ChessFest returns – 13th July
There are fewer than 8 weeks to go until ChessFest 2025, our annual chess extravaganza in Trafalgar Square, London. On Sunday 13th July 2025, 11am-6pm, we’re taking over the whole…
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English and English Women’s Championships 2025 – enter now!
FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships – tickets now available!
Winton British Chess Solving Championship 2025-2026
British Chess Educational Trust Awards 2025 – closing date May 31st!
NSCC Girls Finals 2025 – results
Watford Chess Club at the Bucks Country Show
V Mindsports International Chess Festival 2025
The 10th Menchik Memorial
FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships
Please see below the announcement for the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships which will be taking place from 10th – 16th June in London. Entries are welcome from…
Chess Masters – The Endgame … on BBC Two
Don’t miss the brand-new chess series starting on BBC Two on Monday 10th March at 8.00pm … more details at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0028x4d
British Rapidplay Championship 2025 – report
The British Rapidplay Championship was held at the Holiday Inn, Peterborough on the 1st – 2nd March 2025. After a very close contest, a playoff was required between grandmasters Nikita…
Stewart Reuben – funeral details for Tuesday 4th March
Tuesday 4th March 2025 at 12.30pm at Golders Green Crematorium East, 62 Hoop Lane, London NW11 7NL. Officiated by: Rabbi Roberta Harris (gentlemen please cover your heads). Stewart’s niece has…
Stewart Reuben – obituary by Leonard Barden
Stewart Reuben, who died on February 4 aged 85, was England’s outstanding chess organiser of the 20th century, and played a key role in the chess explosion of the 1970s….