ECF News

Direct Members Reps Elections 2022 results

At the close of voting for the silver representatives results were as follows — Robert Dennington – 21; Srihari Iyengar – 8; Tahir Maher – 8; Julian Morrison – 16;…


Staffing in the office 1st – 5th August

The best days in the coming week to contact the office by telephone will be Tuesday, Thursday and Friday owing to staff leave. Phones will be unmanned Monday and Wednesday….


A warm welcome in Chennai

England have received a warm welcome in Chennai where the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad has just started. You can find more information at https://chessolympiad.fide.com/






England Triple World Champions!

England won three world titles in the World Senior Chess Teams Championships yesterday in Acqui Terme, Italy. England’s men won both the World Over 50 Championship and the World Over…




ChessFest 2022

The ECF is delighted to report that Chess in Schools and Communities will be holding another ChessFest this summer on Sunday 17th July in Trafalgar Square, London. ChessFest is a…


A special offer for new ECF members

In the past the ECF membership year has run from 1st September to 31st of the following August, and each year during July we open the sale of new memberships…


Girls National Schools Championships – semi-finals

Entries have re-opened for the ECF Girls’ National Schools semi-finals on October 9th in the South and November 20th in the North. Entries may be made here – https://www.englishchess.org.uk/NSCC/girls-championships-2022/ and…


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…