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

SBL D2: Farnham B v Guilford B

Guildford B opened their Border League Division 2 campaign with a 2.5–2.5 draw away against Farnham.

James Toon had a heavyweight draw with Clive Frostick on board 1. The players followed mainline Neo-Catalan theory for quite a while. James had some pressure but Clive defended well and in the end James had nothing better than liquidating to a drawn ending.

Julian Shepley lost quickly on board 2 to a kingside tactic.

Tim Foster developed strong central pressure on board 3, forcing a pawn to d7 and winning the exchange to force resignation.

Alex Thompson had a tragi-comic game on board 4. He played well to reach a better major piece ending, then traded down to a winning rook and pawn ending, then exchanged rooks to reach a pawn ending where his opponent found a drawing resource. He then went wrong in a difficult position and lost.

Neil Crosswell's opponent on board 5 seemed to be holding until the middlegame but overlooked a finesse and lost a piece, after which the ending was easy.

We outrated them by a quite a lot on average, so maybe this was one that got away.

Contact us

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