World Senior Team Chess Championships call to action
England will be sending its largest ever delegation of 42 players, to the World Senior Team Chess Championships (WSTCC) in the wonderful city of Krakow, Poland from 1st-12th July. As…
ECF News
DGT Clocks – EoI form now closed
** This form has now been closed due to the overwhelming level of requests ** The English Chess Federation is inviting expressions of interest from clubs and organisers interested in…
ECF Level 1 Arbiter Course – June/July 2024
ECF Online Grand Prix 2024
Arbiters – Call of Interest for the BCC and the Glorney Cup
The 2024 British Chess Championship will be held in Hull with the first competitions starting in the evening of Thursday 25th July 2024 with the final games being played on…
BCC 2024 tenders invited
Tenders are now invited for the bookstall, coaching and/or commentary at the British Chess Championships 2024 in Hull – click here
Danny Gormally wins the 2024 British Rapidplay Championship!
Find the crosstable here. Congratulations also to Trisha Kanyamarala on becoming the first Irish player and the first female player to tie for first place. An excellent and comprehensive suite of…
ECF Finance Council Meeting
Finance Council Meeting 27th April 2024 – to ECF Council Members This notice is a reminder of the arrangements for the next Finance Council meeting that will be held on…
European Youth Chess Championships 2024
The ECF is accepting registrations for the European Youth Chess Championship in Prague (Czech Republic). The Rapid and Blitz tournaments run from 16 August – 21st August 2024, and the…
2nd Cambridge International Open – results
The 2nd Cambridge International Open Chess Tournament ran from Monday 19th February to Saturday 24th February 2024 in Cambridge. The event provides an opportunity for participants to achieve international title…
Glorney Cup 2024
The 2024 Glorney Cup will take place between 23-25 July at the University of Hull. There will be 6 teams: England; England A; Ireland; International; Scotland; Wales. There will be…
British Chess Championships 2024
The 2024 British Chess Championships will take place in Hull from Thursday 25th July to Sunday 4th August. This will be the 110th British Chess Championships in a series which…
ECF Grand Prix
The 2022/23 Chessable Grand Prix has now completed, covering events from August 2022 to July 2023 with all prize winners announced and all prizes awarded. We will be looking to…
ECF Awards Committee – new Chair
The Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Keith Gregory as the new Chair of the ECF Awards committee. Keith is recently retired after a long career in IT/programme…