ECF News

At an ECF Board meeting held on 20th September the ECF Board decided by a clear majority to support the Presidential ticket of Georgios Makropoulos…

‘From inception in 2014, this event has surpassed expectations year on year and is the most dynamic national chess competition for young women. Come and…

The positions up for election and the people standing for them, at the forthcoming AGM, are as follows, including nominations and election addresses where they have…

In the dark red menu above you’ll find a link to the new Club Finder. You can search the map for clubs near your location,…

Click here – https://www.englishchess.org.uk/uk-open-blitz-championship/ – for reports, results and more from the qualifiers for the UK Open Blitz on the 8th September 2018 …

Online entries for the 2018 UK Open Blitz will close at 4:30pm on Friday, 7th September. It will still be possible to enter in person…

We are pleased to announce that the 2019 British Chess Championships will be held at the Riviera International Centre in Torquay from the 26th July…

Many congratulations to ECF English Women’s Joint Champions 2018 – Kanwal Bhatia and Ingrid Lauterbach, who tied for 1st place, and were presented with the…

Click on this link – https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/english-womens-championship-2018#live – to watch the 2018 English Women’s Championship games live from 7.00pm tonight on Chess24!

Akshaya Kalaiyalahan has achieved joint 2nd place and the Bronze medal (on tie break) in the U18 section at the European Youth Chess Championships held…

The large number of varied and interesting books this year made the selection particularly difficult, but the choice came down to books by two new…

Further to the announcement of 13th August 2018 seeking nominations for the 2018 elections, Alex Holowczak has now confirmed he will resign as the Director…

Nominations are invited for the positions detailed below, which will be the subject of elections to be held at the Annual General Meeting on 13th…