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Statement from the English Chess Federation - for full version read the whole thread: The English Chess Federation’s (ECF) position is clear. We do not exclude trans women and this position will not change, despite FIDE’s new policy…
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…The new FIDE rules are incompatible with English law, particularly with regard to the release of personal data. We cannot see the point of the two-year suspension of the right to participate in women-only competitions, which we view as discriminatory…
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…Trans women have worked on behalf of the ECF and played in ECF events, as have trans women in various other chess federations …
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…The ECF notes that similar positions have been adopted by the German Chess Federation (DSB), the French Chess Federation (FFE) and the United States Chess Federation (USCF)…
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…The ECF restates its commitment to being an inclusive organisation that is welcoming to all. @AgaMilewska123 @ShohrehBayat @alexholowczak @TelegraphChess @Schachbund @ffechecs @USChess
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Congratulations to MIchael Adams who becomes British Chess Champion for the ninth time! Great performances too from Stuart Conquest who came second and Peter Roberson who came third. Stuart and Peter ended up tied with Mickey after and it went to a tie-break Photo Yuri Krylov
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Chess to return to TV after ‘over 30 years of waiting’ with Sue Perkins as host standard.co.uk/showbiz/celeb… @sueperkins @DavidHowellGM
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"Chess saved my life," Kamila Hryshchenko was forced to leave her home in Kramatorsk - she now lives in Hull after an international network of chess players helped whisk her and her mother to safety... An amazing news item from @SkyNews & @MikeRDrummond news.sky.com/story/chess-sav…
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The Queen's Gambit sparks surge in search for chess sets - @eBay revealed there was a 273% increase in the 10 days following the @netflix show’s release. More at metro.co.uk/2020/11/11/the-q… via @MetroUK
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Congratulations to Gawain Jones who is the British Chess Champion after a great play-off! 🎈🎈Well played to both @GMGawain and @DavidHowellGM who topped the Open standings, both scoring 7/9. Thanks to Dennis Dicen, @meltastic1_ and Brendan O'Gorman for their photos throughout.
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Many congratulations to GM Michael Adams who is the Caplin British Online Chess Champion - @MickeyAdamsGM beat IM Ameet Ghasi in an exciting play-off. A great performance too by Ameet who like Michael finished on 7/9. Photos of Michael Adams by @ChrisJStratford and @jeupham
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‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Confirms What I’ve Known All Along: Chess Is Completely Captivating' vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifesty… - very intersting article in @BritishVogue not just on the joys of chess but on improvement, gender etc
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Many congratulations to Ravi Haria on gaining his final GM norm whilst winning the Northumbria Masters GM tournament.
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Fantastic welcome for the England teams at Chennai. Thank you! @chennaichess22 is about to get under way - you can watch the action at chess24.com/en/watch/live-to… and chess24.com/en/watch/live-to… #ChennaiChess2022 #ChessOlympiad
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Congratulations to @shrez_royal09 drawing against Mickey Adams and so gaining his final GM norm 👋👋👋 photo - Dennis Dicen
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Good luck to England at the European Team Chess Championship. A strong line-up: @DavidHowellGM @MickeyAdamsGM GM Luke McShane @GMGawain IM Ravi Haria @ktoma3 WFM Louise Head @photochess @ShohrehBayat and @Zoe_chess & captains @TelegraphChess @LorinDC euroteamchess2021.eu/
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Congratulations to Lan Yao, whose WGM title was confirmed by the 2023 3rd FIDE Council Meeting. Since applying for the title Lan Yao has gained her first IM norm as well as her fifth WGM norm.
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Chess: Seven-year-old achieves historic performance in UK women’s blitz ft.com/content/43900cee-ec21…
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The England teams have been announced for the Open and Women’s Olympiad! Women’s team – WGM/IM @thelittlehat WGM Katarzyna Toma, FM Akshaya Kalaiyalahan, WIM Lan Yao and @Zoe_chess supported by Captain IM Lorin D’Costa and ECF Women’s Director @AgaMilewska123 ...
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Happy birthday to IM Jovanka Houska 🎈🎈🎈🎂- nine time British Women’s Chess champion. Photo of @thelittlehat at the British Chess Championships 2019 by John Upham; photo at the Chennai Olympiad by FIDE
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Many congratulations to England’s latest GM. Well done, Shreyas!
FIDE finally approved my GM title application. I am officially a Grand Master!@ECFonlinechess @ChessKidcom @ecfchess
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Announcement from Department for Culture, Media and Sport and The Rt Hon Lucy Frazer KC MP - Major investment to transform future of English chess gov.uk/government/news/major…
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Fantastic news! The English Chess Federation and @chessable are delighted to announce their partnership to provide increased funding and support for English chess events and educational initiatives during 2022 and into 2023. More info at englishchess.org.uk/chessabl…
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Well done, @shrez_royal09 ! Boy, 15, becomes youngest British chess grandmaster theguardian.com/society/arti…
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Wired on The Queen’s Gambit on @netflix : "there’s something else particularly alluring about chess: It promises a level playing field ... watching gifted chess players is a reminder that brilliance exists in everyone." wired.co.uk/article/queens-g…
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Congratulations to GM Nick Pert, British Chess Champion 2021! Full standings and games at chess24.com/en/watch/live-to…
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England Open Team Announcement- GM Nikita Vitiugov 2719
GM David Howell 2676
GM Michael Adams 2662
GM Luke McShane 2626
GM Ravi Haria 2522 - englishchess.org.uk/england-…
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Congratulations to Keith Arkell 👋winner of the Over-50s at the British Chess Championships - photo @meltastic1_
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Well done to Bodhana!
Bodhana Sivanandan gets her 1st WIM norm at age nine!! 🥳
She played extremely solid throughout the event against almost all higher-rated opponents!
chess-results.com/tnr897945.…
📷: Jim Laga
#chess #womeninchess #EWCC24
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Well deserved praise for @thelittlehat @DavidHowellGM and @chess24com coverage of the Skilling Open - from a golf magazine! "it's riveting stuff ...You can watch the whole thing live on Chess24, complete with excellent commentary ..." - read more at golfdigest.com/story/watch-c…
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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 piped.video/watch?v=hrJmaWDi…. Photos by Yuri Krylov.
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Well done Bodhana. A terrific performance. 🎈🎈🎈
Unbelievable result by 8 yo girl- Bodhana, who held a draw in the last round of the European Blitz Championship to score 8,5p/ 13, winning the 1st prize among women ahead of me and a bunch of other experienced players! What a phenomenon she is! @ECUonline
#chess #WomenInChess
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Great news! BBC to revive huge chess show as Taylor Swift causes popularity soar. The ECF director @TelegraphChess said: “The chess community has waited over thirty years for the game to return to our screens and everyone is hugely excited.” mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/bbc-…
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Many congratulations to GM John Nunn!
John Nunn is the 65+ World #SeniorChess Champion!
The English GM, former world champion in chess problem solving and well-known chess writer, scored 9/11 and clinched his first title.
Congratulations! 👏👏
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Well done and congratulations to Lan Yao and Trisha Kanyamarala who are the joint British Womens' Champions, both finishing on five points. 🎈👋 📷Dennis Dicen and Melinda Wilde
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Before Round 7, we paused to IM Adam Hunt, who sadly passed in Dec 2024.
A brilliant player, coach & author, Adam inspired countless young talents.
He was awarded the ECF President’s Award for Services to Chess, accepted on his behalf by his sister IM Harriet Hunt.
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The ECF are delighted to report that De Montfort University has accepted the ECF’s National Chess Library on a long-term basis. The collection is open and available for researchers to use. More at library.dmu.ac.uk/archivesbl… and de-montfort.epexio.com/recor… @KatharineES @dmuspecialcolls
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Terrific win by David Howell giving England victory over Germany in the last round of the European Team Championship!
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What a commentary line-up! For our chess marathon for @BritishRedCross GMs include @MickeyAdamsGM @GMJohnEmms Chris Ward, @GMGawain Luke McShane, @elgransenor1 @gmmds @ginger_gm @DanielKingChess Julian Hodgson & Dave Norwood to play, donate or watch go to bit.ly/brcchess
ALT Photo of English chess GM Michael Adams
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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
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Anya Taylor-Joy of The Queen's Gambit - talking about chess: "I got invited into a very secret world that's super cool and really interesting" hollywoodreporter.com/news/a… via @thr with @anyataylorjoy @netflix
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Double World Senior Chess Champions! - englishchess.org.uk/double-w…
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Face-to-face chess returned to Sheffield last Sunday for the first time in over a year! Read all about it at englishchess.org.uk/return-o…
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Anya Taylor-Joy jokes re the chess craze sparked by The Queen’s Gambit: “I’m happy to say that after watching the show millions of people bought chess sets, and dozens of them actually learned how to play,” @anyataylorjoy #TheQueensGambit independent.co.uk/arts-enter…
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The ECF is delighted to abboiunce that Shohreh Bayat has been appointed to the newly-created post of Events Director - details at englishchess.org.uk/ecf-even…
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Many congratulations to Alex Holowczak who has been appointed FIDE Online Olympiad’s Chief Arbiter. Congratulations also to Shohreh Bayat who is one of the other arbiters.
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Spread the word! Great line-up for the Charity Marathon for @BritishRedCross this w'end - commentary spearheaded by @NatashaRegan123 inc GMs @MickeyAdamsGM @GMJohnEmms @GMGawain @GMPeteWells @eternalhopeoaks @gmmds - all welcome to join in - here's how: englishchess.org.uk/ecf-char…
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Good luck to England who start the 2020 FIDE Online Olympiad on Thursday. Our strong squad includes @MickeyAdamsGM GM Luke McShane @thelittlehat IM Harriet Hunt Matthew Wadsworth Akshaya Kalaiyalahan @GMGawain @DavidHowellGM @ktoma3 @DCiuksyte Jonah Willow and Nadia Jaufarally
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The English Chess Federation is deeply saddened by the death of the Queen. Our thoughts are with her family. God save the King!
ALT Photo of the Queen by Joel Rouse/ Ministry of Defence via Wikimedia Commons
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Congratulations to Sohum Lohia who has just scored his second International Master norm in Hungary! During the tournament, he beat GM Ivan Ivanisevic (2536) and GM Valeriy Neverov (2389). Results at chess-results.com/tnr948349.…
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Well done Ravi Haria with a great draw against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave chess24.com/en/watch/live-to…
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Many congratulations to ECF Chief Arbiter, Lara Barnes, and Scotland’s Principal Arbiter, Alex McFarlane, who were joined in a civil partnership on the 12th of April - more at englishchess.org.uk/lara-ale…
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A great line-up for the British Chess Championship - here are the top 15 entrants so far in order of FIDE rating, including @DavidHowellGM @MickeyAdamsGM @GMGawain @stuthefox @shrez_royal09 @ginger_gm and @LawrenceTrentIM - full list at britishchesschampionships.co…
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The English Seniors: Congratulations to Keith Arkell and Mark Hebden joint 50+ winners and Chris Baker the 65+ winner with Paul Littlewood second. Also to @NatashaRegan123
over 50 women's winner and Susan Selly over 65 women's winner. Photo courtesy of Carl Portman @Carl_Portman
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England had another successful seniors event at the World Senior Team Chess Championships winning the World 65+ title and recapturing the trophy they won in 2022. Full report on this and the excellent 50+ 1st team securing Bronze via englishchess.org.uk/england-…
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Open team – GM Michael Adams, GM Luke McShane, @GMGawain @DavidHowellGM GM Ravi Haria, supported by Captain @TelegraphChess - Round one is on 29th July, and thanks are due to all the supporters. Good luck to both teams!
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Many congratulations to GM Keith Arkell who trounced the field in an extraiordinary display in the charity marathon for Ukraine. Well done @atomrod Thank you to all the donors, streamers, players and everyone involved. It was a wonderful event. chess.com/tournament/live/ar…
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Many congratulations to GM Keith Arkell! @Atomrod has won his third 24 hour ECF chess charity marathon in a row! See all the standings at chess.com/play/arena/2669997 - well done to @Jonbchess for organising the terrific stream and Nigel Towers for all the effort behind the scenes.
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England junior Sohum Lohia has a career-high live rating of 2407. After his 2nd IM norm, Sohum gained 42pts in Cracow International Championship. He missed his final IM norm by a whisker with a performance of 2447 & has gained 137 points over the last month. Congratulations Sohum
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Join the fun this weekend! Register for our chess marathon for Ukraine at bit.ly/ecfukr Commentators include @MickeyAdamsGM @gmmds @GMJohnEmms Chris Ward, Jon Speelman, @Kanwal_ML @NatashaRegan123 @TERendle @AAMortazavi @ChessProblem Julio Calcina, @ChessnutsChess
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Well done England! Qualified for Division 1 in @FIDE_chess Great to see such a team effort with excellent strength in depth. chess-results.com/tnr532155.…
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Happy Birthday to Matthew Wadsworth! We’re thrilled to share that Matthew has surpassed 2500 rating, fulfilling the final criterion for his GM title. This achievement marks a journey of passion and skill. Best wishes and see you at the British Championship in Liverpool soon!
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Extensive obituary of Michael Basman by @peterdoggers with several contributions from major English sources including @ginger_gm @gmmds @johnchess Michael Basman, 1946-2022 chess.com/news/view/michael-…
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11-year-old chess prodigy from Wimbledon comes second at British champs wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news…
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Congratulations to Amandeep Singh who has just won Bronze in the European Schools Under 7 Open section 🥉chess-results.com/tnr950045.…
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Congratulations to Stanley!
Massive congratulations to Stanley. Playing at the Kingston Invitational, today he passed 2300 live FIDE, so aged 14 years and 11 months he can claim the FM title @KingstonChess @ecfchess @ECF_Chess @ECFonlinechess
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The England 65+ first team are World Champions! 🎈🎈🎈 Congratulations! Fingers crossed for the England 50+ first team who are in pole position. Read the round by round report at englishchess.org.uk/Seniors/…
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If you haven't already done so, have a look at the terrific photos of the @chessable British Chess Championships by Brendan Gorman and @meltastic1_ - a sample of her photos below - you can view their galleries via britishchesschampionships.co… @Mattcarr2600 @jowildman
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Many congratulations to nine-year-old north London schoolboy Ethan Pang who has become the youngest-ever chess player in the world to pass the 2300 rating mark in an official list englishchess.org.uk/record-b…
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Many thanks to the donors for this weekend's chess marathon for Ukraine including @chesscom who have not only donated 5 annual diamond memberships but are also matching up to $1000 for sums raised in an hour broadcast on Chess TV. Enter and/or donate via bit.ly/ecfukr
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Happy birthday to seven time British Chess Champion and former world number 4 @MickeyAdamsGM
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Our delegation for the World Team Championship next month in Astana is as follows:
Mickey Adams (2705)
David Howell (2689)
Gawain Jones (2689)
Luke McShane (2663)
Reserve: Jon Speelman (2504)
Malcolm Pein is captain and the board order will be announced soon. Exciting times!
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Many congratulations to Junyan Hu 🎈🎈🎈 who won the European Under 8 Championship yesterday! chess-results.com/tnr977141.…
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Great match starting Monday!
Delighted to announce that @schoolschess organising Adams vs Volokitin 8-game Solidarity Match beginning on Monday. Thanks to @UkrEmbLondon for hosting games 1-4 and to @EBRD for hosting games 5-8. Broadcast on the usual channels. $45,000 prize fund
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You have to feel for Luke McShane - that’s two play-off defeats in succession. But Michael Adams is still getting it done at age 46, a mere 29 years after his first British title. Truly one of the greatest English sportsmen of all time. #BritishChess2018
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England Triple World Champions!!! Read more at englishchess.org.uk/england-… @MickeyAdamsGM @nigelshortchess @GMJohnEmms @Atomrod
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Terrific interview on @BBCBreakfast with @shrez_royal09 his Dad Jitendra and @DavidHowellGM you can watch back at bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0… starts at 50:25 - more background at englishchess.org.uk/shreyas-…
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Free chess training for Ukrainian refugees - @ShohrehBayat is offering a series of free chess training lessons for Ukrainian refugees. More information at englishchess.org.uk/free-che…
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Good luck to @DavidHowellGM in the World Rapid and Blitz!
FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2021 will take place in Warsaw, Poland, from 25-30 December.
You can find everything about the event—player registration, participants lists, schedule, media accreditation—on the official website: worldrapidandblitz.fide.com/
#rapidblitz
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Congratulations, @shrez_royal09 !! Shreyas has gained his first GM norm at just 13!
Could Shreyas Royal become England's youngest Grandmaster? 🏴
The 13-year-old ChessKid star just won his first GM norm at the 25th Open Bavarian Championship! 👏 🎉
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The British Chess Championships are ON! ♟️
Big thanks to Mayor Steve Rotheram for kicking things off in Liverpool 🙌
#BritishChess #Liverpool #SteveRotheram #ChessLive
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Congratulations to GM Mark Hebden winner of the @chessable English Open and WIM Lan Yao winner of the Chessable English Women’s Chsmpionship!
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A tribute to Leonard Barden, the king of chess writers | Letter theguardian.com/sport/2023/a…
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Many congratulations to Katarzyna Toma and Michael Adams the winners of the English championships Women’s and Open 2023
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Many congratulations to Gawain 🎉🎉👏👏
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Congratulations to Alex Holowczak who has been appointed Chief Arbiter of the FIDE Online World Corporate Chess Championship! More information at englishchess.org.uk/alex-hol… @FIDE_chess @alexholowczak
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Congratulations to Haowen Xue winner of a very hard fought and close Caplin Hastings Masters - standings etc at chess-results.com/tnr1088363…
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