We’re a friendly, well-organised chess club serving the Borough of Richmond upon Thames and surrounding areas. We meet at Cambridge Park Bowls & Sports Club, Cambridge Park, Twickenham TW1 2PG, on Thursday evenings from 7:30pm to 10:30pm. There are excellent public transport links as well as a car park on site. More directions here.

We’ve been one of London’s leading chess clubs since the merger of Richmond and Twickenham Chess Clubs to form Richmond & Twickenham Chess Club in 1958. We have many highly-experienced Chess experts who can help you get the most from your Chess. Open this page to learn more about our history.

We provide competitive chess at all levels, including having a team in the prestigious London League Division One and multiple teams in the Thames Valley and Surrey Leagues, playing matches against other nearby clubs. If you’d like to play for any of our teams, you will be able to contact one of our match captains once you are a registered member.

We also provide facilities for social chess at all levels. Every week of the year, even during the match play season (October to April), there will be at least a dozen or so social players, ranging from near beginners to first team stars, there as well.

In addition, we run coaching sessions, occasional social events such as barbecues and blitz tournaments which are open to all our members and friends.

If you have a question you can ask us by either email or WhatsApp. See our Contact page.

If you’d like to join or visit the club, see here.