For budding chess masters from 5 to 18 years of age. All standards welcome.
Hampton Junior Chess Congress 2025 The annual Hampton qualifier for the London Junior Chess Congress will be held at Twickenham Prep School on Saturday 11th October 2024. Details and entry can be found at: Hampton Junior Chess Congress. Twickenham Junior Read more
The tournament held at short notice to replace the SCCU Jamboree was held on Sunday 23rd March. It was very warmly received by our young players and their players. Group A was won Liam Clery, Group B by Yichen Xiong, Read more
Dear Parents, We were in position this evening to confirm our U14 and U18 teams. However, to our enormous surprise and huge disappointment, we phoned the organiser of the Jamboree in the middle of our conference call to decide the Read more
The Richmond Christmas Blitz made the national newspapers. Respected chess journalist, Leonard Barden, writes in The Guardian: England’s youngest ever GM, 15-year-old Shreyas Royal, is the top home seed [at the annual Hastings Masters tournament], while a likely candidate for Read more
The annual Richmond Christmas Blitz took place on Saturday, 21st December, in the Sports Hall at Orleans Park School. 112 players took part, all had a great time. Several super-stars took part, including England’s number 6, GM Shreyas Royal, England’s Read more
Richmond Junior Chess Club is holding its second qualifying tournament for the London Junior Chess Championships and an Under 18 FIDE rated standard play at the same time. Twickenham LJCC Qualifier The Twickenham qualifier for the London Junior Chess Championships Read more
Dear Parents, Teachers and Club Leaders, Richmond Junior Chess Club is hosting a Team Chess Championship for school teams at Under 9 and Under 11 (ages at the start of the 2023-24 academic year) at Orleans Park School on Saturday Read more
We are now accepting entries for the Hampton Junior Chess Congress, a qualifying tournament for the London Junior Chess Championship, at U8, U10 and U12. Please see Hampton Junior Chess Congress for details and entry form.
Summer Camp 2024 will be held at Orleans Park School on the following dates: We have classes for Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced students, with a capacity for about 50 students. Please use the Summer Camp Registration and Booking Form to register Read more
[Photo: Sorin asking the Beginners Class how to checkmate a lone king. Lots of hands raised!] Richmond Junior Chess Club will open for Summer Term on Saturday 27th April and run through without a break to Saturday 13th July. The Read more