September 2023
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 —…
FIDE World Amateur Championship 2023 – registration deadline extended
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…
England Open Team Announcement
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…
England Women’s Team Announcement
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…
CSC Junior Rapidplay Tournaments
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…
Voting calculations for the year September 2023 to August 2024
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…