English Chess Forum

24 teams fhave converged on the University of Nottingham for this year's finals of the English School Chess Championship.
With one IM and 40 players rated over 2000 there promises to be some great games. They are being live streamed :
https://www.chess.com/events/2026-engli ... hips-final
https://lichess.org/broadcast/2026-engl ... l/91xqHnuH
Pairings and results: https://s3.chess-results.com/tnr1434657.aspx

Good to see a school from Halifax competing

The championship was won by Queen Elizabeth School, Barnet. Only one other state school has won since 1987 - Reading School in 2016 and 2018.