Manchester Chess Federation Founded 1890

A chance for your club to win a national title! Enter the National Online Club Championship 2020 - a 5 round Swiss to be played on 26th – 28th June. A six-board tournament (maximum of 10 players per team), played on @lichess - more details at https://www.englishchess.org.uk/national-online-club-championship/

The last match was very enjoyable, quite close, and was accompanied by some coaching as Agnieszka and I reviewed games on Zoom as they finished.

I have now agreed a further date for Manchester Juniors vs Edmonton Juniors

Where: Chess.com

When: Sunday 14th June 2020

5.00p.m. for 6.00p.m. start

Boards: Twenty but w...

Schools UK Chess Challenge on line this year .June to September 2020.All details as well as sign ups can be found here: https://www.delanceyukschoolschesschallenge.com/

Interesting chess article  from fromer MCF president Mohammed Amin.

https://www.mohammedamin.com/About_me/Chess-MDCA-autobiography.html

The Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge is a 12-player online super-tournament taking place on chess24 from May 19 to June 3 2020. The 2nd event of the Magnus Carlsen Tour, it has a $150,000 prize fund with $45,000 for 1st place. The winner qualifies for the $300,000 Grand Final in August. In the preliminary stage the players play each other once in rapid chess, with the Top 8 going forward to the knockout stage. The time control is 15 minutes for all moves, with a 10-second increment after each m...

Congratulations to 3Cs IM Andy Horton who finished runner up in the 1st English Online Blitz Championship 2020 . Beating Number 1 seed  GM Gawain Jones In the Semi Final 2.5-0.5 to reach the Final .

Open Championahip Results http://bracketcloud.com/tournament/167370

Women's Championship Results http://bracketcloud.com/tournament/167372

Manchester Junior Chess played the first of their international matches online against Jumping Knights from Edmonton, Canada.

The match was played on Chess.com where Manchester holds a team.

The game was evenly balanced until the last couple of matches when they pulled ahead. The final score was 15.5-18.5

A return match is planned for later in the year.

The full results and games can be seen here https://www.manchesterchess.com/mcf-juniors-vtoronto-juniors
...

The FIDE Online Steinitz Memorial features two 10-player double round-robins taking place on chess24 from May 15-17 to celebrate the 1st World Chess Champion Wilhelm Steinitz (1836-1900). The total prize fund is €30,000, with Women's World Blitz Champion Kateryna Lagno top seed in the women's section. The time control is 3 minutes per player for all moves, with a 2-second increment from move 1. No draw offers are allowed before move 30. A tie for 1st will be decided by an Armageddon gam...

On Wednesday, 6th May 2020 the Council of the MCF met on-line to review the current situation and make plans for the future, once life returns to something approximating the pre-Covid 19 normal. First of all Council wishes to reassure clubs that the MCF will adhere strictly to whatever government regulations are in force and also have regard to advice emanating from the English Chess Federation. The health and safety of all our players will always be the top priority.

Clubs that play in...

At the opening ceremony held on May 4, 2020, the teams-participants of the FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup were paired with the following numbers:

1. Europe

2. China

3. India

4. USA

5. Rest of the World

6. Russia

That means the pairings for the first round, on May 5, 2020, is:

Europe – Russia

China – Rest of the World

India – USA  

Live ...