ECF Tournament Rules

This page provides minimum ECF Tournament Rules which should be in force for events to be ECF rated.

The current version of the regulations (Version 2 April 2021) can be found link here – https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Tournament-Rules-V2-April-2021.pdf
These contain additional regulations covering hybrid format and online events. Feedback and comments can be provided to office@englishchess.org.uk and we expect to update with any agreed amendments during May.

The previous version of the tournament regulations can be found here – https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Tournament-Rules-Aug-2020.pdf