ECF News

From FIDE — FIDE has received a complaint that, between September 2018 and March 2019, two tournaments and a chess match, which took place in…

The Watch Oak is currently having its rather old central heating system replaced. As a result, we need to close the office at 1.00pm Friday…

The ECF is delighted to welcome Danny Rosenbaum as its new Social Media Manager, looking after our Twitter and Facebook accounts. An experienced and published…

Click here for a summary of the decisions taken at the April ECF Finance Council Meeting

The deadline for nominations and citations is fast approaching – Sunday 19th May, 2019! Don’t delay, email Paul Bielby today! The President’s Award for Services…

Following recent speculation in various quarters the ECF wishes to make the following comments: 1. As regards the bid process to run the ECF Academy…

An adjudication panel met on Tuesday evening to consider the bids received for the ECF Academy. The panel members were Alex Holowczak (Director of Junior…

The ECF is proud to have been shortlisted in the Remarkable East Yorkshire (REYTA) Awards 2019 in the Remarkable Tourism Category for last year’s highly…

The ECF will be running an ECF Arbiters course at Staverton Park in Daventry on 13th and 14th April. The lecturers will be Adrian Elwin and Alex Holowczak. For more details go to https://www.englishchess.org.uk/ecf-arbiter-course-registration/

The Grading Consultation closed last Saturday morning, and there were more than 900 responses to the consultation overall. The questions were — 1) Do you…

The 2019 Finance Council meeting will take place on the afternoon of 27th April in Birmingham. The prescribed business of the meeting includes presentation by…