Useful links

Helpful links for local, national and online chess.

Local and National Leagues / Organisations

English Chess Federation sites

  • ECF Rating Site - live ratings for active club players across England.
  • ECF Events Calendar - find forthcoming congresses and other chess events.
  • ECF Juniors - information for Juniors about English events, development, and more.

Play and Learn Online

  • Lichess.org - free to use, free to play, and full of features.
  • Chess.com - the most popular paid service for online chess competition.
  • Chesskid.com - owned by Chess.com, younger players can safely learn and play chess online with other junior players.
  • Chess Tempo - tactics and opening training, build your repertoire, search game databases.
  • Chessable - train on openings and tactics with free and paid courses.
  • ChessPuzzle.net - master chess tactics with puzzles from master games
  • Icarus Chess - our own chess learning, training and analysis platform.

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