Guildford Chess Club

Welcome to our world!


We aim to provide a safe and secure inclusive environment for all chess players to play and learn about chess.

We are one of the strongest chess clubs in the UK, with over 50 regular adult players and 100 juniors in membership, spanning the complete ability range from beginner to expert.

We currently field 20 teams across four leagues – the Surrey League, the Surrey Border League, the 4 Nations Chess League and the 4NCL Online. Some of our members also play for Surrey County teams and have represented England at both Junior and Senior levels.

Our regular club night is at 7.30pm on Mondays night for adults (earlier for juniors) from September to July at the Guildford Institute on Ward Street – we're closed in August and on Bank Holidays.

We encourage all our members to participate in the life of the club in some way.

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How the site works

Access to everything on the site is via the Navigation menu at the top of the page. Move the cursor over each item to reveal a drop-down menu with links to all the pages.

  • About – our constitution, contacts, gallery, history, library, membership, privacy policy, roll of honour, and safeguarding policy.

  • Activities – our calendar, coaching, junior club, league chess, and tournaments.

  • Directory – chess advice, games by club members, and links to the outside chess world.

And below on our home page, see our blog with all the latest news about the club.

It's easy to contact us. There's a contact form below for adults, and a contact form on our Juniors page for juniors.

Click on the club logo on the top left to return to the home page.

Latest news

Guildford FIDE Congress 2024 – Progress report #2

Now just 6 weeks to the start. Here are the latest statistics.

So far we have 81 entries.
  • 44 in the Open (average rating 1993), including 3 IMs.
  • 22 in the Major / U2000 (average rating 1648).
  • 15 in the Minor / U1600 (average rating 1390).
The entries include 27 juniors; 14 members of Guildford; 4 female players; and 18 seniors (aged 50+). These categories aren't mutually exclusive.

As last year, this will be an international event: a total of 12 different FIDE Federations are already represented.

For more details, see the FIDE Congress page on this website or the Chess-Results server.

A number of members of Guildford have agreed to help as volunteers over the congress weekend. Many thanks to them – we could not make this event work without them.

Contact us

This form is for enquiries from adults. For juniors please use the contact form on our Juniors page.