Camberley Chess Club – we meet Over The Board and Online
Please check Events page for all the latest meeting details.
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Over The Board meetings
We meet Over The Board on Sunday afternoons from 4pm to 6pm from 8th May to 25th September 2022 at Pine Ridge Golf Club, Main bar area outside or inside, Old Bisley Road, Camberley, GU16 9NX. Free parking.
We meet Over The Board on Thursday evenings 7:30pm to 10:30pm from 5th October 2022 to 27th April 2023 at Camberley Baptist Church Hall, 15 Frimley Road, Camberley, GU15 3EN. Free parking is available close by off Sullivan Road, GU15 3AZ
For Over The Board chess simply come along to see the club for yourself, play some chess, meet some members with no obligation to join.
Online meetings
We also meet Online on Zoom, please check Events page for all the latest meeting details.
We started weekly online meetings at the beginning of the UK Covid lockdown in March 2020 to help members keep in touch, learn and enjoy chess more. We host top players, analyse games, review openings, do puzzles, study endgames, hold consultation and inter club matches. Online meetings are videoed and are listed on our Videos page.
To see the event details of some of our top players, click on their name below:
To cover admin costs, develop content and special events, we have an annual Online Membership subscription.
Please note that we often use photos and videos of our members playing chess or watching zoom meetings on this website, on YouTube or on social media. Therefore please let us know when you join if you do not want your photo/videos to appear.
An Evening with GM David Howell
We were excited to have Grandmaster David Howell as our star guest on 18th May. David is the UK number 2, was this country’s youngest GM at the age of 16, and has been British champion 3 times. He talk us through some positions requiring careful calculations, some games and also left time for some an interesting Q&A session.
Online meetings are videoed and are listed on our Videos page.
The club started in the 1920s. A brief history of the club can be found here.
We are also on Chess.com
You can join us at chess.com at https://www.chess.com/club/camberley-chess-club
We are also on Lichess.org
Join us at Lichess at https://lichess.org/team/camberley-chess-club
To view membership details click here.
Play and enjoy chess Over The Board in Camberley, Surrey and Online from anywhere!
The club welcomes players of all ages, Juniors, Adults, Seniors and of all skill levels. Camberley Chess Club is in Camberley, Surrey, on the border with Berkshire and Hampshire. The club has beginners through to top chess league players and an International Master. The club has multiple teams in the Berkshire Leagues and the Surrey Border Leagues.
The club is in the Surrey Heath Borough area, which includes Camberley, Frimley, Mytchett, Bagshot, Lightwater, Windlesham, Bisley and Chobham.
The Online section of the club has members based all over the world including the UK, USA, Germany, Spain and India.
