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The ECF Online Grand Prix Series 2024 starts on 7th April 2024 and runs for 9 months.
The ECF Online Blitz and Rapid Grand Prix events are held at 2.00pm on the first Sunday of each month (for the blitz tournaments) and the third Sunday of each month (for the rapid tournaments) from April to December 2024. The leaderboards and schedule can be found below. Email enquiries should be directed to director.homechess@englishchess.org.uk or office@englishchess.org.uk
| Find the current 2024 Blitz leader boards here (pending) |
| Find the current 2024 Rapid leader boards here (pending) |
You must be a member or supporter of the ECF to enter (click here to become a member)
Entry for a single event costs £5.00, or £25.00 for a season ticket.
Entry is free to titled players (i.e. holders of ECF National Master/CM/FM/WFM/IM/WIM/GM/WGM titles)
Online Blitz Grand Prix Series 4
This will take place on the first Sunday of the month with various time controls and formats as follows –
| Event | Date | Style | Duration | Time | Berserk |
| 1 | 7/4/2024 | Swiss | 9 rounds | 3+2 | N/A |
| 2 | 5/5/2024 | Arena | 90 mins | 3+0 | Off |
| 3 | 2/6/2024 | Swiss | 9 rounds | 5+0 | N/A |
| 4 | 7/7/2024 | Arena | 90 mins | 3+2 | Off |
| 5 | 4/8/2024 | Swiss | 9 rounds | 3+0 | N/A |
| 6 | 1/9/2024 | Arena | 90 mins | 5+0 | On |
| 7 | 6/10/2024 | Arena | 90 mins | 3+2 | On |
| 8 | 3/11/2024 | Arena | 90 mins | 3+0 | On |
| 9 | 1/12/2024 | Arena | 90 mins | 3+0 | On |
There will be trophy prizes for the top three players in each of the nine Grand Prix categories as follows – Open, Senior (Over 50), Women’s, Junior (U18), U2000, U17000, U1400, U1100. Prizes will be awarded to the highest scoring player in each category based on total cumulative points scored at the end of the events based on the player’s best six scores across all events. Detailed regulations – Online Blitz Grand Prix Regulations 2024
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Online Rapid Grand Prix Series 4
Each event will start at 2.00pm on the third Sunday of every month
| Event | Date | Style | Duration | Time | Berserk |
| 1 | 21/4/2024 | Swiss | 6 rounds | 10+5 | N/A |
| 2 | 19/5/2024 | Swiss | 6 rounds | 10+5 | N/A |
| 3 | 16/6/2024 | Swiss | 6 rounds | 10+5 | N/A |
| 4 | 21/7/2024 | Swiss | 6 rounds | 10+5 | N/A |
| 5 | 18/8/2024 | Swiss | 6 rounds | 10+5 | N/A |
| 6 | 15/9/2024 | Swiss | 6 rounds | 10+5 | N/A |
| 7 | 20/10/2024 | Swiss | 6 rounds | 10+5 | N/A |
| 8 | 17/11/2024 | Swiss | 6 rounds | 10+5 | N/A |
| 9 | 15/12/2024 | Swiss | 6 rounds | 10+5 | N/A |
There will be trophy prizes for the top three players in each of the nine Grand Prix categories as follows – Open, Senior (Over 50), Women’s, Junior (U18), U2000, U17000, U1400, U1100. Prizes will be awarded to the highest scoring player in each category based on total cumulative points scored at the end of the events based on the player’s best six scores across all events. Detailed regulations – Online Rapid Grand Prix Regulations 2024
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