ECF 2023 Award Winners announced
This year saw a large number of entries for the awards. The winners have now been announced. Together with their citations, all the winning entries can be found here —…
ECF News
England Open Team Announcement
We are pleased to announce the England Open team for the forthcoming European Team Chess Championship is – GM Nikita Vitiugov 2719 GM David Howell 2676 GM Michael Adams 2662…
England Women’s Team Announcement
We are pleased to announce that England Women’s team for the European Team Chess Championship is — IM Jovanka Houska 2340 IM Harriet Hunt 2316 WIM Lan Yao 2315 WGM…
Voting calculations for the year September 2023 to August 2024
A new facility to inspect the Calculation of Voting Entitlement for Council Members is available in the Council Database here. This enables Council representatives and officials or organisations (or indeed…
ECF Book of the Year Shortlist
The Short List this year contains four books covering widely differing aspects of chess, but also in differing sizes ranging from the compact to very large. However, each one, whatever…
Government funding for chess from DCMS, DLUHC and DfE
The ECF is delighted that the Department of Culture, Media and Sport has announced a combined package of measures worth almost £1 million that will inspire the next generation of…
Response to FIDE’s new trans regulations
The English Chess Federation’s (ECF) position is clear. We do not exclude trans women and this position will not change, despite FIDE’s new policy. Trans women have worked on behalf…
Recent allegations made online
The ECF is aware of historical and serious allegations which have recently been made public by a female chess player regarding highly inappropriate behaviour from several people within the game….
ECF AGM 2023 – call for nominations
Nominations are invited for the positions detailed below, which will be the subject of elections to be held at the Annual General Meeting on 14th October 2023. Posts due for…
ECF AGM 2023 – call for motions
The 2023 Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday 14th October 2023 and will meet at 1 Spinningfields Square, Manchester M3 3AP with access also by Zoom. Start time…
2023 English Women’s Online Blitz Championship
The 2023 English Women’s Online Blitz Championship is now in progress with qualifiers complete and the finals starting at 3.00pm on Saturday 12th August. The finals will be played in…
BCC 2023 commentary on YouTube
IM Adam Hunt and GM Danny Gormally’s commentary for all nine rounds of the British Chess Championships is now available on the ECF’s YouTube channel – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRazaRwwrCej7HDCNr2SSLw. You can jump…
BCC Winners!
Congratulations to Michael Adams on winning the British Chess Championships and to Lan Yao, winner of the British Women’s Championship, who also gained a WGM norm
Members’ Representatives for 2023/24
The ECF Members’ Representatives for 2023/24 will be — Life Members – Stewart Reuben; Gerard Walsh Platinum Members – Adrian Elwin; David Eustace Gold Members – Tim Wall; Mike Waddington…