Gold members of the ECF are entitled to elect four ECF members to represent their interests on the ECF Council. This year there are seven candidates for those positions, so…

Mick Riding, Grassroots Initiative Chairman, will celebrate his 70th birthday on Saturday 18 July by taking part in the Northumberland leg of an Alzheimer’s Society nationwide fundraising initiative.   Mick…

The 2026 UK Open Blitz is now open for entries. There are 16 qualifiers across the UK in September and early October, with the final held in Leamington Spa on…

The 105th Counties Championship Finals took place on Saturday 4 July, with live streaming of the Open Final by Luc Zimmer with commentary from FM Jonathan Blackburn on the ECF…

Mike is a massive figure in English Chess and, in addition to his ECF work, he has key roles as a trustee of the Chess Trust and leading the 4NCL….

The ECF Selection Committee has completed the selection of the England teams that will contest the Chess Olympiad to be staged in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, this September. Open: Nikita Vitiugov, Michael…

The 2026 Glorney Cup, involving junior teams from six nations including England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, is being held at the University of Limerick, Ireland (near Shannon Airport) on 27-30…

The New Arbiter Appointments Policy The new policy for appointments was published last summer: https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Arbiter-Appointments-Policy.pdf This was the first time the ECF had a published policy for its own events,…