Save the dates: November 21-23, 2025, for our 31st edition of the Preparation of Teachers course – a golden opportunity to become a certified FIDE School Instructor!     Conducted…

The Annual General Meeting of the ECF was held on 25th October in Birmingham and via video conference. Please note that the agenda and all the reports can be found on…

I was recently invited to have tea at the House of Lords by Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer to discuss my work with chess in prisons. She plays chess herself…

The ECF will be running two courses on the 15th and 16th November as follows — A Swiss Manager course on Saturday 15th November, starting at 10am and lasting until…

The 49th BWCI Guernsey International Chess Festival will be taking place from Sunday 19th October to Saturday 25th  October 2025 and we will be displaying the live games on the top 8 boards in the Open section via https://view.livechesscloud.com#783d64ea-7513-49ff-8125-2181180554e2  We…

FIDE has extended the deadline for submissions to the FIDE Social Chess Storytelling Challenge 2025. Participants now have until November 30, 2025, to submit their stories under the theme ‘Every…

In today’s hectic chess world, it is easy to forget that the game we play now is built on foundations established many years ago. A biography of a player —…

The new Coventry International will take place from Sunday 26th October to Friday 31st October 2025 at the Holiday Inn Coventry M6, JCT.2 in Coventry. The hotel is familiar to…

The UK Open Blitz Championship returns in 2025, featuring an expanded format with 16 qualifiers in 14 cities around the United Kingdom. Eldar Gasanov will be aiming for a hat-trick…