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ECF Schools Chess retweeted
Huge congratulations to Essex Junior, Joshua Buka, who finished 2nd in the Southern Gigafinal with an incredible 6/7 points, out of 150 players in the U10 boys' section! Joshua will go on to compete in the Terafinals in October. Well done, Joshua 💥 @Delancey_UKCC
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ECF Schools Chess retweeted
The first of our ChessFest schools’ days at Manchester Square Gardens attracted 140 children from 14 schools, including some from York, Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool.
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🏆 English Schools Chess Championships Finals 2026
Congratulations to this year's winners!
🥇 Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
🥈 Hampton School
♟️ Plate Winners: St Paul's Girls' School
Find out more about ECF Schools Chess:
englishchess.org.uk/Schools/
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ECF Schools Chess retweeted
🏆 British Team Challenge 2026
Congratulations to this year’s champions!
🥇Primary Champions: King’s College Junior School
🥇Junior Champions: Wilson’s School
🥇 Senior Champions: Wilson’s School
Well played to all schools who took part in the finals!
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ECF Schools Chess retweeted
FIDE World Youth Chess Championships 2026 🌍♟️
Round 1 (15 June)
Team England made a strong start in Montesilvano!
Game highlight: Pengxiao Zhu held third seed IM Sauat Nurgaliyev (2490) to a draw with Black in the U16 Open.
📖 Full Round 1 report:
englishchess.org.uk/world-ju…
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ECF Schools Chess retweeted
FIDE World Youth Chess Championships 2026 🌍♟️
Round 2 Game highlight: FM Gabriel Petcu – FM Max Pert.
In a sharp Advance Caro-Kann, Max battled through a complex middlegame and secured a draw by perpetual check after more than four hours.
Full report:
englishchess.org.uk/world-ju…
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ECF Schools Chess retweeted
Do you know someone making a difference in English chess?
Nominations are open for the 2026 ECF Annual Awards, celebrating achievement across the community.
Find out more and submit your nomination on the ECF website:
englishchess.org.uk/ecf-annu…
#chess #grassroots #ECF
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Exciting news for school chess! ♟️✏️
@cgpbooks, the educational books specialist, joins the 2026 English Schools Chess Championships as a new sponsor.
We look forward to welcoming schools from across England to this year’s Finals!
Find out more here:
englishchess.org.uk/uks-favo…
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ECF Schools Chess retweeted
🎙️ It’s Your Move returns tonight at 7 pm with an interview with Neill Cooper, ECF Manager of English Schools Chess.
Neill shares insights into school competitions across the UK and how to get involved.
▶️ piped.video/Ldx9ylZAgPI
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Big congrats to Kayal!
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/tnr1376…...
@ECUonline #chess
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ECF Schools Chess retweeted
📣 A great resource to share with your chess parents from @schoolschess♟️🏡 family learning time!
The new series of our FREE chess webinars starts tonight!
Follow the link for further details.
chessinschools.co.uk/webinar…
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ECF Schools Chess retweeted
Congrats to the EPSCA Under 11 Girls National Champions… Essex!! 🏆
A fantastic day for chess and for each girl who represented Essex so well.
Winning the title two years in a row is an incredible achievement. We are so proud.
Congrats also to Sussex 🥈 and Oxfordshire 🥉. ✨
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ECF Schools Chess retweeted
I won candidates !
🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov wins the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 🏆
❗️ He will now challenge 🇮🇳 Gukesh D for the FIDE World Championship title later this year!
#FIDECandidates #FIDEWomensCandidates #FIDE #Chess #Cyprus
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ECF Schools Chess retweeted
FM Sergey Korshunov and IM Sohum Lohia will face off in a special four-round rapidplay exhibition at the 4th @SUChessTourneys University Congress on 19 April, all in support of Doctors Without Borders.
#chess #DoctorsWithoutBorders #HumanitarianAid #ChessCommunity
Join us as FM Sergey Korshunov takes on IM Sohum Lohia in a 4-round FIDE-rated rapidplay match on 19th of April.
This exhibition match is part of the 4th Sussex University Congress, in support of Doctors Without Borders (@MSF).
£250 pledged by @SussexUni - matched by the SP Lohia Foundation.
@aartilohia23 @ecfchess @EngChessTrack
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English Schools’ Girls Chess Championships – Final Results 🏆
Thank you to St Catherine’s Bramley for hosting, and to all the teams who took part and helped make it a memorable event.
Congratulations to our champions:
U11 Girls: Eltham College
U19 Girls: St Paul’s Girls’ School
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Full results of the English Schools Girls’ Championships Finals:
U11: s3.chess-results.com/tnr1365…
U19: s1.chess-results.com/tnr1365…
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ECF Schools Chess retweeted
Members of St Peter's RC High Chess Team played in the Manchester Area Senior Team Chess Challenge and came 2nd overall. Shoutout to Jake, our champion who won every game, and to Year 7s Sam and Holden for a terrific performance. Thank you @ecfchess
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The English Schools Girls’ Championships Finals are taking place this weekend at St Catherine’s, Bramley. 🏆
Teams from across the country are competing in the U11 and U19 sections. It promises to be a fantastic weekend of chess.
Good luck to everyone. More updates to come!
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Follow the results:
U11: s3.chess-results.com/tnr1365…...
U19: s1.chess-results.com/tnr1365…...
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