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…
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…
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…
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,…
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 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…
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…
— 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, 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…
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 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 —…
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…
The ECF is very sad to learn of the passing last night of International Master Michael Basman. Michael was a renowned English chess player, author and organiser who was awarded…
WFM Shohreh Bayat is offering a series of free chess training lessons for Ukrainian refugees. The lessons are expected to run weekly on Tuesday afternoons from 3.30pm to 5.30pm, starting…
The Braille Chess Association, which encourages and supports the playing of chess at all levels by blind and partially sighted people, is proudly celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. One…