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TWIC- Green Hills Resort Masters 2026 - Games and results 31/08/2026The Green Hills Resort Masters took place 30th-31st August in the Bostanlyk district which is 75km from Tashkent. The event was one day of rapid and one of blitz, the rapid games counted double. Nodirbek Yakubboev was something of a surprise winner, in the rapid he scored 6/7, which converted to 12 points, 3 points […]Mark Crowther
- Sofia Cup 2026 - Games and results 30/08/2026The Sofia Cup, also known as the Balkan Rapid and Blitz Championships took place 29th to 30th August 2026. Players: Alireza Firouzja Rauf Mamedov, Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli, Vojtech Plat, Leon Livaic, Sanan Sjugirov, Ediz Gurel, Ivan Cheparinov etc. Rauf Mamedov won the rapid event on tie-break from Alireza Firouzja and Dimitris Alexakis after all finished […]Mark Crowther
- Grand Chess Tour Finals 2026 - Games and results 29/08/2026The Grand Chess Tour Finals took place in Saint Louis 22nd to 27th August 2026. This was the final event of the tour and a total prize fund of $450,000, was distributed as follows: $200,000 for first place, $125,000 for second, $75,000 for third, and $50,000 for fourth. The top four players with the best […]Mark Crowther
- 6th Cairns Cup 2026 - Games and Results 23/08/2026The 6th Cairns Cup 2026 took place Mon 10th to Fri 21st August 2026. Tan Zhongyi won with 6½/9 half a point clear of Alice Lee on 6. She earned her first GM norm in the 2026 Cairns Cup at the age of 16.Mark Crowther
- 13th Sinquefield Cup 2026 - Games and Results 20/08/2026The 13th Sinquefield Cup took place 10th to 20th August 2026. Players: Fabiano Caruana, Javokhir Sindarov, Vincent Keymer, Wesley So, Anish Giri, Praggnanandhaa R, Jorden Van Foreest, Maxime Vachier-lagrave, Levon Aronian and Samuel Sevian. Wesley So took first place from Praggnanandhaa after winning a tie-break match. The players scored 5.5/9 to share first place and […]Mark Crowther
- Carlsen wins the Chess event in the Esports World Cup - Final 15/08/2026Magnus Carlsen convincingly won the lucrative chess final of the Esports World Cup which is being held in Paris, France. The event as a whole has 25 tournaments held over 24 different games and takes place July 6th to August 23rd, a period of 48 days. The claimed total prize fund for the entire event […]Mark Crowther
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- Help strengthen the ECF’s IT team 01/09/2026Following the retirement of our IT Manager, Nigel Towers, at the end of August, the ECF is reviewing how its IT function should be organised for the future. We are...Melinda Wilde
- The European Senior Team Chess Championships 2026 Daily Reports 28/08/2026— from Nigel Povah The European Senior Team Chess Championship kicks off today in the seaside resort of Hersonissos in Crete, with a total of 14 teams participating in the...WebAdmin
- ECF websites 26/08/2026The ECF websites are sitting beside an extra layer of security for a short while, during which the IT squad are wrestling with a gritty problem. Visitors may get an...WebAdmin
- It’s Leonard Barden’s birthday! 20/08/2026The ECF wishes Leonard Barden a very happy 97th birthday today! Leonard is the Guardian’s chess columnist, and holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-running continuous chess column, which...WebAdmin
- The 11th Menchik Memorial is underway! 19/08/2026The English Chess Federation is pleased to host the 11th Menchik Memorial Tournament, which will take place from Monday 24th to Sunday 30th August 2026 at the ILEC Conference Centre....WebAdmin
- High Level Tournaments in London (22-29 August) 12/08/2026If you are around in London later this month. There are some high level tournaments taking place already boasting strong player line-ups. 22-23 August: 2026 Mind Sports Olympiad London...WebAdmin
- Help strengthen the ECF’s IT team 01/09/2026
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- Faustino Oro returns for Legends & Prodigies in Madrid 02/09/2026The second edition of Legends & Prodigies will take place in Madrid from 7 to 12 September, with Faustino Oro (pictured) returning to the event he won last year. The Argentine teenager will face David Antón, José Martínez, Ivan Sokolov, Diego Flores and José "Pepe" Cuenca in a six-player double round-robin. | Photo: Mar Melero
- FIDE and World Chess apply for the .chess domain extension 02/09/2026FIDE and World Chess have submitted an application to ICANN for .chess, a proposed top-level domain intended to provide the chess community with a dedicated and verified online space. Filed as a community application on behalf of FIDE, the project would give federations, clubs, organisers, platforms, media and players recognisable chess-specific domains if approved. Registration […]
- FIDE ratings - September 2026 01/09/2026The Sinquefield Cup and the Cairns Cup in Saint Louis brought about some movement at the top of the world rankings. Magnus Carlsen and Hou Yifan remain the world's top players, while Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus and Anastasiia Hnatyshyn are the leading junior players. Based on the average rating of its top players, the German Chess […]
- ChessBase Summer Special! – Part 9 01/09/2026Dear chess friends! When discussing ChessBase authors and content creators, no name is more synonymous with high quality than British Grandmaster Daniel King. His courses, videos, and articles, have been essential viewing for decades! This week only, you can get ALL of his video courses at our lowest ever price. Save up to 50 percent!
- Fridrik Olafsson Memorial 29/08/2026Chess players, mark your calendars. The Icelandic Chess Federation, Goðinn Chess Club, and Reykjavík Chess Club are joining forces to present "Town and Country" – two spectacular tournaments that together offer 15 rounds of high-level chess in just 11 days, set against two of Iceland’s most contrasting backdrops. It all begins on Thursday, 19 November […]
- Hassabis on chess and AI 28/08/2026In a 15-minute video, Demis Hassabis, one of the central scientists working on artificial intelligence, tells us why he worries about AI going rogue. Hassabis, head of Google AI research, is a very strong chess player who created Alpha zero, the first neural network program on which all modern chess engines are based. It is […]
- Faustino Oro returns for Legends & Prodigies in Madrid 02/09/2026
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