A friendly and competitive chess club for all standards of player
A friendly and competitive chess club for all standards of player
This page lists club-related events such as tournaments, one-off activities, 4NCL weekends, AGMs and so on. For local league match fixtures, please refer to the Surrey Border and Berkshire Chess web pages, using the links in the Useful Links page.
Following Richard’s entertaining talk last Wednesday we plan to have a mini rapid tournament this coming Wednesday (10th July). The exact time control and format will be determined by how many people we have, but we’ll aim for all-play-all with 3+10 or 10 mins time control, and we’ll start around 7:45 when sufficient people have […]
This coming Wednesday's summer event will be a restricted opening rapid tournament. The opening will be fixed with 2 moves (for each player) into the Trompowsky: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 Exciting stuff. Expect varied results. If this works as a format we could try other fixed opening mini tournaments. Interesting gambit lines have […]
The committee of Camberley Chess Club is once more delighted to announce the Keith Richardson Memorial Rapidplay. This will take place on Saturday, September 14th 2019. The event is free to enter and open to any chess player. We ask that a donation is made to Keith's chosen charity which is The Parkinson Trust. We […]
It’s December, nearly, and Christmas is not far off, which means our annual Christmas handicapped mini rapid play tournament is coming up. We have the Wellington social club, Napoleon’s Retreat, booked for the Friday before Christmas ,that’s Friday 20th December. You all know the format (basically it’s a speed handicapped event where anyone can win). […]
Our friends at Camberley Chess Club have set November 1st as the date for this year's Keith Richardson Memorial. It is a one day rapidplay tournament which will be held online at lichess.org. For more details please visit https://camberleychess.co.uk/event/keith-richardson-memorial-tournament-2/ .
The infamous Crowthorne Chess Club summer mini-tournament, the KHYBER CUP, will be next Sunday, the 29th August. This will be at the Bar & Café in the Pinewood Centre off New Wokingham Road/Peacock Lane in Crowthorne. Doors open at 10am and play will start not long after that, once we’ve set everything up. We aim […]
UPDATE: Unfortunately it has been necessary to cancel the Christmas Handicap this Saturday because the College has closed the bar until further notice (quite understandably in view of the omicron variant).
Our annual Christmas Speed Handicap has been booked for Friday the 15th December. This will be in the rear function room at the Pinewood Centre.
Wednesday, December 18th will be the final club night of 2024 and with no league matches scheduled we are running an extended junior club night running until 8.30pm. Our ECF arbiter, John Upham, will run an ECF rated blitz event using a 3″ + 2′ time control over at least six rounds. Details may be […]
We are kicking-off the Delancey UK Chess Challenge tournament this coming Wednesday (12th March) to run for the next four weeks.There will be seven rounds of ECF rated rapidplay with a 10’ + 5” time control. Entry is FREE. There will be amazing prizes galore! Please let John Upham know if your child will be […]
