English Chess Federation

      England v Azerbaijan      We have our playoff semi-final in the Live Chess World League at 5-10 pm this Sunday 22nd Jan against Team Azerbaijan. The playoffs will decide promotion to Div 3 in the forthcoming season 11. The semi-final will be played over 2 legs as follows: 5.10 pm Sunday 22/01 - ECF v Team Azerbaijan Blitz with 2 games at 5|2 https://www.chess.com/play/match/1700494 5.50 pm Sunday 22/01 - ECF v Team Azerbaijan Rapid with 2 games at 10|2 https://www.chess.com/play/ma...

A reminder that we have our next live Chess Mediterranean League match against Team Slovenija at 8 pm today (Saturday 14th January) at the link here: https://www.chess.com/play/match/1680391 The match will be based on 2 games at 10|5 time control against the opposing board. Registration from 7 pm for English Chess Players team members and do join us if you can.

     England v Slovenija   We have our next Live Chess Mediterranean League match against Team Slovenija at 8 pm on Saturday 14th January at the link here: https://www.chess.com/play/match/1680391 The match will be based on 2 games at 10|5 time control against the opposing board. Registration from an hour before the match for English Chess Players team members and do join us if you can.

England v Team Turkiye   We have our delayed Mediterranean league match against Team Turkey now scheduled for 6 pm this evening (Tuesday 3rd January) at the link below: England v Team Turkiye - Rapid - 2 games at 10|5 time control https://www.chess.com/play/match/1670340 Apologies for the short notice but this one is some way overdue and only just agreed. Registration from an hour before the match (ie from 5 pm) for ECF club members. I am not expecting a big turnout from the opposing te...

       ECF v Team France     Happy new year and best wishes for 2023! A reminder that we have our first international of 2023 with England v France starting at 5-00 pm today (Sunday 1st January) over three legs as follows: 5 pm England v France Bullet - 2 games at 2|1 - https://www.chess.com/play/match/1660301 5-30 pm England v France Blitz - 2 games at 5|2 - https://www.chess.com/play/match/1660298 6-15 pm England v France Rapid - 2 games at 10|2 - https://www.chess.com/play/match/166029...

       ECF v Team France     The ECF match against Team France will start at 5-00 pm on Sunday 1st January over three legs as follows: 5 pm England v France Bullet - 2 games at 2|1 - https://www.chess.com/play/match/1660301 5-30 pm England v France Blitz - 2 games at 5|2 - https://www.chess.com/play/match/1660298 6-15 pm England v France Rapid - 2 games at 10|2 - https://www.chess.com/play/match/1660299 This will be a rematch following our LCEL Season 5 match in May which we won across a...

        England      v          Bolivia    Our final match in the Live Chess World League Season 10 is England v Bolivia starting at 8 pm this evening (20/12) over two legs as follows: 8 pm Blitz Leg - 2 games at 5|2 - https://www.chess.com/play/match/1650256 8.45 pm Rapid Leg - 2 games at 10|2 - https://www.chess.com/play/match/1650255 Registration is open from an hour before each match and do join us if you can.

Our final LCEL match for Season 6 will be England v Catalonia starting at 7 pm on Saturday 17th December over three legs as follows:                  England v Catalonia                        7 pm - LCEL S6 Rd.7 Bullet - 2 games @ 2|1 - https://www.chess.com/play/match/1640199 7.15 pm - LCEL S6 Rd.7 Blitz - 2 games @ 5|2 - https://www.chess.com/play/match/1650206  7.50 pm - LCEL S6 Rd.7 Rapid - 2 games @ 10|2 - https://www.chess.com/play/match/1650217  Please note slightly later start t...

      England v Turkey    Our next match in the Live Chess European League is England v Turkey starting at 7 pm today (Sunday 11/12) with links as follows: 7 pm ECF v Team Turkiye Bullet - 2 games at 2|1 -  https://www.chess.com/play/match/1630147 7-30 pm ECF v Team Turkiye Blitz - 2 games at 5|2 - https://www.chess.com/play/match/1630143 8-15 pm ECF v Team Turkiye Rapid - 2 games at 10|2 - https://www.chess.com/play/match/1630144 Registration from 1 hour before each match for ECF club m...

Our next match in the Live Chess World League is England v Belgium starting at 7-00 pm on Saturday 3rd December. This is the second of the stage 2 games with the top 4 teams in our LWCL division playing each other to determine promotion. Details are as below:     Saturday 03/12 - England v Belgium   7.00 pm Blitz - 2 games at 5|2 - https://www.chess.com/play/match/15999507.40 pm Rapid -  2 games at 10|2 - https://www.chess.com/play/match/1599951 Registration from an hour before for each ma...