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FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss 2019 - Games and Results 09/10/2019
The FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss takes place in the Isle of Man 10th to 21st October 2019. Leading players: Carlsen, Caruana, So, Anand, Yu, Karjakin, Grischuk, Aronian, Harikrishna, Wojtaszek, Artemiev, Nakamura, Vitiugov, Svidler, Wang, Bu, Vidit, Matlakov, Le, Xiong, Shankland etc. There is a World Championship Candidates place for the highest placed finisher who needs […]
Mark Crowther
FIDE World Cup 2019 - Games and Results 04/10/2019
The FIDE World Cup took place Mon 9th Sep to Fri 4th Oct 2019 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. 128 player Knockout event. Players: Ding, Giri, Vachier-Lagrave, So, Nepomniachtchi, Aronian, Mamedyarov, Dominguez Perez, Grischuk, Radjabov, Artemiev, Yu, Karjakin, Nakamura, Andreikin, Wojtaszek, Harikrishna, Duda, Svidler, Vitiugov, Wei, Le, Navara, Bu, Wang, Shankland, Matlakov, Tomashevsky, Vidit, Jakovenko, Xiong, Firouzja, […]
Mark Crowther
25 Years of The Week in Chess - 25 17/09/2019
I am celebrating the 25th Anniversary of The Week in Chess. The first issue appeared on Saturday 17th September 1994 and was posted to the newsgroup rec.games.chess. In the article below I talk about the anniversary, thanking a few of the many people who have helped over the years and list all the issues so […]
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St Louis Fall Chess Classic 2019 - Games and Results 11/09/2019
The St Louis Fall Chess Classic consists of two 10 player Round Robin events. In the A Group the players are: Dariusz Swiercz, Hrant Melkumyan, Aleksandr Lenderman, Alexander Ipatov, Vasif Durarbayli, Jorden Van Foreest, Varuzhan Akobian, Ilia Smirin, Olexandr Bortnyk and Ray Robson.
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Skolkovo Women's FIDE Grand Prix 2019 - Games and Results 11/09/2019
The Skolkovo Women's FIDE Grand Prix takes place Tue 10th Sep to Mon 23rd Sep 2019 in Skolkovo in Moscow. It is the first of four Women's Grand Prix events. 16 players compete in the series. 12 players compete in each of the four round robin events. Players: Dronavalli Harika, Aleksandra Goryachkina, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Pia […]
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Champions Showdown 9LX 2019 - Games and Results 06/09/2019
The Champions Showdown 9LX took place in Saint Louis 2nd to 5th September 2019. Four matches using a version of the Chess 960 variant with both rapid and blitz games. Fabiano Caruana defeated Garry Kasparov 19-7, Hikaru Nakamura beat Levon Aronian 14.5-11.5, Wesley So beat Veselin Topalov 18-8 and Peter Svider beat Leinier Dominguez Perez […]
Mark Crowther

ECF

Scheduled works / homepage shuffle – done 11/10/2019
The promised navigational changes to the ECF homepage are done. Please note the following — A) The ‘boxes of links’ that used to reside below...
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English Girls’ Chess Championships 2019 10/10/2019
Over the weekend of 19th/20th October 2019 at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, and open to any girls under 18 on 31st August 2019, and incorporating...
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Clubs & Congress Insurance 2019/20 09/10/2019
To download the renewal form for the ECF Chess Clubs and Congress Insurance for 2019/20 click here Please note that once again this year clubs...
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Membership doppelgängers 03/10/2019
It has come to the office’s attention that many members who are nonplussed when it comes to renewing their memberships on the ECF/Azolve system are...
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ECF Book of the Year 2019 02/10/2019
The choice this year fell between two contrasting volumes: a fascinating history of one of the greatest world champions Emanuel Lasker, (publisher Excelsior Verlag) and...
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2019 AGM papers available 18/09/2019
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