We are delighted to share the news that Kayal Vijay has been crowned Under 9 Girls Champion at the European Schools Chess Championship 2026, held in Croatia from 27th April…

The 2026 ECF Official Chess Yearbook is now available as a free PDF to all readers here: https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Yearbook-2026-compressed.pdf Weighing in at just over 300 pages, the yearbook’s contents include: Home…

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 on 27-30 July. England will be…

Our hosting provider, which provides the server for our websites, email, rating and LMS systems, has informed us of a global security incident impacting managed cloud servers across the internet….

There is an ongoing problem at the moment in that Swiss Manager, the main pairing program used at events around England can’t access the latest ECF rating list. There is a…

The ECF Grassroots Funding Initiative remains in business, and we encourage people to apply for funding. The website has been updated. Click here – https://www.englishchess.org.uk/ecf-grassroots-initiative/ – to see the new…

Sunday 19th April – The FIDE World Senior Team Chess Championship kicks off today in the seaside resort of Durres in Albania, with a total of 36 teams participating in the…

The ECF Online Grand Prix Series returns for 2026, beginning on Sunday, 5 April and running through to December. The series features monthly blitz and rapid tournaments open to all…

Please note that the ECF month-end rating process ran successfully last night. This means that this month’s official ratings have now been published, with monthly ratings displaying correctly in the…

Please note that the ECF month-end rating process did not run last night, which means that this month’s official ratings have not yet been published. We are currently working on…