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TWIC- Magnus Carlsen wins the 31st Sigeman & Co tournament after tie-break win over Erigaisi - 7 07/05/2026The final day of the 31st Sigeman & Co tournament saw a number of twists and turns before Magnus Carlsen emerged as the winner. The leader Arjun Erigaisi went full blooded for a win against Andy Woodward and it really was too much when he pushed his g and h pawns with no development. Erigaisi […]Mark Crowther
- 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
- Magnus Carlsen wins the 31st Sigeman & Co tournament after tie-break win over Erigaisi - 7 07/05/2026
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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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- Review: "Mastering the French Advance Main Line" by Jan Werle 09/05/2026The Advance Variation in the French Defence can be seen as the purest form of handling this opening, as White forms the thematic French pawn chain as early as move three and aims to rely on his advantage in space and minor pieces. In his review, Lukas Köpl examines Jan Werle's contribution to the "60 […]
- Super Rapid & Blitz: Niemann leads, Firouzja shines on first day of blitz 09/05/2026Alireza Firouzja scored 6½/9 to top the first day of blitz at the Super Rapid & Blitz Poland tournament, but his difficult rapid section left him only eighth overall. Hans Niemann remains the sole leader despite scoring 3½/9 on Friday, with Wesley So half a point behind. Fabiano Caruana and Vladimir Fedoseev are tied for […]
- England's new chess star is nine! 08/05/2026Recently we had the remarkable British rapid chess champion Bodhana Sivanandan, 11 years old, for a visit. Now we learn that English chess has found another primary school super-talent: nine-year-old Kayal Vijay, from Hertfordshire, triumphed at the 2026 European School Chess Championships in Croatia. The two London schoolgirls have something in common: Indian heritage.
- 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 […]
- 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 […]
- Regulations for FIDE Rapid and Blitz 16/04/2026Preparations are fully underway for the FIDE World Team Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2026 in Hong Kong from 16 to 22 June. In previous editions, the tournament has featured numerous top players competing alongside amateurs and rising talents, producing a dynamic atmosphere rarely seen in traditional elite events. Magnus Carlsen is expected to participate […]
- Review: "Mastering the French Advance Main Line" by Jan Werle 09/05/2026
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