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  • Thematic Tactics: The Discovered Attack

    MindSports Centre 21-23 Dalling Road, London, London, United Kingdom

    Join Gastón Franco to learn more about this tactical pattern, starting from the basic concept of how it works and gradually increasing in complexity up to how it's used in Grandmaster games!

  • Hammersmith Women vs Hammersmith Men

    MindSports Centre 21-23 Dalling Road, London, London, United Kingdom

    An end of season grudge match: a battle of the sexes! This will be a rated standardplay match across as many boards as we can muster! Please get in touch via email if you'd like to take part: Women: Ana (surija@mail.ru) Men: Adam (adam1234321@gmail.com)

  • Hammer ECF-Rated (5+3) Blitz

    MindSports Centre 21-23 Dalling Road, London, London, United Kingdom

    7 rounds of 5+3 blitz. ECF membership not required. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/QpVXboudfHTrNE6r8

  • Hammer ECF-Rated (10+5) Rapid

    MindSports Centre 21-23 Dalling Road, London, London, United Kingdom

    5 rounds of 10+5 rapid. ECF membership (bronze minimum) required. Sign-up here: https://forms.gle/wP2sCmm6q2Kt5Yfg6

  • Meet, greet and play the World Champions!

    MindSports Centre 21-23 Dalling Road, London, London, United Kingdom

    Hammersmith Chess Club are World Champions! https://twitter.com/hammer_chess/status/1933866199227498745 Many members of the team will be at the club! Please come along to congratulate them on their victory and test yourselves against them in a simultaneous exhibition.

  • Special Guest Simultaneous Exhibition

    MindSports Centre 21-23 Dalling Road, London, London, United Kingdom

    We welcome a special guest to play simultaneously against a number of Hammers.

  • Hammer Freestyle 9LX GOAT Fischer Random

    MindSports Centre 21-23 Dalling Road, London, London, United Kingdom

    A five-round rapid tournament, in which all of the starting positions are randomised! Please enter via this link: https://forms.gle/etT7oCAQ56mvHszr7

  • Hammer Handicap Blitz – Round 7

    MindSports Centre 21-23 Dalling Road, London, London, United Kingdom

    The seventh and final round of our infamous annual blitz tournament series. The stronger you are, the less time you get on your clock! Enter here: https://forms.gle/dHcwmiwyG1vRa9MSA

  • Hammer ECF-Rated (15+10) Rapid

    MindSports Centre 21-23 Dalling Road, London, London, United Kingdom

    4 rounds of 15+10 rapid. ECF membership (bronze minimum) required. Sign-up here: https://forms.gle/UbuQD7uQeuoBc3qT6

  • AGM

    MindSports Centre 21-23 Dalling Road, London, London, United Kingdom

    Please join us for our 2025 AGM - a chance for members to hear about everything going on at the club, and to provide any feedback to the committee.

  • The French Revolution: Pawns are the soul of chess

    MindSports Centre 21-23 Dalling Road, London, London, United Kingdom

    A quote by François-André Danican Philidor, the best player of the 18th century, who could only play by giving pawn or piece odds to his opponents and influenced his successors: Deschapelles, La Bourdonnais, Saint-Amant... Back then, pawns were only used as fodder to open lines, such as in the King's Gambit. A revolution was needed … Continue reading "The French Revolution: Pawns are the soul of chess"

  • Hammer ECF-Rated (10+5) Rapid

    MindSports Centre 21-23 Dalling Road, London, London, United Kingdom

    5 rounds of 10+5 rapid. ECF membership (bronze minimum) required. Sign-up here: https://forms.gle/twgtcDwiAcBNDKRf9