Ukraine – statement update
The ECF Board confirms that individual players and officials with a Russian or Belarusian FIDE registration will be excluded from all ECF-organised competitions until further notice. The ECF Board urges…
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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,…
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…
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…
Mind Sports Olympiad 2022
The Mind Sports Olympiad are excited to share with you our plans for two major competitions in 2022. For the first time ever we are planning to hold two separate…
Junior bursaries – 3rd EJCOA Invitational Youth Training Tournament
The John Robinson Youth Chess Trust is funding bursaries (free entry) to the 3rd EJCOA Invitational, which takes place on 23-27 February at The Chess Centre, Ilkley, West Yorkshire. Entries…
Announcement for International Junior Tournaments
The following international junior tournaments are coming up in Rhodes, Greece — European Schools Championship 20th – 30th April World Cadets & Youth Rapid & Blitz 30th April – 4th…