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Yes, a couple of the individual zonals have popped up this week on chess-results so something is obviously happening, but I still can't find any central information about where the zonals are or how to enter. Last year there was a document listing maybe 20 zonals with dates etc. Perhaps information ...

Thanks Roger. Yes, to be clear I'm asking specifically about the NPSCC for this year, not the inter-association championships.

Is it reasonable to assume that the EPSCA national primary schools chess championships isn't likely to go ahead this year? I don't think any details have been published, and I know that there have been some particular circumstances this year that may have made it difficult.

Alex and Sarah Longson are organising the northern semi and I understand that they are expecting quite a few schools to enter, mostly in the U11 section though. Frankly, with their experience running the UK Chess Challenge, if they can’t persuade schools to turn out, then who can? Good to hear that...

Wasn't the point that the ECF demand that the school itself becomes an ECF member in order to enter? It may well be that the internal school processes for becoming a member of a national body are tortuous. The school needs to be a member but I think the issue raised was to do with the process for m...

Possibly unhelpful at this stage, but query whether you actually need to bother with the individual memberships? Wasn't the point that the ECF demand that the school itself becomes an ECF member in order to enter? It may well be that the internal school processes for becoming a member of a national...

Possibly unhelpful at this stage, but query whether you actually need to bother with the individual memberships? The children don't have to be ECF members to participate, and parents can of course sign them up directly if they wish (free for the first year). I took the view that the admin burden of ...

Thanks for this Andrew.

Sorry what tournament is this for? Not the primary schools championships (I hope...)?

Thanks Andrew - I don't have visibility of the entries. Unfortunately the logistics of the southern event are not feasible for us.

Hi Andrew - is there any more clarity on what's likely to happen with the northern semi final?

Thanks Andrew - it can't be helped! You may not have got this far yet, but do you expect that you would try to keep the team format the same if it was online, or move to one of the lichess formats? And do you think it might also involve a change of date? (On the entry front - I think the issue was t...

Thanks Keith. I'm relatively new to running a junior chess club so just trying to get my head around all this. Do you mean that if they join the ECF junior "team" on lichess then they will get notifications/invites about the events through the lichess messaging?

Hi Keith - are these lichess events ongoing? I couldn't see a more recent forum post than this one. If there's somewhere specific I should look online then please do let me know. Thank you!

Hi Keith - are these lichess events ongoing? I couldn't see a more recent forum post than this one. If there's somewhere specific I should look online then please do let me know. Thank you!