For budding chess masters from 5 to 18 years of age. All standards welcome.
As we have now filled our quota of places, except in some special cases, we will not be accepting new Membership Requests in general until next term. We may make some exceptions, particularly for strong young players who are likely Read more
International Master Lorin d’Costa, who is the founder of She Plays to Win, has asked me to invite you to take part in an online charity blitz tournament on Sunday 24th September, to raise money to support an England Girls Read more
Details of the 5th Twickenham Junior Chess Congress have now been confirmed. It is open to all players Under 18, and includes a generous prize fund. It will be a FIDE Rated Standard Play event which will take place on Read more
I have been asked to advertise a couple of tournaments coming up this term. First is the South of England Junior, which takes place on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th October at Yately Manor School. It has various age limited Read more
We recognise that girls can find the world of chess unwelcoming and difficult due to the preponderance of boys participating. We try therefore to encourage girls who are finding the transition from playing at home or playing at a school Read more
The next Online Girls County Match takes place on Monday, 21st August at 6 p.m., on lichess.org. If you have not already done so, sign up to the Richmond Girls’ Team, go at: https://lichess.org/team/richmond-girls. Then join the match at: Read more
Even when they are on holiday, Richmond Junior’s staff are still busy with chess. Paul McKeown FA working at the HZ University of Applied Sciences Chess Tournament in Vlissingen, hoping to gain his first IA norm. Photo courtesy of the Read more
Calvin Kemper dazzled the other kids with his footballing skills during the break at Summer Camp 2023. Enjoy the photos!
Dear All, Richmond Junior Chess club continues in Autumn Term 2023 at Orleans Park School for face to face chess chess teaching and play on Saturday, 2nd September, meeting weekly, from 2 to 5 p.m., until Saturday 25th November. Autumn Read more
We are delighted to announce dates and new online booking forms for our longstanding series of qualifying tournaments for the Under 8, Under 10 and Under 12 age categories of the London Junior Chess Championships. Details for Hampton 2023, which Read more