England teams announced for the 2022 Olympiad
The England teams for the Open and Women’s Olympiad at Chennai are — Women’s team – WGM/IM Jovanka Houska, WGM Katarzyna Toma, FM Akshaya Kalaiyalahan, WIM Lan Yao and WCM…
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GM Nick Pert simultaneous
This event will take place at Salesian College, 119 Reading Road, Farnborough, GU14 6PA on the 2nd July from 10.00am to 12.00pm. There will be prizes for the best games…
Chessable English and English Women’s Championships – results
Chess in prisons update – from Carl Portman
The English Chess Federation and Chess in Schools and Communities Charity are delighted to announce an agreement about work with chess in prisons between the two organisations. There has been…
Chessable English Seniors Championships – results
Congratulations to English Juniors – updated 4/5/22
Just in – from ECF President Dominic Lawson To the England Team Juniors On behalf of the English Chess Federation, I am writing to congratulate each and every one of…
BCET Awards 2022 – a reminder
A reminder that the deadline for nominations and citations for the BCET Awards is 31st May 2022. Please send these to John Wickham j.r.wickham@btinternet.com as per the note below ……
Motion on Ukraine approved – ECF Finance Council Meeting
The following motion was approved at the ECF Council meeting on 23 April – That the ECF utterly condemns the regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin, which by its barbaric…
Attn. League and Club Secretaries
This is just a friendly reminder that ECF will be charging game fee (£18 adult, £6 junior) to leagues and clubs who send in non-members’ results for rating. We expect…
Nominations invited for this year’s ECF Awards
Details for this year’s ECF Awards are now available and can be found here (PDF), together with information on how to apply and the assessment criteria. There are nine award…
ECF Marathon for Ukraine – results
The English Chess Federation’s 24-hour charity marathon for Ukraine took place over the weekend of 02/04 to 03/04 on Chess.com to raise funds for the Red Cross DEC appeal in…
ECF Women’s Norm Event 2022/She Plays To Win
Follow these links — https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/ecf-womens-norm-event-2022#live https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/1st-she-plays-to-win-international-2022#live (image courtesy of Netflix)
Junior Development Pathway consultation
Junior chess remains extremely popular in England with a thriving educational and competitive scene. There are many organisations and service providers including for profits, charities and not for profit associations…
Women in Chess Global Exchange Forum
On Chess24.com on Sunday April 10th at 10.00am, with ECF Director of Women’s Chess Agnieszka Milewska – click here