Chess Blog

Ding and Dubov progress to the semi-finals of the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge - Day 8 27/05/2020
Daniil Dubov beat Sergey Karjakin 3-0 and Ding Liren won a dramatic Armageddon tie-break against fellow countryman Yu Yangyi to set up a semi-final match against each other starting tomorrow in the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge online tournament hosted by Chess24. The tennis style sets being used means that although Dubov beat Karjakin 8-2 in […]
Mark Crowther
Clutch Chess Champions Showdown 2020 - Games and Results 26/05/2020
The Clutch Chess Champions Showdown takes place online Tuesday, May 26 - Friday, May 29 2020 and organised by the Saint Louis Chess Club. The format created by Maurice Ashley awards the normal points in a 12 game match (time control 10 minutes plus 10 seconds a move) but doubles these for games 5 and […]
Mark Crowther
Karjakin somehow survives to fight another day against Dubov in the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge - Day 7 26/05/2020
The seventh day of the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge produced some of the most exciting chess of the event so far. Magnus Carlsen defeated Wesley So 2.5-0.5 again in their second mini-match to go through 2-0. Carlsen outplayed So wonderfully in game one in a Ruy Lopez Berlin/Giuoco Pianissimo position, a classy positional display, game […]
Mark Crowther
Nakamura through and Ding survives on day 6 of the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge - Day 6 25/05/2020
Hikaru Nakamura looked very comfortable in progressing to the semi-finals of the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge by defeating Levon Aronian 2-0 in their mini-matches. Nakamura will now have three days off to prepare for the winner of Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So. In the other match Ding Liren levelled his tie against Yu Yangyi winning […]
Mark Crowther
Carlsen and Dubov win quickly on day five of the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge - Day 5 24/05/2020
Magnus Carlsen beat Wesley So 2.5-0.5 and Daniil Dubov beat Sergey Karjakin 3-0 in the first rubbers of their matches in the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge. In this knockout phase the ties are best of three mini-matches. Carlsen won the first game in a sharp variation where So allowed a Queen sacrifice that left him […]
Mark Crowther
IM Not A GM Speed Chess 2020 - Games and Results 23/05/2020
The IM Not A GM Speed Chess tournament took place on chess.com. The event started on April 18th and finished on May 23rd. Some of the most well known figures in online broadcasting and chess provision compete in long blitz matches consisting of 75 minutes of 5+1 blitz, 45 minutes of 3+1 blitz, and 25 […]
Mark Crowther

ECF

Applications 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...
Danny Rosenbaum
ECF Online Fair Play and Anti-Cheating Rules 27/05/2020
The English Chess Federation has just released new Online Fair Play and Anti-Cheating Rules. The direct link is https://englishchessonline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ECF-Online-Fair-Play-and-ACv2_0-1.pdf. These can be also accessed via...
Danny Rosenbaum
English Women’s International Team Battle 27/05/2020
The English Women’s team will be playing in an Online International Women’s Competition against a number of European National teams on Thursday 28th May at...
Danny Rosenbaum
ECF Appointments 26/05/2020
The ECF Board have agreed the creation of two new positions, Manager of Online Chess and Manager of Women’s Online Chess, and are delighted to...
Danny Rosenbaum
Checkmate Covid-19 starts today! 23/05/2020
The ECF’s 24-hour online chess marathon in aid of the British Red Cross starts today on Chess.com at 5pm UK time. Entries and donations are...
Danny Rosenbaum
ChessPlus Training Camps for Juniors 22/05/2020
ChessPlus together with the European Chess Union is organising two online chess camps on the weekend of 30th-31st May. These are aimed at chess players...
Danny Rosenbaum