{"id":2414,"date":"2023-02-19T18:39:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T18:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=2414"},"modified":"2023-02-19T23:26:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T23:26:33","slug":"news-summary-ecf","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/news-summary-ecf\/","title":{"rendered":"ECF news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-dates has-authors has-excerpts wp-block-rss\"><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/led-zeppelins-robert-plant-drops-into-play-chess-at-bewdley\/'>Led Zeppelin\u2019s Robert Plant drops into play chess at Bewdley!<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-08-06T16:21:17+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">06\/08\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by WebAdmin<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Bewdley\u2019s Mayor, Sharon Harvey, arranged for Robert to drop into the Worcestershire Junior Chess Congress \u2013 see BBC Hereford &amp; Worcester for picture and more \u2013 https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cly914w625xo<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/european-youth-championships-england-coach-appointment\/'>European Youth Championships \u2013 England Coach Appointment<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-08-03T12:46:46+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">03\/08\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by WebAdmin<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">The ECF is appointing the England Coach for the European Youth Chess Championships (EYCC) in Crete from 2-13 November 2026. The England Coach will: Deliver daily on-the-spot coaching with England&#8230;<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/direct-member-representative-appointments\/'>Direct Member Representative appointments<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-07-31T15:30:48+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">31\/07\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by WebAdmin<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Please see below the list of appointments \u2014 HLVPs, VPs, CVPs, Honorary Life Members \u2013 Gerry Walsh, John Wickham Platinum Members \u2013 Adrian Elwin, David Eustace Gold Members \u2013 Barbara&#8230;<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/mick-ridings-fundraiser-for-alzheimers-society\/'>Mick Riding\u2019s Fundraiser for Alzheimer\u2019s Society<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-07-13T14:12:39+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">13\/07\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Melinda Wilde<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Mick Riding, Grassroots Initiative Chairman, will celebrate his 70th birthday on Saturday 18 July by taking part in the Northumberland leg of an Alzheimer\u2019s Society nationwide fundraising initiative. \u00a0 Mick&#8230;<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/2026-uk-open-blitz\/'>2026 UK Open Blitz<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-07-09T15:45:00+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">09\/07\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by WebAdmin<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">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&#8230;<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/2026-counties-champions\/'>2026 Counties Champions<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-07-08T09:57:11+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">08\/07\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by WebAdmin<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">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&#8230;<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/mike-truran-steps-down-after-over-a-decade-of-ecf-board-service\/'>Mike Truran Steps Down from ECF Board<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-07-06T11:51:14+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">06\/07\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Melinda Wilde<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">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&#8230;.<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/england-team-selection-olympiad\/'>England Team Selection \u2013 Olympiad<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-06-29T08:43:09+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">29\/06\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by WebAdmin<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">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&#8230;<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/world-cadets-cup-2026-reports-by-tim-wall\/#new_tab'>World Cadets Cup 2026<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-06-18T09:44:37+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">18\/06\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by WebAdmin<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/world-junior-chess-championships-2026\/#new_tab'>World Junior Chess Championships<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-06-17T11:12:14+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">17\/06\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by WebAdmin<\/span><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2414","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2414"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2460,"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2414\/revisions\/2460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}