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Carlsen takes the lead in the Legends of Chess Final - Day 13 03/08/2020
Magnus Carlsen defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi in the first set of the final of Chess24's Legends of Chess. Carlsen was pushed all the way but seemed to fancy his chances in a blitz tie-break and that proved to be a good choice today. Carlsen took the lead by winning the first game with black in a […]
Mark Crowther
Nepomniachtchi beats Giri to make the final of the Legends of Chess - Day 12 02/08/2020
Ian Nepomniachtchi overcame the frustrations of losing the second set yesterday to beat Anish Giri 1.5-0.5 in the blitz and qualify for the final of Chess24's Legends of chess by 2 sets to 1. They had earlier drawn all their rapid games, all of which were hard fights. The match was incredibly tense - if […]
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Carlsen breezes past Svidler, Giri upsets Nepomniachtchi on day two of the Legends of Chess Semifinals - Day 11 01/08/2020
Magnus Carlsen reached his third final out of the four on his tour after defeating Peter Svidler 2.5-0.5 in the second set of the semifinals of Chess24's Legends of Chess to go through 2-0. Ian Nepomniachtchi twice took the lead in his match against Anish Giri only to lose the next game and finally he […]
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Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi start Legends of Chess Semifinals with comfortable wins - Day 10 31/07/2020
Magnus Carlsen beat Peter Svidler and Ian Nepomniachtchi beat Anish Giri both by the score of 2.5-0.5 in the first set of the semifinal mini-matches of Chess24's Legends of Chess. The sets are best of 4 rapid games and the matches are won by winning two sets. Peter Svidler tried to draw some lessons from […]
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Svidler joins Carlsen, Nepomniachtchi and Giri in the final stages of the Legends of Chess - Day 9 29/07/2020
The final round of Chess24's Legends of Chess Preliminary stages produced pairings of Magnus Carlsen against Peter Svidler and Anish Giri against Ian Nepomniachtchi. Anish Giri beat Peter Svidler 2.5-1.5 after winning games three of their match, this meant that he finished above Svidler and avoided playing Magnus Carlsen. Carlsen had a say in his […]
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53rd Biel Chess Festival 2020 - Games and Results 29/07/2020
The 53rd Biel Chess Festival took place Saturday 18th July to Wednesday 29th Jul 2020. This was the first major chess festival to take place since the coronavirus crisis. The main event was the Grandmaster Triathlon where the 8 players play at three time controls to decide the final result - Classical: 7 games, - […]
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Tournament rules & social distancing 03/08/2020
The ECF have published a new section in the Tournament Rules to cover the mechanics of playing chess in clubs and tournaments under socially distanced...
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New season, but the Oldest Challenge 30/07/2020
Saturday 5th September at 6:30pm on the Chess.com platform – G60/15 It has taken 126 years for the North of England to issue the long...
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Julian T Farrand RIP 30/07/2020
13th August 1935 to 17th July 2020 | ECF Grade 171, FIDE Rating 1943, Rapidplay Rating 2054 Julian was born in Doncaster. He was an...
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ECF Membership – Your Federation Needs You! 28/07/2020
Current ECF memberships expire on 31st August 2020. The membership rates are unchanged from last year. In this time of crisis for our game, please...
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The National 100 launches 27/07/2020
The National 100 is a 4 region slow play national mini-league for U100 players played across the 3 middle Saturdays in August at 6:30pm, running...
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Online Counties Championships update as group stage draws to a close 27/07/2020
There are just 4 days to go for players to qualify for the knockout Championships stage by playing in the final round of Group Matches...
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