A historic match, the UK v Ukraine Solidarity Chess Match, will take place on Tuesday, 17 March 2026, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm.   The match brings together players from…

Congratulations to Frederick Waldhausen Gordon, who finished on 9½/11 to become the 2026 British Rapidplay Champion. In the British Women’s Rapidplay Championship, Trisha Kanyamarala, Harriet Hunt, and Bodhana Sivanandan share…

  The British Rapidplay commences at 12.30pm today (14/3/2026) and the games can be followed live — on Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/events/british-rapidplay-championship-2026 on Lichess.org: https://lichess.org/broadcast/british-rapidplay-championship-2026/SmKP99k8 Pictures by Ifemuyiwa Olayinka here – https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bgngPBUNTpCX8bBNbwapSXw_ki4Gvg49…

Players are welcome to enter the 2026 European School Chess Championship, which is designated by the ECF as a Category B junior international. This means that it is open for all…

The prison HM Prison Springhill is a Category D men’s prison, located in the village of Grendon Underwood, in Buckinghamshire, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty’s Prison Service,…

Harrow School Saturday 21st February 2026 Winning chess championships is only for the young?  John Nunn disagrees.  Age 70, he has won the 2026 Winton British Chess Solving Championship.  The…

After a seven-year hiatus, a team competition that enjoys a unique place in London’s chess calendar is back and has restarted play: the Bronowski Trophy.   Named after the late…

Following a disagreement between Nick Faulks (then Chair of the Finance Council) and Mike Truran and a related exchange of correspondence in which Nick Faulks accused Mike Truran of casual…