Match & Tournament Reports

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 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 …

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 …

Camberley Chess Club were pleased to be able to support the 20/20 Chess Championships at the prestigious Eton College venue. These championships are an unrated team-of-four, 6 round, rapid-play event with no membership requirements with all the net profits going to Oxfam, their chosen charity. The time control was 20 …

The 2025 Keith Richardson Memorial Tournament was held on Saturday 27th 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 …

We had 24 players at our latest Open Blitz tournament including many non club members and juniors. It was played in the spacious community centre hall over 6 rounds at 5 + 3 (five minutes for each player plus three second increment per move). There was a large variation in …

In July we held our annual Camberley Chess Club Rapid Championship, in six rounds over three days, two rounds per day our Champion was decided. Congratulations to our winner, FM Jon Ady! With an impressive score of 5.5/6. Scoring a victory over almost every opponent he faced. Our 2025 Club …

Last Thursday at the club we held our annual blitz championship. An 8-round showdown with levels from local patzer to FIDE Master. The night was filled with upsets, an early champion, some great chess and in standard blitz fashion, lots of flagging. Previous joint-champions Daniel Seaton and Colin Purdon were …

On Monday 19th May 2025, eleven Camberley Chess Club members travelled to Portcullis House in the Houses of Parliament to play the Parliamentary Chess Club. Captained by Peter Hornsby, the club had recently been re-launched following a friendly match between the House of Lords and the House of Commons, which …