Camberley Chess Club membership:
We have two separate types of chess club membership, Online Membership and Over The Board (OTB) Membership. You are very welcome to join either or both memberships.
For Over The Board chess simply come along on a Thursday night to see the club for yourself, play some chess, meet some members with no obligation to join.
Once you have been a couple of times, if you wish, we can discuss Over The Board Membership or if you prefer just to come along whenever you wish, then you can pay as you go with our Casual Weekly Payment.
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.
Details of membership options are below:
Online Membership
We started Tuesday online meetings at the beginning of the UK Covid lockdown in March 2020 to help members keep in touch, learn and enjoy chess more. For the 2021-2022 season we are continuing the Tuesday online meetings. We have a significant schedule of events already lined up, including top UK players from past and present , analysing games, openings, puzzles, endgames, consultation matches, and inter club matches.
To see the event details of some of our top UK players from past and present, click on their name below:
WFM Louise Head, IM Cyrus Lakdawala, IM Andrew Martin, IM Nigel Povah, GM Daniel King, GM Keith Arkell, GM Jim Plaskett, GM Jonathan Levitt, and the UKs top two players GM Michael Adams and GM David Howell
To cover admin costs, develop content and special events, we have an annual Online Membership subscription.
As a 2021-22 Online Member you will automatically receive email invites to all our online events and have exclusive access to videos of key events to catch up on if you wish.
 | Camberley Chess Club 2021-2022 Online Membership £25 |
Camberley Chess Club will automatically email you a receipt and you will be added to our Online Membership for invites to our Online Meetings. 2021-2022 Club memberships runs to 31st August 2022.
Over The Board (OTB) Membership
There are three Over The Board Membership options – Adult, Concessionary, Junior. There is also a Casual Weekly payment option (see below). This is separate from Online Membership (see above).
 | Camberley Chess Club 2021-2022 Over The Board (OTB) Adult Membership £90 | |
 | Camberley Chess Club 2021-2022 Over The Board (OTB) Concessionary Membership £50 | |
 | Camberley Chess Club 2021-2022 Over The Board (OTB) Junior Membership £25 |
Camberley Chess Club will automatically email you a receipt and you will be added to our Over The Board Membership. 2021-2022 Club memberships runs to 31st August 2022.
The concessionary rate applies to members who also play for another club in the Berkshire League or Surrey Border League.
Over The Board (OTB) Casual Weekly payment
There are two Casual weekly payment options – Adult and Junior. This is separate from Online Membership (see above).
 | Camberley Chess Club 2021-2022 Over The Board (OTB) Adult Casual Weekly Payment £5 | |
 | Camberley Chess Club 2021-2022 Over The Board (OTB) Junior Casual Weekly Payment £2 |
Camberley Chess Club will automatically email you a receipt for your weekly payment.
Membership can also be paid by bank transfer:
Please use the bank details below and then email your name/membership category to payments@camberleychess.co.uk
Camberley Chess Club, Sort code 207858, Account number 20405027, Reference “your name”
English Chess Federation (ECF) renewal
In order to play for Camberley Chess Club Over The Board, you will need to register or renew your ECF membership during August each year, with them at https://www.englishchess.org.uk/
New ECF Ratings list
https://www.ecfrating.org.uk/v2/new/list_players.php
ECF List of players for Camberley Chess Club
https://www.ecfrating.org.uk/v2/new/list_players.php?club_code=2556
Camberley Chess Club Champions
| Year | Club Champion |
|---|---|
| 2007 | Andrew Hammond |
| 2008 | Peter Tart |
| 2018 | Alfredo Barquin |
| 2019 | Colin Purdon |
| 2020 | Julien Shepley |
Outstanding Player of the Year Award
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Martin Sommer |
| 2001 | Ian Duvall |
| 2002 | Sam Williams |
| 2003 | Edward Devonshire |
| 2004 | Catriona Meechan |
| 2005 | Morris Walters |
| 2006 | Gordon Birch |
| 2007 | Catriona Meechan |
| 2008 | No Award |
| 2009 | Abhishek Verma Kumar |
| 2010 | Neil Bridge |
| 2011 | Kumar Dixit |
| 2012 | Martin Wallman |
| 2013 | David Hemmings |
| 2014 | No Award |
| 2015 | David Thomas |
| 2016 | Peter Tart |
| 2017 | Paul Sloane |
| 2018 | Martin Wallman |
The Chess Club’s Child Safeguarding policy can be viewed by clicking the link: Camberley Chess Club Child Safeguarding policy
The Chess Club’s Constitution can be viewed by clicking the link: Camberley Chess Club Constitution
The Chess Club’s Privacy Policy can be viewed by clicking the link: Camberley Chess Club Privacy Policy
