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The 2026 Keith Richardson Memorial Tournament was held on Saturday 26th Sep at Camberley Chess Club. Keith was a valued club member from the 1970s, an International Correspondence Grandmaster and very well known in the English chess community. He played for the club right up to his death in 2017 …

The club hosted an ECF rated Junior Blitz tournament yesterday, featuring 9 junior members, including several taking part in their first competitive event. The 5‑minute + 3‑second increment time control produced fast, tactical games and tested everyone’s ability to handle time pressure. Despite a few dramatic time‑trouble finishes, the event …

Whether you’re dropping into our Thursday club nights at Heatherside Community Centre or joining us on Sunday afternoons over at Pine Ridge Golf Club, you quickly realize what makes Camberley Chess Club tick. It’s an easygoing, welcoming environment where players of all abilities thrive. As the club’s New Member Officer, …

We had 32 players at our latest Open Blitz tournament. We were pleased to welcome 17 non-members. As usual it was played in our spacious community centre hall with the large projector screen used for pairing and results throughout the 6 rounds. There was a large variation in player strength, …

Camberley Chess Club members enjoyed a memorable evening on Thursday when leading club member FM Jon Ady gave a simultaneous display against 17 opponents. Taking on all 17 players at once, Jon circled the room continuously, making a move on each board before returning for the next round. Simultaneous displays …

The 2026 Rapid Tournament was held over three successive warm July Thursday evenings. There were 22 entrants, although many were not able to play all rounds due to holidays. Above is the start of round 1. Our 2025 Rapid Champion, Jon Ady started strongly winning his first 3 rounds, as …

Camberley Chess Club had one of our most successful seasons ever in 2025-2026. The above photo shows some of the Haselmere Trophy winners celebrating one of several league/cup wins. Thanks to all the team captains and players for contributing to a most enjoyable season of chess! Below are reports from …

The annual club blitz championship was held on May 14th. Janaka said “Congratulations Simon. Thanks for the organisers and special thanks to Thomas, Daniel and Steve. Fantastic tournament and I had the best chess day in my life. The most noticeable thing in the whole tournament is the energy and …

The Amateur Chess Organisation (ACO) 2026 World Championship was held in Kos, Greece in May 2026. The whole event was fabulous. It combined a friendly well organised chess tournament, with all the benefits of staying at a luxury 5 star all-inclusive hotel in Greece in May. One of the features …

Camberley entered two teams in the latest in this series of Rapid tournaments, organised by Peter Hornsby in aid of Oxfam. Once again, the event was hosted by Eton College in impressive and historic surroundings. Our A team (Jon, Martin, Aditya and Steve) were the reigning champions from the last …

On the last Thursday club night before Christmas 2025, we ran a fun Chess960 tournament. It was 6 rounds, 5 minutes each player with no increment. Unlike previous years, castling was allowed as per Chess960 rules. Games were unrated and not to be taken too seriously! Each rounds pairings were …

Last Saturday several members of the club played in 2nd University Of Reading Rapidplay. The last one was only in March, despite feeling like it was last year. Nevertheless we scored some great results and thoroughly enjoyed every moment of the day. In the Open, we had FM Jon Ady …