8/10/2018 – The family of a nine-year-old at the centre of a visa battle has been allowed to remain in the United Kingdom rather than be deported to India. Shreyas Royal has spent nearly six of his nine years resident in the UK, and has been tipped as “the best prospect the country has ever seen”, according to Grandmaster Chris Ward. The family had been told they were to leave by September 10th, but with a month to go, they have now been given a reprieve.

2/5/2018 – On Sunday January 14th 2018, something very unusual happened in England. A chess tournament took place with upwards of 260 players, all of whom were female. The southern semi-final of the ECF National Schools Girls’ Championships was made up of eighty seven separate teams of three. Thirty two schools took part. This may be commonplace in countries such as Turkey, India, the USA and others, but in the UK it is almost unique. IM Andrew Martin has the story. | Photo: Jasmine Andrews

9/16/2017 – How big, you say? Well, big enough that that have to use names like 'Gigafinal' and 'Terafinal' to do it justice! But despite its size, in the summer of 2016, the future of the Delancey UK Schools’ Chess Challenge was in doubt, as the founder and owner, International Master Mike Basman, faced an unexpected and daunting tax bill. Now under new ownership, Sarah Longson hopes to continue to inspire future generations of children. She reports on the recent 2017 edition which attracted star power in the form of grandmasters David Howell and Stephen Gordon. Harry Grieve (pictured) won the 'Terafinal' | Photos: facebook.com/DelanceyUKSchoolsChessChallenge