ECF Manager for Accessible Chess
The ECF is delighted to announce that Surrey player Owen Phillips has been appointed as ECF Manager for Accessible Chess. This is an important appointment for the federation, and means…
October 2023
NCA Centenary Grandmaster Tournament
Top-level chess is underway in Nottingham where invited Grandmasters take on some of England’s best young players, including the cream of Nottingham’s chess talent. This special tournament celebrates NCA’s centenary…
ECF National Club Championships 2023
To follow the event (32 lives boards and round five commentary by GM Peter Wells and WIM Natasha Regan) go to this page – https://www.englishchess.org.uk/ecf-national-club-championships-2023/. Anyone requiring further information should…
IBCA World Individual Chess – final scores and thoughts from Owen Phillips
The medallists were — Gold and World Champion GM Marcin Tazbir (Poland) 8/9! Silver and a good defence of his title IM Predrag Nikac (Montenegro) 7.5/9 Bronze on tie break…
Complaint Resolution
A complaint was raised by Chris Fegan in relation to matters arising while he was Director of Women’s Chess which was rejected. CF appealed against the decision and in October…
Rhodes – rounds seven and eight from Owen Phillips
Leaders after round seven — GM Marcin Tazbir 6.5; IM Predrag Nikac 6; FM Alexey Streltsov 5.5; Yuri Bibikov 5.5; then ten players on 5. Gary Hogan won again, this…
Rhodes – rounds six and seven from Owen Phillips
Briefly, as we have the IBCA Congress to attend and vote in as well as prep for round seven — GM Marcin Tazbir (Poland) 5.5/6 Vladyslav Kolpakov (Ukraine) 5/6 IM…
Entries open to Hastings!
The Caplin Hastings International Chess Congress this year celebrates its 97th edition, and will take place from 28th December to 7th January, 2024. The organising committee is making some changes,…
3Cs Chess Club on the BBC
On the One Show tonight (BBC1 at 19.00hrs) there is a feature on the 3Cs Chess Club in Oldham – https://www.3cschessclub.com/ After the broadcast the show will be available here…
Rhodes – round four from Owen Phillips
The top boards in round four showed up just before the off – seemingly matching the tenseness of the situation, with such key clashes just about to take place. Boards…
Rhodes – report three from Owen Phillips
STOP PRESS! Round Four Looks like a very important round as the current World Champion IM Predrag Nikac is facing off with Black against GM Marcin Tazbir; and on board…
IBCA World Individual Championship – second report from Owen Phillips
For pictures from the event and a particularly useful post explaining the specialised board setup some players us, follow this link — https://www.facebook.com/chessingreece Sad to say that things have so…
European Club Cup for Women – medals
Congratulations to Jovanka Houska (second from the right) & Lan Yao (centre) on winning board medals at the 2023 European Club Cup for Women in Durres, Albania. Jovanka won the…
Membership Options – summary of findings
ECF Members were contacted by email and asked to vote for their preferred membership option between: Option 1 – Single adult membership combining Gold, Silver and Bronze, with existing Bronze…