Get involved with Chess England online....
I'll be honest - at the moment over the board chess is on hold, but chess online is booming!I am running blitz, rapid, standard, chess960, CrazyHouse (exchange chess) and all sorts of other events and you might want to get involved. If you do, you need to do these things;
Join Chess England on lichess - https://lichess.org/team/chess-england
Join Chess England on chess.com - https://www.chess.com/club/chess-england
Join Chess England Chat on WhatsApp - https://chat.whatsapp.com/IjiphdzEn2ZLrfuEnJwsih
Join Chess England Events on WhatsApp - https://chat.whatsapp.com/5xTFOwriXBV1EGDKoK4h0V
Follow my TV channel on Twitch - www.twitch.tv/adamraoof - this is like a free chess TV channel!
Top tip; read https://bit.ly/chessenglandonline and then join the chess England clubs on BOTH lichess and chess.com for tournaments and special events! They have their good points and bad points.
Lichess.org
Totally free, always, and no adverts. Open source.
Always being developed, new ideas all the time, amazing range of resources.
Sometimes functions disappear, without warning. This is weird.
The app does not have the same functions as the desktop version -always register and join using the desktop version.
Chess.Com
On chess.com UNLESS you have the direct link to a tournament, you can ONLY see the tournaments taking place in the next 24hrs and you can ONLY register for them one hour before the event starts - not before. Takes getting used to. We will give you the link when ever we can.
Loads of adverts when you are a free member. Upgrades worth it if you use all the facilities available.
The app is really easy to use for playing chess.
Realistically we are probably not going to see face to face chess competitions till 2021. So, don't sit around - get online and take part! It doesn't matter where you live or what your rating is. You can sit in your favourite chair with a drink, some snacks and loads of room with no disturbance and play some good chess.