English Chess Tracker

You can watch me talk about how I follow English chess, and the most useful resources for doing so, on the latest episode of the excellent 'It's Your Move!' podcast #chess #englishchess youtu.be/kN4cnPKz9VI?si… via @YouTube

Congratulations to IM Harry Grieve on earning his third and final GM norm at the SixDays Budapest tournament! ♟️💥 Harry secured the result with a final-round win and a 2600+ performance rating. A brilliant achievement, Harry! 🎉 View his games here: #players/426520" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">lichess.org/broadcast/sixd…

Congratulations to CSC/Kingston player Harry Grieve on achieving his third GM norm at a tournament in Budapest. Having already passed 2500, he now becomes a GM

JUST IN: Harry Grieve wins in Budapest to secure his third and final GM norm, completing the requirement for the Grandmaster title.

Congratulations to Harry Grieve, who has just won to score his third GM norm in Budapest (h/t @LozHCooper)! Fittingly Harry made use of the English Defence and, as @TelegraphChess pointed out, one of Tony Miles' contributions to it, 3...Bb4+!?, en route to a crushing win. #chess

Congratulations Harry Grieve!!! He has earned his GM title, beating WIM Bat-Erdene Mungunzul to earn the accolade. Great performance. #chess #englishchess

A Rd 7 loss vs FM Matyas Palczert meant IM Harry Grieve needed to win in Rd 8 to stay on track for a GM norm. He duly beat GM Valeriy Aveskulov via a neat tactic #chess #englishchess

IM Harry Grieve remained on track for his final GM norm in Round 5 of the SixDays Budapest. He beat IM Sumiya Chinguun. 4.5/5 for the aspiring GM. #chess #englishchess

IM Harry Grieve continued his quest for a final GM norm at the SixDays Budapest today. He had a fantastic win vs IM Aleksandr Ostrovskiy in Round 4 to go 3.5/4 #chess #englishchess

IM Harry Grieve won his Rd 2 game vs GM David Berczes to go 2/2 at the SixDays Budapest GM-A. #chess #englishchess

IM Harry Grieve is participating in the SixDays Budapest GM-A category as he continues his push toward the GM title. Grieve flirted with defeat, but eventually came out on top (looks like he flagged his opponent) vs Belgian IM Elias Ruzhansky in Rd1 #chess #englishchess

If Keir Starmer goes, it will mean that, in my adult life, England has gained more ex-Prime Ministers than it has chess grand masters. More of a reflection on politicians than it is on chess players, mind.

GM Nigel Short was in action today in the Luc Winants Memorial Rapid. He just missed out on a top 10 finish, ranking 13th. #chess #englishchess

@eternalhopeoaks Nope, started too old.

do you think you can reach 2700? 🤔

Congratulations to the 2025/26 4NCL winners! 🏆🎉 Div 1: Wood Green Div 2: She Plays To Win Lionesses A Div 3 (Bishops): Brown Jack Div 3 (Knights): Poole Patzers Div 4: 3Cs Another season of close contests and standout performances. See you next time! ♟️ 📸 Dennis Dicen

Congratulations to the historic all-female team, She Plays To Win Lionesses A, on their Division 2 win and promotion to Division 1! 🏆

@CCaldwe77 @ben4675 @BBCMOTD The screenshot above conflicts with an explanation BBC put out on their live text, where they stated it covers if it hits 'unexpectedly'.

@EngChessTrack @ben4675 @BBCMOTD The nuance is in the word "hit". Context is irrelevant

An explanation on why Bayern Munich were not awarded a penalty for handball 🤔 PSG’s Vitinha attempted to clear the ball, which led to it striking Joao Neves from close range.

@ben4675 @BBCMOTD The rule stipulates it has to be accidental, I think. I think it mentions unnatural positions of the arm which there was maybe an argument for but it would have been harsh in my eyes.

@BBCMOTD So I can kick it towards my own goal, my non goal keeping team mate can tip it over the bar with his hands and it’s not a penalty? 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

Congratulations to Kayal Vijay on winning the Under 9 Girls title at the 2026 European Schools Chess Championship in Croatia 🏆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kayal delivered an outstanding performance, scoring 8/9 points. Well done, Kayal! ⭐️ s2.chess-results.com/tnr1376708.asp…... @ECUonline #chess

GM Shreyas Royal found a picturesque move as he bounced back from yesterdays defeat to be CM Max Turner #chess #englishchess

GM Matthew Wadsworth had been having a terrible weekend after losing in both Rd 9 & 10 of the 4NCL to lower rated opposition. However, he beat FM Tim Wall in Rd 11, finding an excellent tactic to win material after Wall mis-stepped #chess #englishchess