European Cities & Towns Chess Championship – update
European Chess Union announces the 1st European Cities & Towns Chess Championship which will now take place on Sunday, 29th January 2023, in hybrid cities venues. The event consists of…
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EPSCA Primary Schools Championships 2023
Entries are now open for the EPSCA National Primary Schools Championships 2023 in partnership with Kingswood Activity Centre. There will be three stages — Stage 1 – The Zone Stage;…
UK Blitz Finals 2022
The finals took place at the Woodland Grange Hotel, Leamington Spa on Saturday 3rd December. Follow this link for the final standings in the Open and Women’s competitions, together with…
Kamila Hryshchenko – World Congress of Chess Composition
First of all, I want to say that it was nice to be a part of the GB team at the WCCC 2022 in Fujairah. This solving competition was only…
John Nunn takes Gold!
Hearty congratulations to the new World 65+ Senior Chess Champion, John Nunn! Click here for a fuller report – https://www.englishchess.org.uk/Seniors/john-nunn-is-world-senior-65-champion/ – and here to read Leonard Barden’s report in the…
Chess in Schools and Communities are recruiting new tutors
Passionate about chess? Chess in Schools and Communities are recruiting new tutors nationwide to teach in schools, libraries and prisons. We have particular need in the following areas — Leeds,…
Samar Dayal – Commonwealth Under 8 Champion
Congratulations to Samar Dayal who has won the Gold medal in the Under 8 section of the Commonwealth Chess Championships. His mother writes — ‘Samar participated in the Commonwealth Chess…
Zoe Veselow – silver medal in the Euro Youth U8 Girls!
Zoe Veselow has won a silver medal in the Euro Youth U8 Girls. Her coach for the event, GM Jonathan Hawkins, said Zoe worked very hard every day preparing and reviewing…
Shreyas Royal – first GM norm at 13!
The ECF congratulates Shreyas Royal on the tremendous achievement of gaining his first GM norm at just 13 years old! Click here to see Shreyas’s tweet – https://twitter.com/shrez_royal09/status/1592108004824207360?s=46&t=9C5UGjjDu81HNCGWXLf6nA Read Leonard…
Alan Fraser RIP
— from Brendan O’Gorman I’m sad to report that Alan Fraser died on 2 November. A member of Beckenham and Bromley chess club, Alan only took up competitive chess on…
Shreyas Royal leads Bavarian Open – from Leonard Barden
Shreyas Royal, 13, is in contention to score England’s youngest ever grandmaster result in the Bavarian Open at Tegernsee, Germany. Royal won his first five games, the last two against…
European Senior Teams Championships – final round and winners photographs
November 4th – Round 9 England 50+ 1st team are European Senior Team Chess Champions! The England 50+ 1st team celebrated their status as the new European champions with a…
Middlesex chess players – your county needs you!
Middlesex County Chess is struggling to find administrators and players, and they have set up a Google form for anyone and everyone who might be interested here — https://forms.gle/5DLyeSwnYFPSBVzj7 —…
Free chess training for Ukrainian refugees in Hull
WFM Shohreh Bayat & Andrei Ciuravin are organising a series of free chess training lessons for Ukrainian refugees in Hull. The lessons are expected to run weekly on Saturday mornings…