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Clutch Chess Champions Showdown II 2020 - Games and Results 03/06/2020
The second Clutch Chess Champions Showdown takes place Saturday, June 6 - Sunday, June 14, 2020 for a prize fund of $265, 000. This online event is double the size of the original event last week with players: Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Leinier Dominguez, Alexander Grischuk, Levon Aronian, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So and Jeffery Xiong. […]
Mark Crowther
Dubov wins the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge by beating Nakamura in an Armageddon tie-break - Day 14 03/06/2020
Daniil Dubov won the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge after a dramatic final day of action. Dubov wins $45,000 and place in the final four starting on August 9th. Nakamura won $25,000 and will be back alongside Dubov, Carlsen and Ding Liren in two weeks for the Online Chess Masters. After a slow start on the […]
Mark Crowther
Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge 2020 - Games and Results 03/06/2020
The Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge online chess tournament took place on Chess24 19th May to 6th June 2020. The event was part of the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour and the winner qualified for the finals in August. There were two phases a 12 player all-play-all followed by a mini-match knockout system for the top 8 […]
Mark Crowther
Dubov takes the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge final into a third and final day - Day 13 02/06/2020
Daniil Dubov beat Hikaru Nakamura 2.5-1.5 to level up the final and take the Abbey Rapid Challenge final into a third and final day on 3rd June. Just like Nakamura the day before Dubov got off to an ideal start winning with the black pieces. Nakamura played the Alapin against Dubov's Sicilian and gradually drifted […]
Mark Crowther
Nakamura strikes first against Dubov in the final of the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge 2020 - Day 12 01/06/2020
Hikaru Nakamura won the first mini-match of the final of the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge 2.5-1.5 against Daniil Dubov. As so often in this format the first game of the day set the tone. Dubov got in some nice preparation in the Queen's Gambit 5.Bf4 line that has been played so often against Nakamura in […]
Mark Crowther
European Online Chess Championship 2020 - Games and Results 31/05/2020
The European Online Chess Championship took place Sat 16th May to Sun 31st May 2020. Qualifiers of increasing strength have been held and produced a field of 16 players who will compete for the title in a knockout on the final day 31st May 4pm BST on chess.com. Players: Anish Giri, David Navara, Gabriel Sargissian, […]
Mark Crowther

ECF

National Online Club Championship 2020 03/06/2020
A chance for your club to win a national title! A five-round Swiss to be played over the weekend of 26th – 28th June. A...
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ECF Finance Council Meeting – update 02/06/2020
The delayed ECF Finance Council meeting will be now be held using Zoom on Saturday July 18th at the usual time of 1.30pm to 6.00pm....
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Online County Championships Rules published 01/06/2020
The inaugural Championships start this Saturday 6th June with a preliminary round of familiarisation matches played under competition conditions, which are governed by the Competition...
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Winton British Chess Solving Championship 2020-2021 31/05/2020
The starter problem is attached as a PDF here, along with details of how to enter. All entries must be postmarked or emailed no later...
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Checkmate Covid-19 report 29/05/2020
The English Chess Federation’s 24-hour marathon online chess tournament, Checkmate Covid-19 in aid of the British Red Cross, took place on the weekend 23rd-24th May...
Danny Rosenbaum
Nominations invited for this year’s ECF Awards 27/05/2020
Details for this year’s ECF Awards are now out and can be found here, together with information on how to apply. The closing date for...
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