgar Square. Now in its third year, the annual open-air chess festival saw over 14,000 people attend…


BCC2023 Chess Festival events entry form

Running alongside the British Chess Championships in Leicester we have a raft of events for players and visitors alike to enjoy, including simuls with GM Keith Arkell, outdoor drop-in chess…


Shreyas Royal at the Kasparov Chess Foundation

Shreyas Royal was recently selected for training by the Kasparov Chess Foundation. He was first invited to a preliminary training camp in Vienna, as one of eight top European juniors,…







A visit to HMP Dartmoor – Carl Portman

We hope this report gives you a sense of Carl’s ongoing work for the ECF, including visits to prisons of all categories across the country. Carl will also be appearing…


RIP Michael Lipton

A full obituary can be found at this link – https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/apr/18/michael-lipton-obituary – on the Guardian website Picture courtesy of the University of Sussex – https://www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/read/60706


Northumbria Masters Junior Bursaries

A number of junior bursaries are available for participants in the Northumbria Masters Congress (24-28 August, Newcastle upon Tyne), thanks to generous support from the John Robinson Youth Chess Trust….



Queens’ Chess Festival returns in July

The Queens’ Online Chess Festival, a series of continental women’s online blitz tournaments, is returning this summer. The third edition of the popular event, organized by the FIDE Commission for…