The English Chess Federation is holding a 24-hour chess marathon in support of the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal via the British Red Cross. Chess.com will host the online marathon from 5.00 pm on Saturday 2nd April to 5.00pm on Sunday 3rd April.
Entry is free, but only donors and fundraisers of over £5.00 living in the UK will be eligible for prizes. Players will need to be a member of the ECF Open Club on Chess.com. Join now to be kept posted on further tournament details and prizes.
The livestream commentators we have lined up include GM Mickey Adams, GM Matthew Sadler, GM Peter Wells , GM John Emms, GM Danny Gormally, GM Chris Ward, GM Jon Speelman, WFM Kanwal Bhatia, WIM Natasha Regan, IM Tom Rendle, IM Ali Mortazavi, MrDodgy, WFM Shohreh Bayat, FM Jonathan Blackburn, and Freddy Gordon!
Everyone can donate with their entry as above or via the Red Cross Tiltify Page here – https://tiltify.com/british-red-cross/ecf-chess-marathon
As well as accepting donations, the Tiltify page will allow you to fundraise via a personal event page as you take part in the tournament should you wish to provide additional support. All donations and funds raised will be paid direct to the British Red Cross appeal as part of the wider Disasters and Emergency Committee response to the crisis.
Prizes
Prizes will be awarded to the highest placed players in the marathon based on points accumulated across the 24 hours. Players are eligible for a place prize where they have donated £5.00 or more in advance. Places will be as shown on the Chess.com tournament page for eligible players at the end of the tournament.
As well as the main place prizes there will be a separate prize for highest placed junior ECF member/ supporter and highest placed female ECF member/supporter.
We would like to thank our growing list of prize donors for their generous support including —
 |
Chessable – https://www.chessable.com – 15 x 1-year membership of Chessable PRO, 5 x Best of British Chessable course, 5 x 1-year of Aimchess |
 |
Chess.com – https://www.chess.com – who are matching up to $1000 of donations for an hour which will be broadcast on Chess TV |
 |
Elk and Ruby – https://www.elkandruby.com – who are supplying various books including Eight Good Men: The 2020-2021 Candidates Tournament by Dorian Rogozenco, Magnus Wins With White by Zenon Franco, One Knight Saves the Day: A World Champion’s Favorite Studies by Sergei Tkachenko and many others … |
 |
Forward Chess – https://forwardchess.com – who are supplying vouchers for various books |