Ukraine – statement
The English Chess Federation (ECF) agrees with FIDE Council’s recently announced decision that the 44th Chess Olympiad, including the competition for players with disabilities, as well as the FIDE Congress,…
February 2022
English Seniors Championships 2022
Wednesday 4th May to Sunday 8th May 2022 at the Holiday Inn Kenilworth-Warwick, 212 Abbey End, Kenilworth CV8 1ED. Over 50 – players must be aged 50 or over on…
New ECF Manager of Arbiters
After two years in post, IA Alan Atkinson (far left) is looking to move on from the ECF Manager of Arbiters role. We would like to thank Alan for his…
Membership Mondays
The ECF’s former Membership Secretary Christine Adams, who retired a while ago, has agreed to help out on Mondays with email and telephone enquiries concerning ECF membership. The ECF office…
University of Edinburgh chess study – attn. parents
We are a research group at the University of Edinburgh conducting a study on chess knowledge and memory in children. If you have a child between the ages of eight…
RIP Stan Goodall
— from Alan Burke Stan was very well known by many of our long-serving members for his duties both for the Manchester Chess Federation as well as for the ECF…
RIP Nigel Crucefix
Nigel Crucefix 1963-2022 It is with immense sadness that Trowbridge Chess Club shares the news of the sudden death of Nigel Crucefix, aged 58. Nigel joined the Bradford-on-Avon Club (as…
England v Sweden Challenge Match
Chess & Bridge have announced there will be an England v Sweden Challenge Match between Grandmaster David Howell (England) and Grandmaster Nils Grandelius (Sweden) in London this March. The event…
She Plays to Win
For the first time since 2013, we have two WIM Invitational Women’s Norm tournaments in London on 7th-11th April 2022. ECF Women’s Norm Event 2022 organised by Agnieszka Milewska, the…
IPCA World Individual Chess Championship
I am pleased to invite you on behalf of the IPCA to participate in the 21st IPCA World Individual Chess Championship for the Physically Disabled 2022 in Ashdod, Israel from…
ECF Endgame Challenge Two – 15/16 February
The ECF is running a second Endgame Challenge with IM Lorin D’Costa (above right) and GM Keith Arkell (above left). The challenge will follow a similar format to the December…