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TWIC- Erigaisi leads the Sigeman tournament alone with one round to go - 6 06/05/2026The final round of the Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament in Malmo promises to be very tense after an interesting round 6. Arjun Erigaisi beat Zhu Jiner in an endgame where the Chinese player had a tricky defence in a holdable position. Magnus Carlsen chose the King's Indian against Andy Woodward which led to double […]Mark Crowther
- Gukesh beats Sindarov in the GCT Poland Super Rapid - 5 06/05/2026The first event in the Grand Chess Tour 2026 is the Super Rapid & Blitz Poland in Warsaw. This is a category 20 field. The players meet once in a rapid game and twice in the blitz. Of major interest was the first meeting of Javokhir Sindarov and World Champion Gukesh in the rapid. It […]Mark Crowther
- GCT Super Rapid & Blitz Poland 2026 - Games and Results 06/05/2026The GCT Super Rapid & Blitz Poland takes place Tue 5th May to Thu 7th May 2026. 9 rounds of rapid and 18 rounds of blitz. Players: Wesley So, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, D Gukesh, Hans Moke Niemann, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Alireza Firouzja, Vladimir Fedoseev, Fabiano Caruana, Javokhir Sindarov and Jan Krzysztof Duda.Mark Crowther
- Erigaisi and Erdogmus lead the Sigeman & Co tournament after five rounds - 5 06/05/2026Arjun Erigaisi beat Jorden van Foreest in the fifth round of the 31st Sigeman & Co tournament in Malmo. van Foreest will probably be disappointed with his play and especially 25...e5 which directly led to his loss. Magnus Carlsen said that his play was shaky against Zhu Jiner and that he'd been outplayed in a […]Mark Crowther
- Erdogmus leads the Sigeman tournament with 3/4, Van Foreest beats Carlsen - 4 04/05/2026Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus defeated Nils Grandelius to take the lead alone in the 31st TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2026. Grandelius achieved equality but 25...cxd6? (Rxd6) cost him the game. Nodirbek Abdusattorov obtained a winning advantage against Arjun Erigaisi but frittered the advantage away to a draw. Andy Woodward got caught out in the […]Mark Crowther
- Five way tie for the lead in the Sigeman & Co tournament after three rounds - 3 03/05/2026The top two seeds met in Round 3 when Magnus Carlsen drew against Nodirbek Abdusattorov. Carlsen tried a quiet Exchange Slav with white but Abdusattorov was precise and they drew in 44 moves. The other draw was between Andy Woodward and Jorden Van Foreest in a Philidor where black was a tiny bit better for […]Mark Crowther
- Erigaisi leads the Sigeman tournament alone with one round to go - 6 06/05/2026
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- Kayal Vijay Under 9 Girls Champion – European Schools 06/05/2026We are delighted to share the news that Kayal Vijay has been crowned Under 9 Girls Champion at the European Schools Chess Championship 2026, held in Croatia from 27th April...WebAdmin
- ECF Yearbook 2026 05/05/2026The 2026 ECF Official Chess Yearbook is now available as a free PDF to all readers here: https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Yearbook-2026-compressed.pdf Weighing in at just over 300 pages, the yearbook’s contents include: Home...WebAdmin
- Expression of Interest: Glorney Cup 2026 05/05/2026The 2026 Glorney Cup, involving junior teams from six nations including England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, is being held at the University of Limerick, Ireland on 27-30 July. England will be...WebAdmin
- Rating System Incident and File Resubmission Required 01/05/2026Our hosting provider, which provides the server for our websites, email, rating and LMS systems, has informed us of a global security incident impacting managed cloud servers across the internet....Melinda Wilde
- Problem with Swiss Manager and the ECF rating list 20/04/2026There is an ongoing problem at the moment in that Swiss Manager, the main pairing program used at events around England can’t access the latest ECF rating list. There is a...WebAdmin
- ECF Grassroots Funding Initiative – update 20/04/2026The ECF Grassroots Funding Initiative remains in business, and we encourage people to apply for funding. The website has been updated. Click here – https://www.englishchess.org.uk/ecf-grassroots-initiative/ – to see the new...WebAdmin
- Kayal Vijay Under 9 Girls Champion – European Schools 06/05/2026
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- Super Rapid & Blitz Poland - Live! 07/05/2026Kicking off the 2026 Grand Chess Tour is the Super Rapid & Blitz Poland, the first of three speed chess events, which is taking place on 5-9 May in Warsaw. Entering the third day of rapid action, Wesley So and Hans Niemann are tied for first place. | Follow the action live with expert commentary […]
- TePe Sigeman - Live! 07/05/2026The TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament is taking place on 1–7 May in Malmö, Sweden. World number one Magnus Carlsen heads the field, as he faces ambitious opposition that includes Tata Steel Masters winner Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Arjun Erigaisi and rising star Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, who recently became the youngest player to ever cross the 2700 rating […]
- TePe Sigeman: Erigaisi sole leader, Carlsen and Erdogmus a half point back 07/05/2026Arjun Erigaisi took the sole lead at the TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament after beating Zhu Jiner with black in round six. Magnus Carlsen also won with black, defeating Andy Woodward, and is now half a point behind the leader alongside Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, who drew with Nodirbek Abdusattorov. Erigaisi will face Woodward in […]
- Super Rapid & Blitz Poland: So and Niemann share the lead, Sindarov struggles 07/05/2026Wesley So (pictured) and Hans Niemann are tied for first place after day two of the Super Rapid & Blitz tournament in Warsaw, reaching 9/12 with six rapid rounds completed. Defending champion Vladimir Fedoseev stands one point behind, while Gukesh Dommaraju stands on fifty percent and, importantly, defeated Javokhir Sindarov with black in their first […]
- Hippopotamus Defense basics by Andrew Martin 06/05/2026Discover the secrets of the Hippopotamus Defense with Andrew Martin, a unique and flexible opening that thrives on patience, timing, and psychological pressure. This course shows why many aggressive players fail against the Hippo, often attacking too early and falling into devastating counterplay. Learn how to stay calm, choose the right moment to strike, and […]
- Problem Challenge April 20/04/2026Were you able to handle the four rook endgame studies we showed you recently? They were a little bit harder to solve than they looked. We now bring you all the intricacies and subtleties in short videos by IM Gauri Shankar, who works as a chess trainer in Chicago. And of course we give you […]
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