For budding chess masters from 5 to 18 years of age. All standards welcome.
Last year our U11 team finished second in their zonal qualifier at the University of Westminster, and then at the national final at Bolton. This year we would like to do even better! But first we need to qualify for Read more
PLEASE EVERYBODY – There is no club session on Saturday 31st May. Don’t come – we won’t be there!
Richmond Juniors are holding their annual Christmas Blitz on Saturday 21st November, play starting at 13:00. The prize fund totals £3,270, with a first prize of £600, a welcome bonus for someone, just before Christmas. The tournament will run as Read more
RJCC has a new news feed, on Bluesky. Please follow us on: http://@rjcc-chess.bsky.social! Eventually we will change to using our own domain name for our feed, which is one Bluesky’s advantages; we will let you know when that happens. For Read more
Sadly, the South of England Junior Chess Congress on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th October has been cancelled due to low numbers of entries. This is heart-breaking. Please get in touch with the organisers for a refund, if you had Read more
Richmond Junior Chess Club has a new social media account, connected to Mastodon. We will be posting the same content to it as we already do to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest and Tumblr feeds. If you use Mastodon, please Read more
Please consider supporting some of the following tournaments organised by some of our neighbouring junior chess clubs and county associations: Berkshire Junior Chess Tournament – Sunday 15th October. Another London Junior Chess Championship Qualifying Tournament for U8, U10 and U12. Read more
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
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!