Club Nights

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.

5 rounds of 10+5 rapid. ECF membership required. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/sEu65yBLxbLH3s467

Everyone’s favourite two-player chess variant. Enter here. Rules Partnerships must have an average rating < 1600 ECF Entrants must commit to the full event (finishing ~10pm)

5 rounds of 10+5 rapid. ECF membership required. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/ETbuPRjufHF6QJvM9

First team player Tom Villiers reviews this year's Championships, and takes us through some of the games.

Curious what the data actually says about women in chess? We have a special lecture with Anna Parker, an AI student at King’s College London, certified data science associate, and … Continue reading "Women in Chess Through Data"

Luke Lau will take us through a number of games featuring counterintuitive strategic decisions, that will be sure to shape the way we all think about the game.