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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://www.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

Richmond Junior Chess club continued at Orleans Park School for face to face chess chess teaching and play on Saturday, 8th January. We met every week, from 2 to 5 p.m., until Saturday 26th March, with the exception of 19th Read more

Our annual Christmas Blitz will take place on the 18th of December, 2021. It will be run as a memorial tournament for Rik Thomas, a Richmond Juniors coach, who passed away during the pandemic. He was also a long-standing organiser Read more

Richmond Juniors is holding two qualification tournaments each year, “Hampton” on the October 16th at Twickenham Prep School and “Twickenham” on the December 4th at Orleans Park School. Results of the Hampton Congress can be found at https://www.rjcc.org.uk/ljcc-london-junior-chess-championship#Hampton2021 Details of Read more