BritishChessNews

A feed to relay and provide news of chess within the British Isles.

Feel free to post any item about chess happening in the British Isles to us.

[BritishChessNews @BritishChess]

It’s Only Me! : Remembering Tony Miles (23-iv-1955 12-xi-2001)

https://t.co/j3K0CJC026

@ecfchess @FIDE_chess @dgriffinchess @ChessHastings @ChessHeritage @chesstutor @richardpalliser @TelegraphChess

[Jackie Eales @jeales1]

@BritishChess @ecfchess @FIDE_chess @dgriffinchess @gmmds @TelegraphChess @chesstutor @GM_RayKeene @kochess_FST @ChessHastings @ChessHeritage @richardpalliser Thank you.

[BritishChessNews @BritishChess]

Best wishes WGM Sheila Jackson (11-xi-1957)

https://t.co/WXioTxjfLB

@ecfchess @ecf_women @AgaMilewska123 @thelittlehat @TelegraphChess @GM_RayKeene @sabzyc @WomenChessFIDE @womans

[BritishChessNews @BritishChess]

BCIN is saddened to have learnt of the recent passing of FM Richard Eales. We will bring you more as we learn more.
@ecfchess @FIDE_chess @dgriffinchess @gmmds @TelegraphChess @chesstutor @GM_RayKeene @kochess_FST @ChessHastings @ChessHeritage @richardpalliser

[BritishChessNews @BritishChess]

Remembering Fred Dewhirst Yates (16-i-1884 11-xi-1932)

https://t.co/pcBDVVMkSX

@ecfchess @dgriffinchess @chesstutor @richardpalliser @ChessHastings @ChessHeritage

[GaryLanechess @garylanechess]

I would be impressed if anyone knew Bert’s surname or the tournament @dgriffinchess

[The Chess Shop @TheChessShopUK]

Flying visit from the crazy popular @GothamChess , join us at his show tomorrow night in #London #chess #chessmaster #gothamchess #chessplayer #chessshow
https://t.co/PCExmDmg12

[English Chess Federation (ECF) @ecfchess]

5 rounds down, 4 to go at the European Youth Chess Championships in Crete! ♟️

Some strong results for England so far:

CM Junyan Hu (Open U10) 4½/5
Lam Vy Le Nguyen (Girls U12) 4/5
Harry Chan (Open U8) 4/5

Good luck in the remaining rounds! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

https://t.co/uwpWP6OwOe

[BritishChessNews @BritishChess]

Happy Birthday IM James Adair (09-xi-1992)

https://t.co/r7JiltRhQE

@ecfchess @FIDE_chess @berkshireca

[BritishChessNews @BritishChess]

Remembering Charles Kemp (18-xi-1901 09-xi-1986)

https://t.co/w8goq7IsE5

@bstephen2 @The_Problemist @stevendowd

[BritishChessNews @BritishChess]

FM Bernard Cafferty's third publication via The Chess Player, Nottingham was this one:

Candidates Matches 1968, Translated by Bernard Cafferty, The Chess Player, Nottingham, 1970

@dgriffinchess @ChessHeritage @ChessHastings @chess_books

[Epsom Chess Club @ClubEpsom]

Quite a few members are reaching 50 appearances for Epsom in rated standardplay games. Who will be the next person to pass that milestone and who will be the first junior to do so? 🤔

[English Chess Federation (ECF) @ecfchess]

Congratulations to WCM Amaya Agarwal! ♟️🏆

Amaya, 11, scored 5/9 in the Girls U20 event at the FIDE World Junior Rapid Chess Championships in Al Ain, UAE, and won the $500 prize for the best performance in the Girls U12 category.

Well done, Amaya! 💥

📸: Official FIDE website

[BritishChessNews @BritishChess]

Remembering David Welch (30-x-1945 09-xi-2019)
https://t.co/YxR5Dgsvy4

@ecfchess @FIDE_chess @ChessHastings @ChessHeritage @dgriffinchess @TelegraphChess @chesstutor @johnchess

[David Llada ♞ @davidllada]

Jovanka Houska will be one of the commentators for the @TotalChess Pilot, which kicks off in Budapest next week (10–20 November 2026).

[Douglas Griffin @dgriffinchess]

I had almost forgotten that I still have this. A 90-minute recording on cassette tape (remember those?) - ‘Russian for Chessplayers’, by Bernard Cafferty.
I’m guessing I would have been about 13 or 14 years old when I bought it.

[Chess in Schools and Communities @schoolschess]

@gareththomasMP - MP for Harrow (West) - visited Harrow Chess Club to present Bodhana with the club championship trophy and her British Women's cup.

There was also a celebratory cake in honour of Bodhana’s extraordinary recent achievement in amassing a dazzling array of titles.

[Epsom Chess Club @ClubEpsom]

Good luck to Epsom member and chess streamer Pietro Silke Balerna (PietroCheckmate), who will be taking on Magnus Carlsen this evening.
https://t.co/4YS8R1sceG

Rumour has it, @MagnusCarlsen is in talks to play for Epsom 😅

[BritishChessNews @BritishChess]

I have never seen this book "in the flesh". Have you?

Grandmaster Geller at the Chessboard, Effim Geller, Translated by Bernard Cafferty, The Chess Player, Nottingham, 1969

@dgriffinchess @ChessHeritage

[BritishChessNews @BritishChess]

I believe (but could be wrong of) that BCs very first book publication was this one:

World Chess Championship Candidates' Matches 1965, Bernard Cafferty and Harry Golombek, The Chess Player, Nottingham, May 1966
@dgriffinchess @ChessHeritage @chess_books