ITT for 2026 British Chess Championships Venue Provision
The ECF is looking to contract for the provision of a venue for the 2026 British Chess Championships. Interested venue providers are invited to respond to the Invitation to Tender…
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British Chess Championships 2025
We are pleased to announce that this year’s British Chess Championships will be held at St George’s Hall in Liverpool and the Liverpool Holiday Inn, with events running from 31st July to…
Visit to HMP Springhill – Carl Portman
National Schools report – Girls Semi-Finals
For the last ten years, St Catherine’s School in Bramley, England has been a sole or co-sponsor of the English Chess Federation National Schools Girls Team Tournament. A school with…
FIDE World School Chess Championships 2025
Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia 19th to 29th March 2025. A minimum of one parent must attend with each child who is playing in the tournament. For all the details and online…
Clubs & Congress Insurance 2024/25
Clubs and other chess organisations can now renew their insurance through Green Insurance Group by using the renewal/application form link below. All applications and payments should be sent to Green…
Bronze for Eugenia Karas at the World Youth Rapid and Blitz Championships
Congratulation to Eugenia Karas, who came third to win a bronze medal in the Girls U16 Blitz section at the World Youth Rapid and Blitz Championships that took place in…
UK Open Blitz Finals with photography and commentary
ECF Level 1 Arbiter Course – January 2025
ECF Secondary School Chess News November 2024
ISF Bahrain Gymnasiade 2024 – report and pictures
… from October 25 to October 30th – the 2024 ISF Bahrain Gymnasiade was the largest in the event’s 52 year history with 5,515 athletes from 71 countries competing across…
Record-breaking English chess prodigy earns master title and breaks official 2300 rating barrier aged 9
England’s record-breaking crop of chess talents scored another incredible milestone this week when nine-year-old north London schoolboy Ethan Pang became the youngest-ever to pass the 2300 rating mark in an…
Results of the ECF Elections 2024
The ECF Annual General Meeting was held on 26 October 2024. The following candidates were elected unopposed — President: Dominic Lawson Chair of Council: David Eustace Chief Executive: Mike Truran…
Third and final GM norm for Ameet Ghasi and first for Jonah Willow!
‘… awesome day for English chess …’ – GM Keith Arkell Some good news Sunday (13/10/24) with Midlands players Jonah Willow and Ameet Ghasi finishing 2nd and 3rd, and both…