English Chess Tracker

Page set up to follow English born players, ECF federation players and English tournaments.

[English Chess Tracker @EngChessTrack]

Record-breaking IM-elect Bodhana Sivanandan has claimed her latest high profile scalp, beating GM Elisabeth Paehtz in Rd 3 of the IX Festival Salamanca Cuna Del Ajedrez Moderno 2026. Paehtz failed to get her beleaguered queen out of trouble. Bodhana capitalised. #chess

[English Chess Tracker @EngChessTrack]

GM Keith Arkell is back on (joint) top of the FIDE World Senior Chess Championship 65+ leader board. He beat Colombian GM Alonso Zapata in a very classy showing to move to 6.5/8. #chess #Englishchess

[London Chess Classic @london_chess]

Have you entered the Super Rapid Play yet? You could find yourself facing one of the super GMs including Magnus Carlsen!

Last year, club players sat across from Abdusattorov, Firouzja and Dominguez. Who will be across the board from you?

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📅 5-6 Dec

[English Chess Tracker @EngChessTrack]

In the FIDE World Senior Chess Championship 65+, another draw has seen GM Keith Arkell drop a 1/2 point behind the lead. Arkell was held by IM Silvio Danailov in Round 7. #chess

[English Chess Tracker @EngChessTrack]

Magnus Carlsen has a terrible job. #chess #TotalChess

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Mundane intellectual tasks don’t sound very fulfilling. As AI progresses, I think the old maxim is still correct, that if your job can be done completely by a machine, you have a terrible job.

[English Chess Tracker @EngChessTrack]

IM Andrew Ledger is unbeaten so far in the FIDE World Senior Chess Championship 50+, with 2 wins and 5 draws, leaving him in 21st place. #chess #Englishchess

[English Chess Tracker @EngChessTrack]

In the FIDE World Senior Chess Championships (65+), GM Keith Arkell remains in a shared lead of what is turning into a tight competition. Today, he drew vs GM Rainer Knaak to move to 5 points from 6 #chess #Englishchess

[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! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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[Malcolm Pein @TelegraphChess]

The @london_chess will welcome the world number one Magnus Carlsen to the Super Rapid on December 5 and 6 - Enter at https://t.co/GYDK2ed01v You could play him, it's an Open! Spectator tickets also available #chess @ecfchess @schoolschess

[English Chess Tracker @EngChessTrack]

Upcoming talent CM Samar Dayal also played at the 29th Open Bavarian Chess Championship, where he finished with 5.5 points #chess #Englishchess

[English Chess Tracker @EngChessTrack]

The 29th Open Bavarian Chess Championship is over, and IM Sohum Lohia finished with back-to-back wins to finish in an impressive 8th place. His strong finish included the below win vs German FM Matthias Tonndorf. #chess

[English Chess Tracker @EngChessTrack]

GM Keith Arkell hit is first speedbump in Rd 5 of the FIDE World Senior Chess Championship 65+ section. He drew on board 1 vs Georgian GM Zurab Sturua, ending the round in a 5-way tie for 1st. #chess #Englishchess

[English Chess Tracker @EngChessTrack]

Yesterday, in Rd 4 of the FIDE World Senior Chess Championships (65+), GM Keith Arkell maintained a 100% record, beating French FM Eric Boulard in a hugely entertaining king and pawn endgame in which both players promoted. #chess #Englishchess

[The Chess Why ♟️ @TheChessWhy]

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[English Chess Tracker @EngChessTrack]

Yesterday, GM Keith Arkell beat GM Dusan Rajkovic in the 3rd round of the FIDE Senior Chess Championship 65+ to move to 3/3. #chess

[English Chess Tracker @EngChessTrack]

IM Sohum Lohia scored another respectable draw in the 29th Open Bavarian Chess Championship, Round 6. This time, as white, he held GM Nijat Abasov. #Chess

[English Chess Tracker @EngChessTrack]

@OnTheQueenside Garbage format.

[English Chess Tracker @EngChessTrack]

GM Keith Arkell is 2/2 in the Fide World Senior Chess Championship (65+). Today, he beat Mogens Thuesen, who dropped an important pawn in the middlegame. #chess

[English Chess Tracker @EngChessTrack]

IM Sohum Lohia achieved a draw with GM Jamie Santos Latasa in Rd 5 of the 29th Open Bavarian Chess Championship. Lohia sits 9th in the competition, with 4/5! A match vs GM Nijat Abasov awaits in the next round. #chess

[English Chess Tracker @EngChessTrack]

The FIDE World Senior Chess Championships commenced yesterday. GM Keith Arkell put on a show in Round 1, beating Heinz Kratschmer with some lovely tactics.