For budding chess masters from 5 to 18 years of age. All standards welcome.
The next online Inter-County Team Battle starts at 6 p.m. on Monday, 2nd March 2026. Please join using the following link: https://lichess.org/tournament/oekQYQet. Remember to sign in as a member of Richmond Junior Chess Club. If you have not joined our online Read more
The next online Inter-County Team Battle starts at 6 p.m. on Monday, 4 November 2025. Please join using the following link: https://lichess.org/tournament/vdLobg4k. Remember to sign in as a member of Richmond Junior Chess Club. If you have not joined our Read more
The next online Inter-County Team Battle starts at 6 p.m. on Monday, 4 August 2025. Please join using the following link: https://lichess.org/tournament/wheXv87S. Remember to sign in as a member of Richmond Junior Chess Club. If you have not joined our Read more
The next online Inter-County Team Battle starts at 6 p.m. on Monday, 7 July 2025. Please join using the following link: https://lichess.org/tournament/3gK16Y3D. Remember to sign in as a member of Richmond Junior Chess Club. If you have not joined our Read more
The next online Inter-County Team Battle starts at 6 p.m. on Monday, 2 Jun 2025. Please join using the following link: https://lichess.org/tournament/g8A4giRi. Remember to sign in as a member of Richmond Junior Chess Club. If you have not joined our Read more
The Richmond Christmas Blitz made the national newspapers. Respected chess journalist, Leonard Barden, writes in The Guardian: England’s youngest ever GM, 15-year-old Shreyas Royal, is the top home seed [at the annual Hastings Masters tournament], while a likely candidate for Read more
The annual Richmond Christmas Blitz took place on Saturday, 21st December, in the Sports Hall at Orleans Park School. 112 players took part, all had a great time. Several super-stars took part, including England’s number 6, GM Shreyas Royal, England’s Read more
The next online Team Battle is on Monday 2nd Decdember from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The time control is 5+3 (5 minutes per player per game plus 3 seconds per move). Please sign up at: https://lichess.org/tournament/kYHoJfHc. Remember to join the Read more
Dear Parents, The next Online County Team Battle – the 56th – is on Monday 5th August, from 6pm to 7:30 p.m. To join the tournament, please join via the link: https://lichess.org/tournament/CN4re2Hc. Our team is of course, “Richmond Junior Chess Read more
Last month we came second to Kent in the 54th Inter-County Team Battle. The team rankings and scores were 1. Kent 192 points, 21 children; 2. Richmond 151, 21; 3. Warwickshire 143, 20; 4. Sussex 142, 20; 5. Essex 127, Read more