Richmond Junior Chess Club

Richmond Juniors will be entering teams in each of the Under 14 Minor, Under 14 Open, Under 18 Minor and U18 Open divisions of the SCCU Junior Jamboree. This will take place on Sunday 25th September at Orleans Park School, Read more

Richmond Juniors will be entering teams in each of the Under 12, Under 14 and U18 divisions of the National Youth Chess Association teams championship. This will take place on Saturday 29th October at Kenilworth School, with the first round Read more

Shohreh Bayat has joined Richmond Junior’s team of staff. An inspirational teacher, she will encourage our young ladies to play chess by holding monthly Girls classes. Originally from Iran, Shohreh, a WFM (Women’s FIDE Master) now represents England. Not only Read more

We have set dates for our special classes for girls who are interested in chess, but lack confidence or feel intimidated by preponderant ratio of boys taking part in chess, and are seeking a strong female lead to inspire them. Read more

Richmond Junior Chess club continues in Autumn Term 2022 at Orleans Park School for face to face chess chess teaching and play on Saturday, 10th September. Every week, from 2 to 5 p.m., until Saturday 10th December, with the exception Read more

One of our most popular events, attended by over 60 children and teens, our annual Summer Camp was held at Orleans Park School over two weeks at the start of August. Summer Camp ran daily from 10:00 a.m. through to Read more

Richmond Junior Chess Club has used Swiss Manager as its main pairing software and tournament manager for the past six years. We are actively considering alternatives, including Vega and the ECF League Management System. We are currently trialling Vega for Read more

Richmond Junior Chess club continued for 11 sessions in Summer Term 2022 at Orleans Park School for face to face chess chess teaching and play. We met weekly from Saturday 23rd April until Saturday 23rd July, missing 7th May, when Read more

Richmond Juniors will be hosting a zonal competition on Saturday 25th June as part of the EJCOA National Youth Championship. Full details can be found at: https://rjcc.org.uk/ejcoa-national-youth-championship. Update – Sunday 26 June 2022 A table of prize-winners and qualifiers can Read more

One of our most popular events, our annual Easter Camp, held at Orleans Park School. The dates were from Monday 4 April to Friday 8 April. Our Easter Camp ran each day from 10:00 a.m. through to 4 p.m. During Read more