FM Joe Mcphillips playing in Greece. Round 1 starts today 3pm at the link below.

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/2nd-fischer-memorial-2017/1/1/1

 

 

MCF Congress Live games and chess commentary this weekend. Full details below.

Live games from the Manchester summer chess congress and Twich stream with FM Jonathan Blackburn and WIm Yan Lao from round 1-3 and round 4-5 will be covered by M Jonathan Blackburn and GM Peter Wells links below

Lichess https://lichess.org/broadcast/manchester-summer-congress-fide-open-harry-lamb-memorial/round-2/mGlJqPhL

Chess 24 https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/manchester-summer-congress-2023-harry-lamb-memorial/2/1/2

Twich Stream https://www.twitch.tv/ecf_streaming

You tube stream of where all the commentary is archived rounds 1-5 https://www.youtube.com/c/EnglishChessFederation

Chess to get funding to boost to foster young talent.

Bloomberg has reported that the government is to announce £500,000 of funding for the English chess Federation alongside plans  to expand chess in schools and public parks.  Bloomberg report https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-01/rishi-sunak-puts-pieces-in-place-for-great-british-chess-revival?in_source=embedded-checkout-banner#xj4y7vzkg ; and BBC news report  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66392630