Welcome to the ECF Counties Championship Results Service.
Championship: website - rules (2024/25) - eligibility ratings & board orders - cleared players - first 100 years
Results for competitions held from 2018 can be found in the Past Seasons archive above. A summary of recent past Championhips can be found in the OrgPages side panel.
Navigation
The participating counties in the 2024-25 Counties Championships ECF finals stage will be listed in the Clubs dropdown from the top banner menu. The Championship (Open) and the five other championships that comprise the ECF Counties Championship will appear in the 2025 side panel.
Fixtures and the draw/results table for each championship can be found within these Events. All fixtures and results tables can also be accessed from the top banner menu.
Match card standard rating display
Championship: FIDE latest for board order (ECF Monthly)
Minor Counties: ECF 1 Sep for eligibility and team average (ECF Monthly for board order)
Rating Limited: ECF 1 Sep for eligibility (ECF Monthly for board order)
2025 Championships schedule
23 March – Close of nominations from the Union stage
07 April - Due by date for publication of the draws following the meeting of the Draw committee
26 April – Preliminary Round where required
10 May – Open, Minor Counties, U1850 & U1450 Quarter Finals
17 May – U2050 & U1650 Quarter Finals
07 June – Semi Finals of all championships
05 July – Finals of all championships
With the exception of the Finals, matches can be made on the immediately following Sunday or on an earlier weekend by agreement.
2024/25 Qualifying competitions of the Unions
Follow the links: East - Midlands - North - South - West - Nominations
2024 Finals
Congratulations to Surrey the 103rd Counties Champions. An 8th Championship for Surrey, who were runners up in 2023 on tie break and last won the Championship in 2013. Links to the games: Livechess - Lichess
Revisit the commentary provided by WIM Natasha Regan and GM Peter Wells on Natasha’s Twitch channel here.
Congratulations too to the 2024 Champions of the rating limited events:
Minor Counties – Sussex on 1st tie-break, last won in 1996. See all the games here.
U2050 – Greater Manchester (also NCCU Champions), last won in 1993 (U175)
U1850 – Greater Manchester on 1st tie-break (also NCCU Champions). last won in 2012 (U160)
U1650 – Yorkshire (also NCCU Champions), retain their title.
U1450 – Middlesex (also SCCU Champions), a first in this section.
Replay the games: Open 2024 | Minor Counties 2024 | U2050 | U1850 | U1650 | U1450
2024 Finals Control/Arbiting Team Controller: Mark Murrell; Chief Arbiters: IA Lara Barnes (rated limited events); IA Adrian Elwin (Open) Match Arbiters: Richard Buxton (Open); Rob Hammond (Minor); Peter Ackley (U2050); Chun Chui (U1850); Harrison Marriott (U1650) and Francis Bowers (U1450).