British Chess Championships on the BBC
You can hear a British Chess Championships interview with BBC Radio Leicester’s Ben Jackson, featuring the ECF’s Home Director Nigel Towers and Paul Mottram, the Leicester Chess Association president, on…
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Silver Members’ Representatives Election 2023 – election addresses
John Reyes — Election Address 2023 Gavin Cartwright— Election Address 2023 Julian Morrison — Election Address 2023
NSCC National Final 29 and 30 June 2023
ECF Counties Championship Final – 1 July
Badacsonyi brothers at the World Youth Chess Championships
The link below opens an article by René Butler covering recent successes by Stanley and Frankie Badacsonyi, who took part in the English Chess Championships in Kenilworth and the World…
England World U16 team selected
Chess in Prisons in the media today – Carl Portman
Carl Portman has been on BBC Radio 5 Live today talking about chess in prisons and three other stations too – follow the links below! 5 Live Breakfast – https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0070htg…
New Arbiters!
An ECF Level 1 Arbiter course was held in person over the weekend of 10th and 11th June at Bridge, in Kent. 11 candidates were successful at the examination and…
ECF Secondary School Rapidplay Chess Tournament
Forthcoming European and World youth chess championships
European Seniors Individual Chess Championship 2023
Last call – Chess Teacher training online course this weekend
The ECU-certificated Smart Method to teach chess has provided over a thousand teachers and tutors with new ideas and techniques to teach chess in the classroom — https://www.tickettailor.com/events/chessplus/920402
2023 South Lakes Congress prizewinners
A visit to HMP Dartmoor – Carl Portman
We hope this report gives you a sense of Carl’s ongoing work for the ECF, including visits to prisons of all categories across the country. Carl will also be appearing…