English Chess Federation

Play Chess and Raise Money for Ukraine The English Chess Federation (ECF) are holding a 24-hour tournament on Chess.com to raise funds for the British Red Cross’s Ukraine Crisis Appeal. Please show your support by joining in even if it’s just by playing a few games! Every level of chess player is welcome from beginners to Magnus Carlsen. In previous years this annual charity chess marathon has proved hugely popular with many grandmasters taking part and thereby providing a rare opportunity ...

                    Our next LCWL Div 3 International will be round 8 against Team Australia at 11-00 am on Saturday 13/05 - details as below: 11-00 am - ECF v Team Australia Blitz - 2 games at 5|2 - https://www.chess.com/play/match/1912607 11-45 am - ECF v Team Australia Rapid - 2 games at 10|2 -  https://www.chess.com/play/match/1912626 Registration open from an hour before for ECF club members and do join us if you can!

Our second international for the weekend will be the LCWL U1600 Rd 6 match against Nicaragua starting at 9 pm today (06/05) with details as below: 9 pm - ECF v Team Nicaragua Blitz - 2 games at 5|2 - https://www.chess.com/play/match/1912520 Registration from an hour before for club members rated u1600 on chess.com and do join if you can.

Our next Live Chess European League match will be England v Bulgaria starting at 7 pm this evening with details as  follows: 7 pm - LCEL S7 R5 Bullet ECF v Team Bulgaria https://www.chess.com/play/match/1902410 7-20 pm - LCEL S7 R5 Blitz ECF v Team Bulgaria https://www.chess.com/play/match/1902411 8-00 pm - LCEL S7 R5 Rapid ECF v Team Bulgaria https://www.chess.com/play/match/1902412 Registration open from an hour before for ECF club members and do join us if you can!

All, Our LCWL U1600 Round 5 match starts at 7 pm this evening (Sunday 30/04) with details as below:  7 pm ECF v Team Iraq U1600 - 2 games at 5|2 - https://www.chess.com/play/match/1892352 Registration from an hour before for ECF club members with a chess.com rating u1600, and do join us if you can.

All, Our next international will be the LCWL round 7 match against Team Brazil starting at 9 pm today,  Sunday 23/04 as follows: 9-00 pm ECF v Team Brazil 5|2 Blitz - https://www.chess.com/play/match/1882188 9-40 pm - ECF v Team Brazil 10|2 Rapid - https://www.chess.com/play/match/1882189 We are currently in 4th place out of 8 in division 3 with 5 matches played out of 7, and will be looking for a win to stay in the championship/ promotion pool. Registration from an hour before for ECF c...

All, Our next international will be the LCEL s7 round 4 match against Team Azerbaijan on Sunday 16/04 as follows: 6-20 pm - ECF v Team Azerbaijan 2|1 Bullet - https://www.chess.com/play/match/1871987  6-40 pm - ECF v Team Azerbaijan 5|2 Blitz - https://www.chess.com/play/match/1871988 7-20 pm - ECF v Team Azerbaijan 10|2 Rapid - https://www.chess.com/play/match/1871989  Registration from an hour before and do join us if you can!

All, Our second International of the weekend will be at 9 pm tomorrow (Saturday 15th April) with our LCWL Rd 6 fixture against Team Bolivia with details as below. 9 pm 15/04 - ECF v Team Bolivia Blitz - 2 games at 5|2 - https://www.chess.com/play/match/1871935 9-40 pm 15/04 - ECF v Team Bolivia Rapid - 2 games at 10|2 - https://www.chess.com/play/match/1871936  Registration is open from an hour before for ECF team members and do join us if you can.

All, Our round 4 LWCL U1600 match against Team Nigeria takes place at 8 pm tomorrow (Saturday 15th April) with details as below: 8 pm 15/04 - ECF v Team Nigeria U1600 Blitz - 2 games at 5|2 - https://www.chess.com/play/match/1871949 Registration is from an hour before for ECF team members with chess.com rating U1600. It should be a close match and do join us if you can.

           ECF   v   Team Slovakia           Our second fixture of the weekend is an LCEL match against Team Slovakia starting at 7 pm today (Saturday 04/01) with three legs as follows: 7 pm - ECF v Team Slovakia Bullet - 2 games at 2|1 - https://www.chess.com/play/match/1851663 7-20 pm - ECF v Team Slovakia Blitz - 2 games at 5|2 - https://www.chess.com/play/match/1851662   8-00 pm - ECF v Team Slovakia Standard - 2 games at 10|2 - https://www.chess.com/play/match/1851661   Registration...