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.
Chess News
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…
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…
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…
2022 Cotswold Chess Congress
The 52nd Cotswold Chess Congress was held at The Kings School, Gloucester Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th June. The organizers are grateful to Karen Gulley from the school who assisted…
Bloxwich Juniors return
Bloxwich Junior Chess Academy and Club return on Saturday 11th June 2022 at 9.45am to celebrate their 12th Birthday with a chess match from 10.00am till 11.30am. They will be…
Winton British Chess Solving Championships 2022-2023
The starter problem is attached below. White, playing up the board, is to play and force mate in two moves against any Black defence. There is no entry fee, and…
Chess in prisons update – from Carl Portman
The English Chess Federation and Chess in Schools and Communities Charity are delighted to announce an agreement about work with chess in prisons between the two organisations. There has been…
Blind Faith
(picture – Chris Ross at Sheffield Hallam University, where he holds a senior administrative role) Chris Ross, the UK’s strongest ever fully blind chess player, has just written a book…
David Anderton RIP (updated 25/4/22)
It is with great sadness we report that David Anderton passed away today, 1st April 2022. This is a great loss. Our condolences go out to his wife, Doreen, and…
Unveiling of new chess tables in Russell Square Gardens
On Thursday May 12th 2022 13.30 to 15.00 at the Café Tropea, Russell Square Gardens. We will be joined by Malcolm Pein, International Chess Master, ECF International Director and CEO…
2022 MSO Grand Prix
Registration is now open for this year’s MSO Grand Prix, which commences on April 15. The goal of the MSO Grand Prix is to continue to bring together the world’s…
RIP Edward Claud Sowden
I am writing to advise you that my father, Edward Claud Sowden, passed away on the 13th February 2022 aged 85 years after a short illness and it was his…
European Chess Women’s Gala
On the 26th and 27th of February, the English Chess Federation’s Director of Women’s Chess, Agnieszka Milewska, travelled to Monaco to represent England in the European Chess Women’s Gala. The…