Rhodes – report three from Owen Phillips
STOP PRESS! Round Four Looks like a very important round as the current World Champion IM Predrag Nikac is facing off with Black against GM Marcin Tazbir; and on board…
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IBCA World Individual Championship – second report from Owen Phillips
For pictures from the event and a particularly useful post explaining the specialised board setup some players us, follow this link — https://www.facebook.com/chessingreece Sad to say that things have so…
European Club Cup for Women – medals
Congratulations to Jovanka Houska (second from the right) & Lan Yao (centre) on winning board medals at the 2023 European Club Cup for Women in Durres, Albania. Jovanka won the…
Membership Options – summary of findings
ECF Members were contacted by email and asked to vote for their preferred membership option between: Option 1 – Single adult membership combining Gold, Silver and Bronze, with existing Bronze…
RIP Geoff Gammon
It is with great sadness that I need to let you know of the death of FIDE Arbiter Geoff Gammon. Geoff was a great arbiter to work with at any…
ECF Book of the Year 2023
The four books on this year’s short list illustrated the wide range of current chess publishing which made the final choice difficult. The book chosen showed the amount of hard…
IBCA World Individual Championship – from Owen Phillips
This is a forerunner of the reports that will be winging their way to the ECF in coming weeks from the wonderful island of Rhodes, the ancient base of the…
WSTCC reports from Nigel Povah – incl. final round and results!
Clubs & Congress Insurance 2023/24
Clubs and other chess organisations can now renew their insurance through Green Insurance Group by using the renewal/application form link below. All applications and payments should be sent to Green…
III Mindsports GM Super Swiss Open 2023 report
It is with great pleasure to announce that the Mindsports Grandmasters Open has been a success! The third edition of titled tournaments at the London Mindsports Centre. The tournament took…
ECF Membership System: Options for Change – update
The ECF Board will be presenting a paper at this October’s Annual General meeting of the English Chess Federation (ECF) setting out ways in which the present membership system could…
UK Open Blitz Championships 2023
Entries are now open for the regional qualifiers for the UK Open Blitz Championships 2023! The Championships will follow the format used in previous years. There will be eight regional one-day…
First Saturday Budapest 7-17 Oct 2023 – GM/GM candidate vacancies
All English 2400+ ELO players – there is a vacancy in this tournament for one GM and one GM candidate. If you’re interested here are the contact details — Nagy…
ECF 2023 Award Winners announced
This year saw a large number of entries for the awards. The winners have now been announced. Together with their citations, all the winning entries can be found here —…