Welcome to the English Chess Federation's Substack pages

The English Chess Federation (ECF) is the national body for chess in England and is affiliated to FIDE (the Fédération Internationale des Échecs). We are here to help chess players of all levels from beginners to the national team. You can find our more about us on our web site here - https://www.englishchess.org.uk

We have a monthly newsletter - ChessMoves - which we send to our members each month, including content from some of the top chess authors across England. We release free excerpts from the newsletter on our Substack pages, including chess-related articles and instructional content from top English GMs, WGMs, IMs and WIMs, and others with something of interest to say about chess. Our Substack pages also provide previews for upcoming tournaments and reports on recent chess events, as well as links to our chess commentary channels on Twitch and YouTube - https://www.twitch.tv/ecf_commentary and https://www.youtube.com/c/EnglishChessFederation

You can join the federation at the link below to receive the full newsletter each month, to have your online and/or OTB ratings on the national lists, and to gain from a range of other chess related benefits. If you join the ECF you can also join, free of charge, our online clubs on Chess.com and Lichess.org, where we have daily ECF online rated tournaments and also international team battles!

https://www.englishchess.org.uk/ecf-membership-rates-and-joining-details/

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