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TWIC- Total Chess Pilot 2026 - Games and Results 10/11/2026The Total Chess Pilot tournament takes place in Budapest Tue 10th Nov to Sat 21st Nov 2026. Three stages. A preliminary blitz, group stages and then a final knockout stage. Games will take place across a multiplicity of time controls and weighted results. (Blitz: 3 min + 2 sec per move, starting from move 1 […]Mark Crowther
- 89th Tata Steel 2027 - Games and Results 10/11/2026The 89th Tata Steel Chess tournament takes place in Wijk aan Zee Fri 15th Jan to Sun 31st Jan 2027. Masters: Vincent Keymer, Arjun Erigaisi, Anish Giri, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, Dommaraju Gukesh, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Javokhir Sindarov, Hans Niemann, Vladimir Fedoseev, Jorden van Foreest, Aravindh Chithambaram, Matthias Bluebaum, Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, Thai Dai Van Nguyen. Challengers: Velimir […]Mark Crowther
- English Open Championships 2026 - Games and Results 02/11/2026The English Open Championships 2026 took place Sat 24th October to Sun 1st November 2026. English Open 2026: Gawain Maroroa Jones won with 7½/9 a point clear of Michael Adams, Brandon Gi Clarke and Daniel W Gormally on 6½. English Women's 2026: Elmira Mirzoeva won with 7½/9 a point clear of Anusha Subramanian on 6½.Mark Crowther
- Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown 2026 - Games and results 30/10/2026The Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown took place Tue 27th Oct 2026 to 29th Oct 2026. The idea of the event was to have increasing scores from day 1 to day 3 so that the scoring is volatile and likely there will be something to play for right to the end. Javokhir Sindarov won the event […]Mark Crowther
- 41st European Club Cup 2026 - Games and Results 23/10/2026The 41st European Club Cup took place in Budva, Montenegro Sat 17th Oct to Fri 23rd Oct 2026. In the Open top seeds Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club (Giri, Erdogmus, Tabatabaei, Rapport, Mamedyarov) just edged out Novy Bor Chess Club (Yakubboev, Sarin, Harikrishna, Anton) to take the title. Rishon LeZion A (Gelfand) finished 3rd. Second […]Mark Crowther
- US Chess Championships 2026 - Games and results 22/10/2026The US Chess Championships took place in Saint Louis Fri 9th Oct to Wed 21st Oct 2026. Wesley So won his fourth title after a tie-break win against defending champion Fabiano Caruana (winner the last four years 2022-25 champion). So had led by a point from Caruana going into the final round but lost to […]Mark Crowther
- Total Chess Pilot 2026 - Games and Results 10/11/2026
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- English Championships final round change of timing – important! 29/10/2026Owing to unforeseen circumstances, the organisers are having to move the final round of the English Championships forward to 12 noon on Saturday 31st October (this Saturday). If you have...WebAdmin
- English Chess Championships 2026 – Results and Reports 27/10/2026 Melinda Wilde
- Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, breaks 38-year world record 25/10/2026Many congratulations to Bodhana! The English Chess Federation hails a “generational talent” after chess sensation Bodhana Sivanandan broke her most impressive record yet. The 11-year-old schoolgirl from Harrow has broken...Melinda Wilde
- ECF England Juniors Lichess Team Manager (Volunteer) wanted 22/10/2026The English Chess Federation is looking for a volunteer to manage the England Juniors Lichess Team from 1 January 2027. The team runs five online tournaments each week, alongside occasional special...WebAdmin
- Visit to HMP Whitemoor – Carl Portman 09/10/2026HMP Whitemoor HM Prison Whitemoor is a Category A men’s prison near March, Cambridgeshire, England, operated by His Majesty’s Prison Service. It was built on the site of an old...WebAdmin
- BCET Awards 2026 09/10/2026The Chess Trust make annual BCET Awards to schools and junior clubs. This year we received several very good applications and had a difficult task in selecting six. Those receiving the...WebAdmin
- English Championships final round change of timing – important! 29/10/2026
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- ChessBase for Mac 10/11/2026Our database program – used by everyone, from the World Champion to lowly club players – is now available for Mac users. The new version has been developed from the ground up: modern, built for fast access to what matters. The cost: just €9.95 per month, or €99.95 per year. Make sure you don’t miss […]
- Total Chess – totally complicated 10/11/2026The 2025 Chess Calendar established that there are 151 official World Chess Championships. Another will be added in 2027 – the Total Chess Championship. The pilot tournament takes place in Budapest from 10 to 20 November. The field is strong, the format is complicated, and ChessBase has gone through the Total Chess webpage in an […]
- Remembering Mikhail Tal 09/11/2026Today marks the 90th anniversary of Mikhail Tal's birth. Tal was one of the great figures in chess history, playing particularly exciting chess in his youth and becoming the youngest world champion in history in 1960. Unfortunately, he suffered from health problems throughout his life and died at a relatively young age. | Tal giving […]
- Pranesh wins Chola Chess Open as young talents make their mark 09/11/2026Pranesh M won the inaugural Chola Chess Open in Chennai, scoring 7/9 points after finishing with two consecutive victories. The Indian grandmaster ended half a point ahead of five players, including runner-up S. L. Narayanan. The tournament also saw 16-year-old Viresh Sharnarthi earn his second GM norm in ten days, while 11-year-old Sarbartho Mani secured […]
- Bavarian Championship: Four players finish tied for first, Sasikiran claims title on tiebreaks 09/11/2026Indian grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran won the Bavarian Chess Championship in Gmund am Tegernsee, finishing on 7½/9 points and taking first place on tiebreaks. German GMs Frederik Svane and Roven Vogel finished second and third, while Indian FM Arun Daakshin also reached 7½ points. All four won their final-round games with the black pieces, bringing an […]
- Bodhana Sivanandan joins strong field in Salamanca 08/11/2026The Salamanca Chess Festival will take place from 10 to 14 November, bringing together six players for a rapid round-robin tournament. The field includes 11-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan (pictured), former world top-ten player Loek van Wely and Spanish grandmaster Paco Vallejo, who returns to top-level competition after a lengthy absence. Elisabeth Paehtz, José Martínez Alcántara and […]
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