🏆 The Finals of the UK Open Blitz Championship take place tomorrow! 📺 Join Natasha Regan and Matthew Sadler for live commentary for all 15 rounds in the Open and the Women's final. 📆 Round 1 starts 12 noon https://t.co/WLeeIiVGJU More details at https://t.co/7BrHYnvZZ5

I'm very happy to say that tomorrow's Talented Tuesdays features Grace Wilde showing a great game she played at the 4NCL. Join us tomorrow at 7pm on the ECF YouTube: https://t.co/aEVLe4kYt4 @gmmds @ecfchess @ECFonlinechess @meltastic1_

Grace has also written a great article about her chess journey - find it here! : Grace's Journey -

The ECF chesscom team will be playing Team Nigeria at 8 pm on Saturday 15th Nov. This will be our 6th match of 8 in stage 1 of the Live Chess World League Season 14. The match is open to all ECF team members. Further details here and do join if you can -

🗞️ UK Open Blitz Finals pairings are published. 📺 The Finals are on 22 November, with commentary on the ECF YouTube channel by GM Matthew Sadler and WIM Natasha Regan. See the pairings now: Open - https://t.co/hfkxmvVRs9 Women - https://t.co/ZsprSQQTCN

All set for the Coventry International which starts tomorrow. First round pairings are out https://t.co/BNo71qPolI

The 5th FIDE Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners is taking place from today. Good luck to the English teams taking part.

On the way to European Team Chess Championships 2025 in Batumi via Istanbul 😎 4am at the airport.

Leonard Barden on interest in English blitz tournaments growing rapidly, Kai Hanache, 13, beating 3 GMs & congratulations to Eugenia Karas who qualified as top woman

The Live Chess World League 2025/S2 (Season 14) is now underway on https://t.co/qkPTb4Adw7 with teams from around the world. The English Chess Federation Open team welcomes new players https://t.co/DyYWotljtq

♟️ Chess unites generations! At today’s UK Open Blitz Qualifier in Cardiff, James Sherwin (92) faced Bodhana Sivanandan (10) — an 82-year age gap across the board. ✨ You can still enter future blitz qualifiers here 👉 https://t.co/eJeEt96JOo 📸 Thanks Fanella Headlong!

The ECF are delighted to announce that we have hit over 20,000 members for the first time!! A big thank you to all our members - old & new! 🙏 Join us at https://t.co/Q6OpvS7xdQ

Congratulations to Kata Toma on becoming the first woman to win the Worcestershire Chess Championships and some great words

Many congratulations to Brandon Clarke who came joint first and gained a GM norm at the Mindsports International Festival 2025. 🎉 Other great performances included Sohum Lohia and Jonah Willow who both finished on 6.5/9 https://t.co/LbNLtM7lOu 📷 Brendan O'Gorman at 4NCL

🎨♟ Artist Pia Sprong brought her unique eye to the #BritishChess Championships in Liverpool, capturing the focus & tension of the games in stunning drawings. View her work here 👉 https://t.co/DIpQ5vDWts #ChessArt

The new Coventry International will take place from Sunday 26th October to Friday 31st October 2025 at the Holiday Inn Coventry - full details at

Thank you to all those who helped make the British Championships such a success! including Liverpool City Council, Liverpool Bid Company, St George’s Hall, Visit Liverpool, Liverpool Culture, Metro Mayor Liverpool City Region, Chess Trust, & John Robinson Youth Chess Trust

An exciting end to the British Chess Championships features a play-off at 4pm between Michael Adams, Stuart Conquest, and Peter Roberson, following a thrilling final round. Watch live commentary at https://t.co/a6BtaS7dYJ. Photos by Yuri Krylov.

Final round of the #BritishChess Championships is LIVE! 🏆 Titles will be decided today — maybe even in rapid tiebreaks. Huge thanks to GMs Gormally & Pert for top commentary, and to David Lightfoot for making the broadcasts happen! ♟🔥

Rd 6 of the British starts at 2-30 pm today. GM Mickey Adams is in the lead with 4.5 pts ahead of a trailing pack of 8 players on 4 pts including GM Nikita Vitiugov. Vitiugov plays Adams in a critical game on bd 1. Commentary at: https://t.co/39Hdj5fgrz