English Chess Federation

Certificate of Excellence

The new Certificate of Excellence has been designed by chess professionals,
and is a progessive chess course
for everyone starting chess or interested in improving their chess expertise.
 

WHO IS THE CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE SUITABLE FOR?

Each certificate level comes with information and puzzles,
which makes the Certificate of Excellence

IDEAL FOR EVERYONE:
schools, clubs, parents and juniors.

 

how do you enter tHE CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE scheme?

There are 5 different levels:

Bronze
Silver
Gold
Platinum
Diamond
£3.50
£3.50
£6.00
£6.00
£6.00

The majority of players start with the Bronze Certificate.
There is an exam for each level of Certificate of Excellence, which are priced as above.

When you have read the course notes and mastered the quizzes,
you should email Peter Turner and apply to take the exam.
When you pass the exam you receive a certificate of achievement and other chess goodies.

The bronze and silver exams are comprised of 15 multiple choice questions,
which should take no more than 45 minutes to complete.

Please contact Peter Turner for details of the Gold, Diamond and Platinum examinations,
and any questions that you have about the Certificate.

 

Bronze Certificate of Excellence

The bronze level is ideal for those who are just starting chess
and also those who wish to learn more about the most beautiful of games.
The course includes:

How the pieces move,
Position evaluation,
Captures and checks,
Basic checkmates,
Stalemate,

The support sheets will be available soon.

The Bronze certificate comes with a large number of puzzle sheets,
which test your basic chess knowledge in preparation for your Bronze exam.
These puzzle sheets are excellent practice and are available for you to print off and complete:

BRONZE PUZZLE SHEETS

 

silver Certificate of Excellence

The silver level is the perfect follow on from the bronze.
It includes skills such as:

Notation and writing your moves down,
Special pawn moves: under-promotion and en-passant,
Development and basic openings,
Checkmate in one and two move puzzles,
Some essential checkmates,
Discovered and double checks,
Forks, Pins and Skewers,
Outposts,

The support sheets will be available soon.

The silver certificate comes with associated skill sheets:

silver skill sheets

 

gold, platinum & diamond Certificate of Excellence

Please contact Peter Turner for further information.

 

 

contact

Certificate of Excellence officer Peter Turner 07702-853-814
ECF Director of Junior Chess & Education Claire Summerscale 020-8874-0135 or 07950-249-721