Austin Lockwood Wednesday, June 4, 2025
The English Federation for Correspondence Chess (EFCC), The Scottish Correspondence Chess Association (SCCA), and the Welsh Correspondence Chess Federation (WCCF) are pleased to announce the 2025/7 British Correspondence Chess Championship.
The Championship will be open to any player who plays under the flag of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, a Crown Dependency or a British Overseas Territory in ICCF.
There will be:
- one Championship Section
- one Candidates Sections
- one or more Reserve Sections
All sections will be between eleven and fifteen players unless decided otherwise by the Committee.
Competitors will play one game against each of the other competitors in the section.
All sections will commence, and finish play within 22 months and 12 days of the start date (1st October 2025 – 12th August 2027).
The time control for all sections will be 40 days for each 10 moves, with time doubling after 20 days. Agreed draws before move 25 will not be possible. The amount of leave for all sections will be 28 days per calendar year.
Title norms will be available where possible, depending on the entries.
There will be no prize fund for the 2025 season, but there will be a significantly reduced entry fee to just €4.00 Euros.
Entry is via the ICCF Direct Entry system, please log onto the ICCF website, select "New Events" from the menu, and then "Wales" from the list of categories.
The British Championship, having been run annually since 1921, is the most prestigious correspondence chess event of the British calendar, and all British correspondence chess players are invited to participate.
The rules for the 2025/27 season are attached to this announcement.
British Championship Organising Committee
- Austin Lockwood (Wales)
- Phill Beckett (England)
- David Kilgour (Scotland)
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