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Northern Counties Chess Union

Established 1899

A constituent unit of the English Chess Federation

 

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04/03/2026

ECF Counties Championship 2025/26 dates and nomination

 

Further to the earlier-supplied dates regarding the ECF Counties Championship final stages, the rules for 2025/26 have now been published and the relevant pages ECF and LMS webpages have been updated accordingly.  An e-mail of 04/03/2026 has been sent out to Union County Match Controllers (in our case Bryan Bainbridge) which reads as follows.

 

Dear County Match Controller,

 

Further to my email of 11 February, please find attached the 2025/26 rules.  [See attachment here.]

Please ensure that any county team accepting your nomination has been provided with them and are aware of the conditions of entry and participation.

 

The ECF and LMS webpages are now live.

ECF      https://www.englishchess.org.uk/counties-championship-2026/

LMS      https://lms.englishchess.org.uk/lms/organisation/732

 

I look forward to receiving your nominations on or before 23 March.

 

You have 2 nominations in each event and if you hold a qualifying competition with more than 4 participating teams, a third as of right in that event.

 

I expect to publish the draws on or before 6 April.

 

Kind regards,

 

Mark

ECF Controller, Counties Championships

 

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On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 at 17:21, Mark Murrell <markramurrell@gmail.com> wrote:

 

Dear County Match Controller,

 

The closing date for nominations is 23 March 2026.

 

Rules to follow later this month.

 

Here are the dates for the national stage of the ECF Counties Championship.

Thank you.

 

Kind regards,

 

Mark

ECF Controller, Counties Championships

 

 

ECF Counties Championship - Preliminary Round – Saturday 25th April

 

ECF Counties Championship - Quarter Finals (Open, Minor, U1850 and U1450) – Saturday 9th May

 

ECF Counties Championship - Quarter Finals (U2050 and U1650) – Saturday 16th May

 

ECF Counties Championship - Semi-Finals – Saturday 13th June  

 

ECF Counties Championship - Finals – Saturday 4th July