Chess News

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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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…



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 – 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….