Club Nights

Practice your board vision with some simple exercises: Follow the moves from your favourite opening, identify hanging pieces in a given position, and try to chase down a Bishop using … Continue reading "Blindfold Chess!"

9 rounds of 5+2 blitz. ECF membership not required. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/T5bGBRwc53vb7jDJ8

June is LGBTQ+ Pride month, and with diversity and inclusion at the very heart of Hammersmith Chess Club's ethos, we are very excited to celebrate with a big team tournament! … Continue reading "Hammer Celebrates Pride!"

The final round of our annual series: 9 rounds of blitz chess with a twist! 10 minutes to be shared between the two players... the stronger you are, the less … Continue reading "Hammer Handicap Blitz – Round 7"

5 rounds of 10+5 rapid. ECF membership required. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/X5JR33gHEHXq79FE8

We are delighted to welcome our first team player, Rob Taylor, who'll be presenting a training session on the Morra Gambit, and its various trap lines.

This will be Hammersmith's first General Meeting as a charity. Please do join us at the start of the Monday club night for a 20 min update on: charity-related changes … Continue reading "Hammersmith General Meeting"

7 rounds of 3+2 blitz. ECF membership not required. Sign up here. We will be welcoming our friends from Lübeck Chess Club of 1873 on a return visit to our … Continue reading "Hammer ECF-Rated (3+2) Blitz feat. Lübeck Chess Club"

A blitz tournament to sit alongside the football World Cup. Each player will be assigned a country, with group and knockout stages. Teams knocked out before the semi-finals will enter … Continue reading "World Cup Tournament"

We are honoured to welcome Grandmaster Daniel King. He will be presenting awards for the 2025/26 season, and announcing and showing our Game of the Season.