The Organizing Committee of the FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship announces that the registration deadline has been extended to September 28, 2023. The competition will take place in Muscat, Oman, from…
We are pleased to announce the England Open team for the forthcoming European Team Chess Championship is – GM Nikita Vitiugov 2719 GM David Howell 2676 GM Michael Adams 2662…
We are pleased to announce that England Women’s team for the European Team Chess Championship is — IM Jovanka Houska 2340 IM Harriet Hunt 2316 WIM Lan Yao 2315 WGM…
Chess in Schools & Communities is excited to announce a series of junior rapidplay tournaments with free entry, open to all aged under 18, with prizes of chess coaching for…
A new facility to inspect the Calculation of Voting Entitlement for Council Members is available in the Council Database here. This enables Council representatives and officials or organisations (or indeed…
The Short List this year contains four books covering widely differing aspects of chess, but also in differing sizes ranging from the compact to very large. However, each one, whatever…
The ECF is delighted that the Department of Culture, Media and Sport has announced a combined package of measures worth almost £1 million that will inspire the next generation of…
The English Chess Federation’s (ECF) position is clear. We do not exclude trans women and this position will not change, despite FIDE’s new policy. Trans women have worked on behalf…
The ECF is aware of historical and serious allegations which have recently been made public by a female chess player regarding highly inappropriate behaviour from several people within the game….
Nominations are invited for the positions detailed below, which will be the subject of elections to be held at the Annual General Meeting on 14th October 2023. Posts due for…
The 2023 Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday 14th October 2023 and will meet at 1 Spinningfields Square, Manchester M3 3AP with access also by Zoom. Start time…
Pictured is the young English player, Aaravamudhan Balaji, receiving the winner’s trophy from Satish Gaekwad at the inaugural Psyon Chess Masters IM Invitational tournament. Aaravamudhan’s score of 7/9 also earns…
The 2023 English Women’s Online Blitz Championship is now in progress with qualifiers complete and the finals starting at 3.00pm on Saturday 12th August. The finals will be played in…
IM Adam Hunt and GM Danny Gormally’s commentary for all nine rounds of the British Chess Championships is now available on the ECF’s YouTube channel – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRazaRwwrCej7HDCNr2SSLw. You can jump…