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The cat is out of the bag! ChessFest, our groundbreaking Summer festival of chess, will be back at Trafalgar Square on Sunday 13 July 2025. Everything is free and open to all. Keep an eye on the ChessFest website for incoming updates. chess-fest.com

Malcolm Pein packs no punches in his latest April editorial, not least with regards to the International Chess Federation Fair Play Commission. Read it for free thanks to our colleagues at Chess & Bridge: London Chess Centre! And Peter Large gets a very well-deserved mention for his double seniors gold. #chess

Boy's chess grandmaster dream after football injury via BBC News (UK) bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Good luck to all those taking part. The girls-only National Schools Chess Championships will be hosted by St Catherine's School in Bramley on Saturday and Sunday. BBC report at bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Chess is thriving at Tonbridge School - here is their term report tonbridge-school.co.uk/about/news/pos…

Impressive turnout of 9 English players in the top Section about to start in Menorca and the fact that their average age is almost exactly 14 isn't making me feel old at all... 🤨 English Chess Federation (ECF) ECF Schools Chess English Chess Tracker

Congratulations to the National Schools Girls Champions 2025 - Bancroft School in the U11 and St Paul’s Girls’ School in the U19. Many thanks to St Catherine’s School in Bramley for their generous sponsorship of the National Schools Championships. More at englishchess.org.uk/NSCC/girls-cha…

The ECF Board is pleased to announce that Alex Holowczak has been appointed its Events Director. More information at englishchess.org.uk/events-directo…

The 2025 Glorney Cup will take place from 28th to 30th July in Wales. More details and interest form at englishchess.org.uk/2025-glorney-c…

Well done Brentwood School Brentwood Preparatory School chess players. 2nd in today's ECF Schools Chess online Inter-School Blitz. Anushka (Yr 10), Akaash (Yr 9) and Joshua (Yr 5) all in the individual top 10. Congratulations Dulwich College on your victory.

The International Schools Chess Festival will take place in Romania from 30th June to 6th July 2025 (direct flights from Luton).  The organisers are looking for one English school to join the event, with free accommodation and food provided - englishchess.org.uk/international-…

If you've never heard of, or been to ChessFest at Trafalgar Square, you may not know what it's all about. Maybe this video of the 2024 edition will peek your interest? It's completely free, no need to book! #ChessFest is proudly supported by XTX Markets youtube.com/watch?v=ILXyNN…

Next week is the first ever ECF National Schools’ Chess Finals Week. This features the finals of both the English Schools’ Chess Championships and the three Team Chess Challenge tournaments. How to watch etc at englishchess.org.uk/ecf-national-s…

Make sure to watch the British Team Chess Challenge Finals today. 60 teams from around Britain are playing 5 rapid games, taking part in three age group categories. Live on lichess.org : U19: lichess.org/broadcast/brit… U13: lichess.org/broadcast/juni… U11: lichess.org/broadcast/prim…

Enjoying a lovely day Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN with the Dame Alice Owen’s School chess teams playing in the ECF Schools Chess Chess Team Challenge. We're playing in the old Carlton/Central TV studios. They used to record Blockbusters here and you can find some of the old set left behind.

Many congratulations 🎈🎈to the winners of yesterday's Team Chess Challenge: U19: Wilson's School U13: Westminster Under School U11: Fairfield Preparatory School Alex Holowczak Wilson's Chess Westminster Under School Fairfield Prep School pictured with the winners Neill Cooper

It's crunch time! The final day of the English Schools Chess Championship. Wilson's and Westminster schools lead with King's College, Hampton, and Haberdashers Askes Boys close behind. Lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/engl… or Chess.com: chess.com/events/english…

Many congratulations to Hampton School, who have won the 2025 English Schools Championship! Well done to Wilson's School, winners of the Richard Haddrell Trophy in 2nd place, and Westminster Under School who won the Plate competition. Hampton School