4NCL Women’s League
I’m pleased to be able to confirm that a second weekend of the new 4NCL Women’s League has now been arranged. You can find full…
ECF News
ECF Office hours Christmas arrangements
The ECF Offfice is now closed for Christmas and the New Year, and will re-open on 6th January 2020. However, while we will not be…
New ECF Manager of Arbiters
The ECF is pleased to announce the appointment of Alan Atkinson (above, centre, with David Clayton and Peter Purland) to the post of ECF Manager…
ECF Arbiters’ Course February 2020
The ECF will be running an ECF Arbiters course at the Daventry Court Hotel, Sedgemoor Way, Daventry NN11 0SG on 15th – 16th February 2020….
UK Blitz Final 2019 – more games and videos
The Open and Women’s Blitz Finals were held on Saturday 16th November at St John’s Hotel in Solihull. The Open final had an exceptional field…
Nominations sought for post of Chairman of Council
A Chairman of Council was not appointed at October’s Annual General Meeting, no candidate having been nominated for the post. The Board has the power…
Dave Welch – Obituaries from Alex McFarlane, Peter Purland & John Saunders
It is with great regret that we report the death of David Welch, the former Chief Arbiter of the ECF and the 4NCL. As is…
2019/20 Counties Championship
The revised rules for the 2019/20 Counties Championship have been published. There are no changes to the timetable for the National stages, with Finals Day…
Bronze in Batumi!
More medals for England in European Open Teams Championship! A fine all-round team performance secured the England team well-deserved Bronze medals in the European Teams…
C Richard Moore RIP
Died Monday 21st October 2019, thought to be aged 85. He was an Honorary Life Vice President of the ECF. He served as a trustee…
Council Minutes Published
The minutes of both the ECF and BCF Council Meetings on 12th October 2019, together with the minutes of Board Meeting 133 which preceded them,…
Complaint received
On 17th October 2019, the Board received a complaint under Regulation No. 5 from Tim Wall regarding the conduct of Mike Truran, the Chief Executive,…
Appointment – ECF Women’s Recruitment Officer
The ECF is delighted to announce the appointment of Tim Wall as Women’s Recruitment Officer. Speaking about the appointment, Chris Fegan, Director of Women’s Chess,…
Scheduled works / homepage shuffle – done
The promised navigational changes to the ECF homepage are done. Please note the following — A) The ‘boxes of links’ that used to reside below…