FM and WFM Title Achievements – updated!
Congratulations to Stanley Badacsonyi (top, left) on achieving his FM title at the age of 14 years and 11 months. Well done Stanley! Stanley joins (below, from left to right)…
Chess News
Ethan Pang, nine, beats three grandmasters – from Leonard Barden
BCET Awards 2024
The Chess Trust are pleased to announced that four awards have been made to the following: North Cardiff Junior Chess Club; Park End Primary School Middlesbrough; St William of York…
English Women’s Online Blitz Championships 2024 report
The English Women’s Online Blitz Championships 2024 were held on Chess.com, featuring a thrilling group stage on the 24th and 25th of August, followed by final on the 31st of…
European Under 8 Champion Junyan Hu
Junyan Hu has won the European Under 8 Championship today (31.8.24)! This adds to the Gold medal that Samar Dayal won in the European Under 10 Rapidplay Championship a couple…
UK Open Blitz Championships 2024
ECF Awards 2024
This year saw many strong entries and the Awards Committee took on a tough task in reviewing and voting on them all. I was delighted to find that clear winners…
Junior Bursaries for the Northumbria Masters
Thanks to the generous support of the John Robinson Youth Chess Trust, there are a number of junior bursaries (comprising free entry) available for England-affiliated players aged Under 21 entering…
Shreyas Royal on the BBC!
Skip to 50:25 to enjoy Shreyas’ interview on BBC Breakfast this morning 7/8/24 – https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0021sq1/breakfast-07082024 – and follow this link to the BBC website for an article by Tony Grew…
I Am The New U14 British Chess Champion! Video by Rock Yu
Shreyas Royal, Grandmaster!
Shreyas Royal, aged just 15, is set to become England’s 41st grandmaster and the youngest ever, beating GM David Howell’s record, after achieving his final GM norm in the British…
Brilliant Under 10s!
Ones to watch – Ethan Pang, Bodhana Sivanandan and Kushal Jakhria!
UK wins the World Team Chess Solving Championships!
From left to right – Jonathan Mestel, John Nunn and David Hodge. Christopher Jones writes — ‘In the final results table, you’ll see that their win was by tie-break (less…
Glorney Cup 2024
The ECF has been asked to run this year’s Glorney Cup from 23rd to 25th July (i.e. immediately before the British Championships) at the Canham Turner Building in Hull University….