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History made – again! 💥
Congratulations to Bodhana Sivanandan, the youngest female player ever to qualify for the IM title!
At just 11 years and 7 months, Bodhana secured her third and final IM norm today at the European Club Cup. ♟️
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!
English Chess Federation (ECF) 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
English Chess Federation (ECF) retweeted
Last week, we hosted a regional qualification tournament for the @ecfchess U19 School Championships♟️
Students from KEGS, Brentwood County High School, Brentwood School & Bancrofts played 3 rounds of chess, with KEGS & Brentwood qualifying for the Regional KO matches next term👏
♟️ GM Keith Arkell reaches 100 unbeaten games!
Keith began this impressive streak just a week after his 65th birthday and went on to win 72 and draw 28 in 100 consecutive FIDE-rated classical games.
Congratulations, Keith! 💥
📸 Melinda Wilde/ECF
12-year-old Supratit Banerjee becomes the UK’s youngest International Master! 🎉♟️
Huge congrats to Supratit, who was awarded the IM title in Samarkand. From earning his 1st norm at 11 to becoming an International Master at 12, what a magnificent achievement! 💥
📸 Yury Krylov
English Chess Federation (ECF) retweeted
The 2026–27 4NCL season begins today! ♟️
Rounds 1 & 2 take place this weekend:
📆 Sat 10 Oct – Round 1, 2pm
📆 Sun 11 Oct – Round 2, 11am
Live games from Divisions 1 & 2 will be available with a 15-minute delay. lichess.org/broadcast/4ncl-2…
Good luck to all the teams! 💥
English Chess Federation (ECF) retweeted
French GM Jules Moussard also won the Super Blitz tournament at the 2026 Army and Navy Club Pall Mall Masters. English GMs Gawain Jones and Luke McShane finished in the last two places, though McShane did beat Moussard in the tournament, who had blundered a double attack #chess
English Chess Federation (ECF) retweeted
I’m at the @Delancey_UKCC Challengers event in Peterborough this weekend. What an awesome spectacle with some 200 top juniors battling it out, age range U8 through to U18. Makes for quite a range in the height of the competitors who eagerly gather like a sea for the next round.
English Chess Federation (ECF) retweeted
Round 6 saw another draw for young IM Sohum Lohia, this time against GM Vitezslav Rasik. 2.5/6 and 8th place, as it stands #chess
English Chess Federation (ECF) retweeted
An 11-year-old chess prodigy has become the youngest woman grandmaster of all time, after a strong performance at the 46th Chess Olympiad. cnn.it/4hQZouF
English Chess Federation (ECF) retweeted
Well done John Foley!
Thoroughly deserved we say
@ecfchess @FIDE_chess @FIDEschoolChess @KingstonChess @johnchess @ECUonline @schoolschess @CSCTeesside @Carl_Portman @chesstutor @richardpalliser @TelegraphChess @ChessPlus
The final round in Samarkand! 💥
England are playing their final matches of the Olympiad:
♟️ Italy 🇮🇹 v England 🏴
♟️ Philippines 🇵🇭 v England 🏴
Follow live:
♟️Liveboards @lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/46th-f…
📺 Commentary @chess24com: youtube.com/live/b89RHWEXOcI…
#ChessOlympiad
WGM norm success in Samarkand! 🎉♟️
Bodhana Sivanandan has secured her 3rd and final WGM norm at the Olympiad!
Her R9 draw against IM Mai Narva secured the norm, taking her to 6½/9. Bodhana earned her 1st WGM norm in 2025, becoming the youngest ever to do so.
📸 Michal Walusza
English Chess Federation (ECF) retweeted
Chess Olympiad 2026 Open: Peru 1-3 England
GM Nikita Vitiugov finished with a lovely move to beat GM Jorge Cori in Rd 9, as England aimed to launch themselves back up the rankings. #ChessOlympiad
Round 9: A double victory for England! 💥
Nikita Vitiugov and Gawain Jones scored the wins against Peru, with Gawain winning in just 25 moves.
England Women beat Estonia, with wins for Elmira Mirzoeva and Harriet Hunt after a marathon 104-move game.
📸 Rafal Oleksiewicz/FIDE
Moving on to Round 9 ♟️
A tough R8 saw England lose 2½–1½ to Uzbekistan 2, with Daniel Fernandez fighting for 75 moves. England Women drew 2–2 with Peru, with Lan Yao scoring a dramatic win.
R9 at UK 11am:
♟️ Peru 🇵🇪 v England 🏴
♟️ England 🏴 v Estonia 🇪🇪
Let's go England! 💥
Don’t have 6+ hours to catch up on the Olympiad stream? ♟️
GM Danny Gormally has you covered with highlights from England’s games in Samarkand.
His latest videos include Bodhana’s Round 7 win as England Women beat Turkmenistan 4–0 👇
youtu.be/svA5nteIbfw?si=1qD7…
#ChessOlympiad
Chess Olympiad: Round 7 recap ♟️
England lost 2½–1½ to India, with an excellent win for Luke McShane over GM Nihal Sarin.
A clean sweep for England Women, who beat Turkmenistan 4–0! 💥
Round 8 tomorrow:
♟️ England v Uzbekistan 2
♟️ Peru v England
📸 Rafal Oleksiewicz/FIDE
English Chess Federation (ECF) retweeted
🇬🇧🇮🇪 Round 7 Highlights
🔥 England Women win 4-0
🤝 England Open push India to the limit
🏆 Wales Men win
✌️Ireland Women win
Round 8 awaits!
#ChessOlympiad2026 #TeamEngland #TeamIreland #TeamWales
46th FIDE Chess Olympiad: Round 6 recap ♟️🏴
England drew 2–2 with France, with an important win for Michael Adams. England Women narrowly lost 2½–1½ to Ukraine.
Today is a rest day!
Round 7 tomorrow:
♟️ England v India 🇮🇳
♟️ England Women v Turkmenistan 🇹🇲
📸 @FIDE_chess
