Our Girls Classes will be lead by Afamia Mir Mahmoud, and are aimed at girls from 5 to 14 years of age, who are less confident and may find themselves overwhelmed in a classroom full of livelier, noisier or competitive boys.
Afamia, originally from Syria, was national women’s champion 20 times from 1994 to 2014, and drew with Anatoly Karpov, the former world champion, in an exhibition match in 2009. Not only a strong player, she is also an experienced arbiter, awarded the IA (International Arbiter) title by FIDE in 2014. She is also a FIDE Instructor (FI), a title conferred for her work teaching chess, which she does in both the Arabic and English languages.
The dates for our classes in Autumn Term 2026 are:
- September 19, 26
- October 3
- November 14, 21
The Girls Classes will run from 14:00 to 17:00 on those days in Orleans Park School. They will be charged at £10 per session, but will be free to girls who are termly members of the Intermediate Group at Richmond Juniors.
To book your daughter(s) into the Girls Classes for Autumn Term 2026, please use the Booking Girls Classes Form, one per girl.
