ECF Schools Chess

The 2026 She Plays To Win Athena Finals, the final stage of our national event, took place at the London Mindsports Centre in Hammersmith on 7th March. Well done to all the girls! #iwd2026 @ecfchess @ecfwomen @FideWomen sheplaystowin.co.uk/news/42-girls-…

Juniors - join us at 5.00 p.m. this evening (UK time) for the latest webinar in our highly successful series. Follow the link for further details. chessinschools.co.uk/webinars

Expert lectures are part of the English Youth Championships 2026 at Nottingham High School, 7–8 March 🏆 Sessions cover endgames, swindling, evaluation, decision making and attacking the castled king, led by Grandmasters and talented players. Details: englishchess.org.uk/Juniors/englis…

The Queens Online Festival 2026 invites women and girls to take part online, with the chance to win a trip to the Chess Olympiad in Samarkand. 👑♟️ Free registration. European entries close 1 March 2026. Details: fide.com/queens-online-… #WomensChess #ECFWomen

🎙️ Talented Tuesdays! airs tonight at 7 pm. Episode 14 features Oleg Verbytski, sharing his game against Junyi Zhang from the Hastings Masters and exploring ideas for defanging the Cobra Sicilian. Presented by @gmmds and @NatashaRegan12. ▶️ youtu.be/2gGGiMIo3-M?si… #Chess

The ChessKid Youth Championships return with a stellar field for 2026 🌟 Prepare to witness the origin stories of chess stars including Bodhana, Fausti, Andy Woodward, and more! Details at link in reply!

It's a wrap! Day 1 done ✅️These fab educators from around the world joined me for a day of maths tasks through the theme of chess! ♟️🎲I found my tribe♥️ Day 2 of the @ECU_Education 102 course continues tomorrow... with @ChessScholar digging deeper into investigations... 🔎

First-ever game between them!

In partnership with FIDE, the International School Chess Federation is launching the FIDE ISCF World Schools Team Championship 2026, bringing together schoolchildren from across the globe to learn, compete, and connect through chess. As 2026 is dedicated to Chess in Education, this initiative aims to inspire creativity, knowledge-sharing, and multicultural understanding—both on and off the board. With continental championships and a Grand Final ahead, the project is set to spark a new generation’s passion for chess in schools worldwide. 👉 Read the full article here: fide.com/new-competitio… @FIDEschoolChess #EducationalChess2026 #EveryLessonCounts

Essex Junior Ruqayyah Rida featured on Talented Tuesday last week with a fantastic game ♟️💥📺 Catch it on the ECF YouTube channel 👇

CSC has recently established a new primary schools chess league in the London Borough of Hackney. The first round was held at Morningside Primary last week, with five local schools taking part. Find a full report via the link. tinyurl.com/mxkbbx5f

Truly breathtaking experience. Biggest Girls Teams Chess Tournament in England. Thank you to St Catherine’s Bramley School for accommodating event like this! Well done to Andrew Martin and John Upham for organising it!

Yury Krylov reports on The ECF Schools Team Rapidplay: A Celebration of Team Chess at Eton and presents Neill Cooper with his certificate of appreciation from FIDE - read all about it at englishchess.org.uk/the-ecf-school… Photo shows Neill (left) and Yury (right)

Inspiring tale by Filip Kaczmarek on his journey from beating his maths teacher to captaining his school team in one of the ECF schools championship events on our @chesscom blog chess.com/blog/EnglishCh…

Reminder - anyone interested in playing for the England Youth Team in the upcoming 13th ChessMates International in Monaco (19-21 March 2026) must fill in the Expression of Interest form by Tuesday, 13 January 2026 englishchess.org.uk/chessmates-int…

Chess is becoming increasingly popular, which is excellent. Meanwhile, we need to bring more schools on board! Start the ball rolling by completing this form. chessinschools.co.uk/join-our-progr…

What a way to start the new year 2026 ✨ Huge congratulations to Warwickshire junior Adithya Vaidyanathan on achieving the Candidate Master title 🏆👏 WCA is proud of your amazing achievement! ✨♟️✨ @ECFJuniors2023 @ECFSchools #Chess #CandidateMaster

The inaugural English Youth Championship will be held on March 7-8, 2026 at Nottingham High School, and is aimed at selecting England Open and Girls to play in 2026 World and European Youth and Cadet Championships.  Details and online entry here – englishchess.org.uk/Juniors/englis…

A special moment in Parliament! 🇬🇧♟️ @morton_wendy gave a shout-out in the House of Commons to Meadow View Primary School, wishing their pupils the very best of luck ahead of their big day at the London Chess Classic Schools’ Festival!♟️

Warwickshire Junior chess players battled it out for the 2025 Warwickshire Junior Championship 🏆 Congrats to all the 2025 age-group champions 🏆& the winners of the 2024/25 Grand Prix! ✨👏 warwickshirechess.org/warwickshire-j… @ECFSchools @ECFJuniors2023