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In 1991 Duncan Lawrie sponsored the first English Chess Championship, which was an eight-player knockout competition and was won by GM Nigel Short. The title of English Champion was then awarded to the highest placed English player/players in the British Chess Championship from 2007 to 2021.
The stand-alone English Championship was re-established in 2022, with two further English Championships to date won by Mark Hebden in 2022 and Michael Adams in 2023. The tables below show English Champions from 2007 onwards.
English Champions and winners of the Tony Miles Trophy
Title awarded to the highest placed English player in the British
| 2007 | Stephen Gordon |
| 2008 | Keith Arkell, Stuart Conquest |
| 2009 | David Howell |
| 2010 | Michael Adams |
| 2011 | Michael Adams, Nigel Short |
| 2012 | Stephen Gordon, Gawain Jones |
| 2013 | David Howell |
| 2014 | Jonathan Hawkins, David Howell |
| 2015 | Jonathan Hawkins |
| 2016 | Michael Adams |
| 2017 | Craig Hanley, David Howell, Gawain Jones, Luke McShane |
| 2018 | Michael Adams, Luke McShane |
| 2019 | Michael Adams |
| 2020 | |
| 2021 | Nicholas Pert |
Title awarded at the English Championship
| 2022 | Mark Hebden |
| 2023 | Michael Adams |
English Women’s Champions and Trophy Winners
The English Women’s Championship was established as a stand-alone competition in 2016, with winners and English Women’s Champions to date as listed in the table below
| 2016 | Kanwal Bhatia |
| 2017 | Louise Head |
| 2018 | Kanwal Bhatia, Ingrid Lauterbach |
| 2019 | Louise Head, Katarzyna Toma |
| 2020 | |
| 2021 | |
| 2022 | Lan Yao |
| 2023 | Katarzyna Toma |