A special offer for new ECF members
In the past the ECF membership year has run from 1st September to 31st of the following August, and each year during July we open the sale of new memberships…
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Girls National Schools Championships – semi-finals
Entries have re-opened for the ECF Girls’ National Schools semi-finals on October 9th in the South and November 20th in the North. Entries may be made here – https://www.englishchess.org.uk/NSCC/girls-championships-2022/ and…
Arbiter appointments for the Chennai Olympiad
The arbiter appointments for the Chennai Olympiad have been announced at https://arbiters.fide.com/news/7464. There is a relevant article at https://www.fide.com/news/1801. There are 22 senior roles and the arbiters appointed to these positions come…
2022 Cotswold Chess Congress
The 52nd Cotswold Chess Congress was held at The Kings School, Gloucester Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th June. The organizers are grateful to Karen Gulley from the school who assisted…
Bloxwich Juniors return
Bloxwich Junior Chess Academy and Club return on Saturday 11th June 2022 at 9.45am to celebrate their 12th Birthday with a chess match from 10.00am till 11.30am. They will be…
England teams announced for the 2022 Olympiad
The England teams for the Open and Women’s Olympiad at Chennai are — Women’s team – WGM/IM Jovanka Houska, WGM Katarzyna Toma, FM Akshaya Kalaiyalahan, WIM Lan Yao and WCM…
Winton British Chess Solving Championships 2022-2023
The starter problem is attached below. White, playing up the board, is to play and force mate in two moves against any Black defence. There is no entry fee, and…
GM Nick Pert simultaneous
This event will take place at Salesian College, 119 Reading Road, Farnborough, GU14 6PA on the 2nd July from 10.00am to 12.00pm. There will be prizes for the best games…
Chessable English and English Women’s Championships – results
Chess in prisons update – from Carl Portman
The English Chess Federation and Chess in Schools and Communities Charity are delighted to announce an agreement about work with chess in prisons between the two organisations. There has been…
Blind Faith
(picture – Chris Ross at Sheffield Hallam University, where he holds a senior administrative role) Chris Ross, the UK’s strongest ever fully blind chess player, has just written a book…
Chessable English Seniors Championships – results
Congratulations to English Juniors – updated 4/5/22
Just in – from ECF President Dominic Lawson To the England Team Juniors On behalf of the English Chess Federation, I am writing to congratulate each and every one of…
BCET Awards 2022 – a reminder
A reminder that the deadline for nominations and citations for the BCET Awards is 31st May 2022. Please send these to John Wickham j.r.wickham@btinternet.com as per the note below ……