Board 25 at the Maia Chess Festival was an all English affair. CM Thomas Villiers upset WGM Lan Yao after getting his queen and rook on the back rank and pushing Yao's king into the danger zone. #chess #englishchess

Here are my results from the Gütersloh & Northumbria Opens! Countless lessons learnt, but I'm honestly just super happy that I've found some consistency with my chess. Playing in my style, and ironing out my weaknesses. +65 ELO gain for August 🔥🔥 #chesspunks #adultchessimprover

Paikidze: "Do you ever get tired of playing so much chess?" Aronian: "On the contrary. When I don't play chess, I get tired!" #GrandChessTour

🔥 Round 1 of the FIDE Grand Swiss begins today! #FIDEGrandSwiss We’ve listed the start times for a few cities around the world 🌍♟️ ❗️ Check the image to see when the action begins in your timezone! 🎥 Follow with live commentary: youtube.com/live/WDbn_USY4… Individual streams:

Excellent appreciation of record-breaking columnist, Leonard Barden.

Checks, Captures and Threats at the Wimbledon Chess Rising Stars club on Sunday. Good to be back! ♟️👍

Today we are very EXCITED. After a successful and impressive training session with an International FIDE Chess instructor Coach Chris Chess Rising Stars London Academy , our boys have been invited to participate in an online international tournament J4NCLO 4NCL 🇬🇧 Huge thanks to Maria

White to play and win.

Our Chelsea and Wimbledon Clubs now offer ECF rated games for juniors. ♟️💪

Chess is everywhere in Georgia! Including Batumi’s big screens! ♟️🇬🇪🌆 #etcc2025 #chess

♟️Can you crack it in under 60 seconds? White to move and win!

GM Martin Petrov shared his European Team Chess Championship highlights with our Elite Club this morning. Inspiring! 🇬🇪♟️

Meet Alex, our 12 y.o. ECF Arbiter! chess.com/blog/EnglishCh…

Losing to teenaged Fischer could cost you 70+ points 😱

At the #FIDEWorldCup2025, GM Michael Adams vs GM Ivan Cheparinov was an epic contest. In a 10 game saga, Adams won back-to-back blitz games to progress to the next round. #chess #englishchess

Fishguard Chess Club have a new website and our student, Gael, helped to make it happen. All the best! ♟️🥳

The UK Blitz Champions!! 🎈🎈 🎉🎉 Congratulations to Danny Gormally and Bodhana Sivanandan 📷 Yuri Krylov

Football shirts, chess minds. Only at the XTX Markets London Chess Classic. 😉♟️ Yesterday’s drawing of lots set the numbers for our Elite players — and today the real battles begin. Pairings for Round 1 are live!

Rory won the U8 section at the CSC Grand Prix yesterday. His reward, a photo with Stuart Conquest! 🏆🥳

Ryames only took up chess at university and has just scored a perfect 5/5 in his London Chess Classic Round-Robin. An inspirational coach! ♟️🏆