I visited HMP Leicester on Tuesday 5th December 2017. This is a Category B men’s prison with a fairly transient population. It is the only…

The Lowenthal Cup County Championships trophy has been completely refurbished and cleaned, and is now ready for a new lease of life as the reward…

Julie Leonard, Editor of The BCA Gazette, receives her award from two Past Presidents of ECF – Roger Edwards (right) and Gerry Walsh

From the 11th to the 12th November (last weekend), the last 2017 Academy weekend was run in Daventry. A large number of chess parents got…

September 2017 saw Liverpool Chess Club hosting the first English Rapidplay Championship in the fabulous Liverpool Cunard Building, with over 260 participants challenging for the…

Sarah Longson has resigned as Director of Women’s Chess due to pressure of other commitments. She wrote, “Regrettably I have come to the decision to…

Council held a minute’s silence in memory of those members who are no longer with us, including Andrew Paulson, Peter Poobalasingam and Keith Richardson. The…

The ECF Board hopes to be in a position to fill the two currently vacant Gold Members’ Representative positions, and the one currently vacant Platinum…

The judges unanimously agreed on a chess book which covers nearly every aspect of chess:  history, character, ambition, styles of play, technical aspects, a rare…

We are pleased to once again be able to provide insurance for clubs, congresses and chess tutors. Cover will run from 1st October 2017 until…

The ECF Awards Committee has made the following choices for awards in 2017 — President’s Awards for Services to Chess – Bryan Bainbridge (Bishop Auckland),…

The ECF is delighted to announce that the 2018 British Chess Championships will be held at Hull City Hall between 27 July and 5 August, 2018. A…

Congratulations to the entire squad at the EYCC2017 for their sterling perfomances. In particular, Shreyas Royal [below] and Shlok Verma [below] who came second and…