Club Nights

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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"

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

Five rounds of duck chess! Rules and practice: https://support.chess.com/en/articles/8615411-what-is-duck-chess All skill levels are welcome. Please sign up here. See you on Monday!

Siegbert Tarrasch was at his peak #1 or #2 in the world. He is known for his clear, but provocative statements, his principles. Are they still valid after 135 years? YES, they have become integral to the modern chess player's thinking. The 1-hour lecture is mainly addressed to players up to 1800 - because, if … Continue reading "Learn from Tarrasch"

5 rounds of 10+5 rapid. ECF membership required. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/37d3SAJLWJ5k6Tn79