National Honour – 3Cs Chess Club
3Cs Chess Club have once again been given national recognition, with the club’s founder Steve Rigby having secured a ‘Points of Light’ award, a national honour personally bestowed by the…
Chess News
Announcing the 2023 London Chess Classic
Chess in Schools and Communities are proud to announce that the London Chess Classic will return to the capital this December for its thirteenth edition. The London Chess Classic will…
Baptism of fire for the UK Parliamentary Chess Club
The UK Parliamentary Chess Club played its first over-the-board match in decades, and it was bruising encounter for them against a well-organised and impressive Imperial College Chess Club team. The…
‘Chess saved my life’: The Ukrainians and Russians now making moves for England
NSCC Girls Northern Semi-Final – event cancelled
Please note this event has been cancelled …
Urgent notice of venue change – Northwick Park/LJCC
LJCC players (U10 & U14) and Northwick Park Congress players please note — tournaments on December 16th, 17th have moved! They will now take place at University of Westminster Marylebone…
Two new Director appointments
The ECF is pleased to announce two new director appointments. First, Alex Longson is our new Finance Director, replacing Adam Ashton. Alex combines his role at UK Chess and running…
ECF Manager for Accessible Chess
The ECF is delighted to announce that Surrey player Owen Phillips has been appointed as ECF Manager for Accessible Chess. This is an important appointment for the federation, and means…
NCA Centenary Grandmaster Tournament
Top-level chess is underway in Nottingham where invited Grandmasters take on some of England’s best young players, including the cream of Nottingham’s chess talent. This special tournament celebrates NCA’s centenary…
Rhodes – rounds seven and eight from Owen Phillips
Leaders after round seven — GM Marcin Tazbir 6.5; IM Predrag Nikac 6; FM Alexey Streltsov 5.5; Yuri Bibikov 5.5; then ten players on 5. Gary Hogan won again, this…
Rhodes – rounds six and seven from Owen Phillips
Briefly, as we have the IBCA Congress to attend and vote in as well as prep for round seven — GM Marcin Tazbir (Poland) 5.5/6 Vladyslav Kolpakov (Ukraine) 5/6 IM…
Entries open to Hastings!
The Caplin Hastings International Chess Congress this year celebrates its 97th edition, and will take place from 28th December to 7th January, 2024. The organising committee is making some changes,…
Rhodes – round four from Owen Phillips
The top boards in round four showed up just before the off – seemingly matching the tenseness of the situation, with such key clashes just about to take place. Boards…
Rhodes – report three from Owen Phillips
STOP PRESS! Round Four Looks like a very important round as the current World Champion IM Predrag Nikac is facing off with Black against GM Marcin Tazbir; and on board…