ECF Members - This is the Official Chess.com Club of the English Chess Federation. Club membership is limited to ECF members and supporters who will be eligible to play in regular ECF club tournaments and events and achieve an ECF online rating based on their results.
Joining - To be accepted you must first be a member or supporter of the ECF which you can join here: https://www.englishchess.org.uk/ecf-membership/
You should then:
- Fill out the following ECF Authentication form (https://www.chess.com/news/view/english-chess-federation-authorization-form-1).
- Click the "Join" button for this club after you are redirected upon form completion.
We will approve verified applicants as quickly as we can!
Club Events - We currently run two ECF organised and rated club tournaments each week at blitz and rapid time controls. Details of upcoming events, results and tournament links are published on the ECF web site and can be found in the latest schedule here:
https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/ecf-members-club-tournament-schedule
ECF Friday Evening Slow Blitz - Starts at 20-00, runs for 90 minutes, 10|0 Arena Format
ECF Sunday Evening Rapid - Starts at 20-00,, 3 or 4 rounds, 15|10 Swiss Format
ECF Thursday Afternoon Rapid - Starts at 14-00, runs for 90 minutes, 15|10 Arena Format
National Championship - The group stage of the English Blitz Championships took place on 9th May with the finals on 16th May. The group stage results are here:
https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/ecf-english-blitz-championships---group-stage-1-1217776
https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/ecf-english-blitz-championships---group-stage-2-1217782
The results for the Finals can be found here:
http://bracketcloud.com/tournament/167370
http://bracketcloud.com/tournament/167372
The tournaments are all ECF online rated.
Ratings - Club tournament games are rated by the ECF with 4 digit ECF online ratings published on a monthly basis for different time controls on the ECF web site.
ECF Internet ratings are completely separate from ECF OTB ratings which will not be impacted by internet games.
You can also follow the ECF on our web and social media accounts at:
