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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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.

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Latest news

Guildford Summer Tournament

GST 2024: final report

The tournament is now finished. Thank you to all the players who took part. Congratulations to the section winners, who each become club champion for their section for 2024:
Open – Gwilym Price on 6.5/8
Minor – Sean Sussex on 7/8.

A total of 59 players entered the tournament, which sets a new record.

Tags: July 2024

Guildford Summer Tournament

GST 2024: Round 2

Round 2 took place tonight. As before, the results mostly went the way of the rating in both sections. In the Open, 7 players share the lead on 2/2. In the Minor, 3 players share the lead on 2/2. Expect to see some heavyweight clashes next week.

The tournament numbers increased to 57 with one further entry to the Open from next week onwards.

Tags: June 2024

Guildford Summer Tournament

GST 2024: Round 1

There was a late flurry of entries bringing the total to 56 (Open 41, Minor 15). This is a new record. Setting the upper limit of the Minor at 1550 seems to have achieved the aim of bringing members of the Beginners' Group into competitive tournament play. Well done them.

In both sections, the results very much went with the ratings. Although this is less meaningful in the Minor where more of the ratings are estimates. The last game in the Open did not finish until 10.30pm. One of the most heartening features of the evening was the beginners' post-match analysis in the downstairs room with Seb Galer, Peter Hegarty, Sean Sussex and others.

Tags: June 2024

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

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