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The Open and Major sections are particularly well contested. I trust that the arbiters are aware that the player shown as unrated and bottom seed in the Open has an inactive FIDE rating in excess of 2150 and a previous BCF grade in the 190s. It's particularly dangerous to have a player like that as...

Collecting an annual fee from participants is not the only way of raising money. Raising money isn't in question here. As for the scheme for those taking out a membership after the 1st of July example, what about those who sign up on 30th June? When you sign up shouldn't have any bearing whatsoever...

Does anyone know if there are plans to revisit the current ECF membership model? As it stands this is a fixed annual membership from 1st September to 31st August . I genuinely struggle to see the broad upside for our end users, particularly newcomers; anyone signing up for an annual membership shoul...

Pretty disappointing Championship with both David and Luke taking quick draws with white against Gawain. This just isn't the fighting chess I would expect from anyone who actually wants to win the title!

So very sad to hear Simon has passed away. It was always a pleasure speaking with him at a number of different events over the years, the first time I met him was at the British Rapidplay in Halifax, I am fairly certain he completely crushed me, that was the only game we played but we spoke many tim...

Matthew, were you under the impression you were entitlerd to play in rhe British? I don't think so. I was under no impression, I just wanted clarify my understanding. In summary, my ECF grade is irrelevant with regards to qualifications for the British Championships -- some irony in there somewhere...

I am not 100% sure but does this mean I become ineligible under the proposed "pre qualification" rules? I am untitled, FIDE: 2225 ECF: 238 Note: I did once finish 3rd= (7½/11) in the Major Open (about 6 years ago) so maybe this would carry over? I would absolutely love to play in the British Champio...

You can now enter our Week 2 Sprint competition!!!

As you can view how the players have performed and what strength of opposition they are likely to face over the next few rounds, this competition should be very interesting indeed...

Enter here

Good luck!

Hey all, I hope you're all enjoying the Fantasy Chess Olympiad competition as well as the Olympiad itself! For those of you who have missed the start or like me picked a seriously terrible squad(!) we will be running a Week 2 Sprint competition, this will be announced very soon on the home page of t...

Yorkshire Chess are running a free Fantasy Chess Olympiad competition!

Enter here

Rules and Prizes can all be found on the website.

Enjoy

Still waiting to see what'll happen when you finally lose a game :) I will retire immediately and protect my superficial rating of course :-) In all honesty though I've had quite a big chunk of luck throughout the season, I blundered a whole piece in the last match of the Bradford League against Ke...

Limits are often self imposed by lack of confidence. I absolutely agree with this statement. My own approach to chess in the last 2 years has been completely different to that of the previous 10, confidence has played a huge part in this; my focus, my vision for creative ideas and my overall desire...

Okay that makes sense! In which case Mickey, Nigel, Matthew and Gawain should all be playing if the ECF are making such allowances for them

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Hi, I've just been looking at the British Championships schedule (contemplating a late entry), can anyone tell me why the main championship is running so differently this year to previous? Does the new British Champion really have to wait three days for the prize giving? If the current favourite Dav...

Hi all,

Due to the immense speed with which the organisers are publishing the next round pairings means we are also ready with the Round 3 prediction competition!

Make your predictions for Round 3

Matt