Watch the 2018 Women’s Championship live!
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!
ECF News
Akshaya – Bronze medal winner at the EYCC 2018!
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…
Book of the Year 2018 shortlist
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…
Director of Home Chess
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 for the 2018 elections at the AGM
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…
Motions for the 2018 Annual General Meeting
The 2018 Annual General Meeting will take place on Saturday 13th October 2018 in Birmingham (venue and starting time to be confirmed). In addition to…
Level 2 Arbiter Upgrade news
Congratulations to the following arbiters who have been upgraded to Level 2 arbiters following three successful reports from ECF arbiter assessors — Harry Minor |…
Chess prodigy Shreyas in visa endgame victory
England junior chess player Shreyas Royal has capped a terrific season across the board with the news that his father Jitendra Singh’s Tier 2 Work…
Membership renewals are now open …
Members may be pleased to note that they may now renew their membership using the red button to the right of the website marked ‘RENEW…
Prize fund DOUBLED for the English Women’s Championship 2018
The ECF has doubled the prize fund available for the 2018 English Women’s Championship, which will be held later this summer – this has increased…
The new grades are out!
The new grades are out – thanks to the tireless efforts of the grading team. How have you done? Click here
Appointment of ECF Manager of Female Social Media
The ECF are delighted to announce the appointment of Helen Frostick as Manager of Female Social Media. Speaking about the appointment, Chis Fegan, Director of…
UK Open Blitz Championships 2018
An exciting new event featuring eight 15-round qualifying Swiss tournaments played in different cities around the United Kingdom on Saturday, 8th September, with the top…
New membership system
As you may already be aware the Federation is in the process of commissioning a new membership administration system. Unfortunately transfer of data from the…