This is the home page for the ECF Online Chess Service which allows members and supporters to take part in regular ECF internet chess tournaments and events and to receive an ECF online rating.
Join ECF Online Chess Clubs
The ECF has set up clubs across different internet chess provider platforms with joining open to all ECF members and supporters.
You can join one or more of our clubs here:
Play in Regular Tournaments
We run a regular schedule of ECF Club tournaments every week with rapid and blitz time controls.
We currently run club tournaments on chess.com and lichess with three ECF online rated tournaments a week on each platform.
You can see the schedules and calendar of events, and register for and play in upcoming tournaments here:
Results from Previous Club Events
You can see details of previous events in 2019 and 2020 in the results pages here grouped by month.The result pages show details of pairings and results for each of our club events.
Internationals
The ECF online clubs also take part in international events against other federations and national clubs, and endorses the Team England clubs on chess.com. We participate in the Nations Cup Events on lichess with regular Internationals for members to represent England.
We also organise occasional International matches against teams from other Federations including the USA.
You can find further details including the results of recent tournaments here:
Receive an ECF Online Rating
ECF club games and other ECF registered online events are rated to provide a 4 digit ECF online rating.
The ECF Online ratings are published monthly per time control (ie Rapid or Blitz) with changes based on ECF registered online events from the previous month.
The March 2020 ECF online list is now available with initial ratings and changes from events from our go live on 8th January 2020 to the end of February.
ECF Online ratings will be completely separate from and will not impact your ECF OTB ratings.
News
The ECF is providing support for clubs, leagues and organisers looking to move their events online with further details here:
The link below provides a list of OTB chess clubs who have already established an online club:
Online Clubs
We publish a regular newsletter every couple of weeks with details of upcoming events, tournament results and general points of interest. You can find back issues here from January 2020 onwards:
