An initiative by @MaddChess members, this page is set up to follow English born players, ECF federation players and English tournaments.
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Marcus Harvey is the English rapid champion! youtu.be/kgOAjqIqz9s?si=ladp… via @YouTube
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One day I may have to vacate my board 1 spot in my 4NCL team.😅
An interview with Bodhana after she created history by becoming an IM at the age of 11 years 7 months and 16 days.
Timestamps:
00:00 Bodhana becomes an IM: the records
01:17 Bodhana joins: does she think about records?
01:49 Three IM norms, all in 2026
02:17 Playing board one at the European Club Cup
03:00 Round 1 vs Goryachkina: Exchange Slav, a fighting loss
07:52 Round 2 vs WFM Darshini: a slow positional squeeze
14:59 Converting the endgame: limiting her moves
16:40 Grinding like Magnus: positional or attacking?
17:29 vs Olga Badelka: why gxf6?
19:21 Minority attack and the rook to h6 idea
22:43 Time pressure and the sneaky Qh3 on move 40
24:52 vs Nino: an exchange up in a Ruy Lopez, but a draw
26:55 The lesson: when to open the position
29:02 vs Ena Cvitan: from big trouble to Nxd4!
32:27 vs Arina Budiak: the fight for f5
34:21 Bodhana on the engine: not the ultimate truth
35:52 Last round vs Viktoria Johansson: win and become an IM
39:39 5.5/7 on top board: celebrations?
40:21 Next: the London Chess Classic
40:37 D. Gukesh vs Sindarov: who's the favourite?
41:07 Welcome to the IM club
English Chess Tracker retweeted
another quiz question.
St Stephen's crown was a greatly venerated crown of which country?
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Our November issue has left for the printer: will be with subscribers within a couple of weeks and in stock at @TheChessShopUK! Inside, Luke McShane on @ecfchess Open team at Samarkand, @TelegraphChess & @vlad_chess on @FIDE_chess election, and @DanielKingChess on Bodhana! #chess
English Chess Tracker retweeted
Action is about to resume for Rds 10 and 11 of the English Chess Championships Rapid, join @gmmds and me @ecfchess @ecf_women at youtube.com/@EnglishChessFed…
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Bonito tratamiento posicional (de las debilidades) en el "flanco fuerte" (flanco de dama) tras unas ligeras imprecisiones del rival.
¡Qué placentero es cuando consigues "enganchar" al rival y ya no lo sueltas en toda la partida!😃
#chess #ajedrez #debilidades #juegoposicional
GM Ameet Ghasi finished day 1 with a sole lead in the English Chess Championship (Rapid). The game sparked and fizzed, before settling into a drawn position. However, Ghasi managed to guide his pawns up the board in an opposite coloured bishop endgame. #chess #Englishchess
English Chess Tracker retweeted
Not had enough chess excitement this week with Bodhana's IM title? Then join us for rounds 7, 10 and 11 of the English Championship rapidplay with commentary at from 10am. WIth GM Matthew Sadler @gmmds and me. @ecfchess @ecf_women
youtube.com/@EnglishChessFed…
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Big congratulations to Sivanandan Bodhana on earning the International Master title at the age of 11 years, 7 months and 16 days, a new record! 👏
@FIDE_chess @ECUonline @WOMChess @FideWomen @OnTheQueenside
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Congratulations to 11-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan 🏴 on becoming an International Master with a final-round win at the European Women’s Chess Club Cup 2026! 👏
Bodhana delivered a fantastic performance, scoring 5.5/7 on Board 1 for She Plays to Win Lionesses 🏴, making her the youngest female player in history to earn the IM title!
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Somehow my team Cheddleton who have no GMs playing, are fighting for a medal, and a place in the 'European Super League'.
Frankly it is rather ridiculous 😅
Can they pull off the biggest upset in chess history and win today?
I will be commentating on the match later! – at Montenegro
English Chess Tracker retweeted
A few too many draws for a norm but in a field stacked with GMs and IMs, Stanley held his own in the GM Mix Swiss in Sarajevo. Gained some rating to take his live FIDE to 2353. Glad to have him home! English Championships next @ecfchess @EngChessTrack @TelegraphChess @chessdom @CHESS_Magazine
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it's amazing that at only 11, bodhana is already beating some of the best female players in the world! 😎
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Great experience for our team @TelegraphChess @4NCL @ecfchess
Good luck to our friends Blackthorn whom are next to us on board 1
English Chess Tracker retweeted
The field is complete for the 2026 London Chess Classic Masters, with defending champion Nodirbek Abdusattorov topping the list!
♟️ A familiar face since the first edition in 2009, Luke McShane returns to the London Chess Classic.
Organised by @schoolschess and sponsored by @xtxmarkets.
📸 Lennart Ootes, Ray Morris Hill and Tao Bhokanandh
#LondonChessClassic
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The Week in Chess 1666 of 12th October 2026 by Mark Crowther. 42 stories theweekinchess.com/html/twic… and 8734 games. theweekinchess.com/
I thought after midnight finishes were a thing of the past. I'd almost finished at 10am this morning but well, I kept adding things.
English Chess Tracker retweeted
Hugely proud of @SPTWchess Lionesses A team making their 4NCL Division 1 Debut, with @anishgiri joining in support of the She Plays To Win mission♟️
Eight players. One vision. One team. Come join the movement to give more girls the best opening move in life #AnishGiri
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Check out our website for chess events in the Oxford region and our new puzzles section! @ecfchess @oxford4nclteams @EngChessTrack @OxonJuniorChess oxfordcitychessclub.com/puzz…
