This striking cover from the programme for a chess tournament held in Piešťany, Slovakia, 1912 for #ChessTuesday. Spielmann took the title but Rubenstein won a whopping 12/17 games! From the ECF Library @librarydmu GaryLanechess Richard James #chessliterature #chesshistory

Found a nice little move here - White to play.

Congratulations Andreea Navrotescu ! And well done to all the organisers, arbiters and players in the Menchik Memorial Challengers Tournament 2024 chess-results.com/tnr955103.aspx…

Just hanging out with a coffee & the September edition of CHESS Magazine that just arrived—with my photo of Gawain Jones featured on the cover!! A few other images of mine from the British are also sprinkled throughout. It's a fab edition (and not just because of my photos) 📸

Congratulations to Finlay Bowcott-Terry for winning 2024 Warwickshire Blitz Championship 🏆 & to Siyuan Ou for winning 2024 Warwickshire Women Blitz championship 🏆

2024 Warwickshire Rapid Championship set to begin shortly at the The Alan Higgs Centre Follow Pairings & Results at the: chess-results.com/tnr999312.aspx…

Well done to Finlay Bowcott-Terry for winning 2024 Warwickshire Rapid Championship Open 🏆 & Elis Dicen for winning 2024 Warwickshire Women Rapid Championship 🏆

Good luck to all the England players at #ChessOlympiad 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Without question, two of the finest books in my library. It’s 40 years this year since the games collection ‘Grandmaster Performance’ was published. Ken Neat translated both works.

Blitz chess night for all to join in this Tuesday 7.30pm at Rigbys Lady of Mann on Dale street Anyone can join members or not and players from any club just come along for free fun night of chess will finish about 10pm See you there!

Play chess ONLINE against other ECF juniors! - englishchess.org.uk/play-chess-onl…

Just putting the finishing touches to our October issue. Alireza Firouzja is on the cover after his stunning success at Saint Louis Chess Club and in the Grand Chess Tour. On the back cover, Tech Mahindra Global Chess League, which will be in London early next month! Tickets available from Chess & Bridge: London Chess Centre! #chess

Bart Simpson holds a simul for #ChessTuesday this week. Printed in the Hull Chess Club Magazine, 2000. Eat my shorts! #EYABacktoSchool From the ECF Library. @librarydmu Richard James GaryLanechess #chesshistory #chessliterature #chessclub

The London qualifier of the UK Blitz Championship will take place this September 21. Live games and coverage at Chessdom chessdom.com/uk-blitz-chess… allison badacsonyi ECF ECF Women's Chess

The London Qualifier for this year's UK Open Blitz starts at 11 am tomorrow at St Luke's Golders Green. Further details at the link here including where to follow the liveboard broadcasts on chesscom and lichess - englishchess.org.uk/uk-open-blitz-… - ECF ECF Women's Chess

A big lineup of titled players for the UK Open Blitz London Qualifier with over 170 players taking part at the event in Golders Green. Rd 1 starts at 11 am. Further details here - englishchess.org.uk/uk-open-blitz-… - pairings and results here - chess-results.com/tnr1012743.asp… ECF ECF Women's Chess

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿- Finland 🇫🇮 last round of the FIDE chess.com/events/2024-fi… Jovanka Houska and Katarzyna Toma are in lead in their games …. Fingers crossed 🤞

Just a few last photos because I’m a big fan of the English team so they get their own post 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Congrats to the qualifiers from the UK Open Blitz London Event: Open - GM Eldar Gasanov & IM Shreyas Royal Women - WGM Elmira Mirzoeva & WFM Emma Hng Well played to all taking part & thx to Adam Raoof & team ECF ECF Women's Chess Melinda Wilde englishchess.org.uk/uk-open-blitz-…

Fantastic Saturday in London for the UK Open Blitz Qualifier. ⚡️ Congrats to the qualifiers, GM Eldar Gasanov & IM Shreyas Royal (open) & WGM Elmira Mirzoeva & WFM Emma Hng (women). Here are a few of my favs of the day. Check out the rest here: melindawildephotos.com/uk-open-blitz-… ECF