European Senior Teams Championships – final round and winners photographs
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…
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European Senior Teams Championships – reports from Nigel Povah
Six England teams comprising 26 players gathered for the European Senior Team Chess Championship in Dresden, Germany. The six teams are as follows – England 50+ 1: 1. Mark Hebden…
International Master Michael Basman RIP
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…
Paul Buswell RIP
It was with great sadness that we learned that our colleague and friend, Paul Buswell passed away yesterday morning, 18th October 2022, at St.Michael’s Hospice, Hastings. He was born in…
International and FIDE Delegate reports from Malcolm Pein
European Club Cup & Club Cup for Women
Wood Green women’s team and the open teams from Blackthorne, Celtic Tigers & The Sharks are representing the ECF at the seven day tournament being held in Mayrhofen, Austria from…
ECF Book of the Year 2022
Think like a Super-GM Adams and Hurtado Quality Chess pp464 £29.50 The two authors, in conjunction with the publisher, have produced a book of great interest and originality. Adams is…
Congratulations Bodhana!
Bodhana Sivanandan came second in the U8 Girls category at the FIDE World Cadet Chess Championship. Bodhana actually finished joint top with 9.5 points after 11 rounds but narrowly missed…
Aga Milewska – ECU Women’s Commission Councillor
The English Chess Federation is extremely proud that our Director of Women’s Chess Aga Milewska has been selected to be a Councillor on the European Chess Union’s Women’s Commission. Congratulations,…
ECF AGM 2022 – papers
The agenda and papers for the upcoming AGM can be found via this link — http://ecfcouncillive.ndlazi.uk/
Nominations for election at the AGM – updated 14/9/22
The nominations for election at the forthcoming AGM are listed below. Election addresses can be found on the Council database via this link – http://ecfcouncillive.ndlazi.uk/index.php?command=MeetingRecord&page=B Chair of Council David Eustace…
Junior Development Pathway
The English Chess Federation’s Junior Development Pathway is a new initiative by the ECF to create a structured and formal progression plan for junior chess players which incorporates existing coaches,…
UK Blitz 2022 – results and qualifiers to date
Click here – https://www.englishchess.org.uk/uk-open-blitz-2022-results-and-qualifiers/ – for the results and qualifiers as at 4th September
Level 1 Arbiter Course September 2022 closing date
Entries for this course – https://www.englishchess.org.uk/ecf-arbiter-course-registration/ — will close at 5.00pm tomorrow September 6th. Please enter now if you plan to.