Hammersmith Chess

We believe this result is not an accident, and it reflects the many years of hard work by our volunteers that made our club grow to become the biggest in London. Charlize van Zyl visited us last week and you can watch her tour in FIDE's video below: youtu.be/NxR6mFl9d4E?si=38-w… – at Hammersmith, London

This game was the last to finish, and it meant we won a very tough match that could have gone either way! Well done to all who played

Two calculation lessons taking place tonight! From 6pm, Kishan will take us through "Healthy Calculation for Beginners" At 7:30pm, Gaston continues the trend, with "Calculation Step by Step!" Join us and enhance your calculation skills!

Hammersmith goes National! Our Club has entered the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) for the first time, and this weekend brings our first two matches of the season in a tough Division 4! Currently awaiting for the board pairings, our first opponents: Ashfield 2!

Good attendance at Luke Lau's lecture on counterintuitive decisions!

11 years on this site, but 64 (fitting for a chess club!) years playing OTB! And we're only getting started! Join the biggest club in London and 2025 ECF Club of the Year! hammerchess.co.uk/joining/

Last few days to sign up to our open tournament on Saturday! Info posted below! ♟️⚒️

Another internal match at the Mindsports Centre with Hammersmith 3 facing the newly promoted Hammersmith Juniors 1! London Chess League, Division 3. Watch live! lichess.org/broadcast/hammer…

Two weeks to go until our "Chess on the Thames" Rapid tournament, at the home of Fulham F.C.! More info + sign up on the link below! forms.gle/N2xds76YGb16c9Jo9

We start a new season of the London Chess League with two internal matches! Follow the top boards on lichess from 7pm, or watch our Club Captain's live commentary on twitch.tv/gatofranco90 Good luck to all players!

Hammersmith Chess Club presents "Chess on the Thames", on Saturday 19 September 2026 at Fulham Pier, the home of Fulham Football Club, and with generous sponsorship from chess.com. A 7-round Rapid tournament with a prize fund of £1,000 + £500 Chessable vouchers!

Congrats to the respective winners of the Cup, the Plate and the Cake: Luke Lau (Norway 🇳🇴) Gaston Franco (Argentina 🇦🇷) Daniel Ludlam (Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) Thanks to Joe Francis for the idea and the prizes, and to Adam Cranston for running the tournament!

The World Cup may have ended, but we're running our own extremely complicated version of it at the chess board! Each player gets a country and we go through group and knockout stages, who will win the Hammer World Cup?

We are here for CommUNITY Day! Join us at Ravenscourt Park until 6pm for some games of chess, as well many other activities!

Chess will be present at the @LBHF Community Day, just steps away from our usual venue! Come say hello, play a few games with us and enjoy some of the other activities on the day! 👉 Saturday 18th July, 12-6pm 👉 Ravenscourt Park, W6 See you there!

With the 2025/26 season almost over, Club Captain @GatoFranco90 shares a brief review of our results, as well as announcing our annual Awards Night, with the return of our favourite world-famous presenter… hammerchess.co.uk/2026/07/08…

It's the last week of the League season and we have 3 matches tonight (plus one more on Thursday). Our youngest team, Hammer Cadets, could win their division! Hammer 1 and 4 will also be playing so plenty of teammates to cheer for. Feel free to come watch the games!

An amazing result for our Juniors team last night, against a stronger Charlton 2. Many of the games could have gone either way, it was a tense match! The Juniors are now top of the League (with a few more games played) and a guaranteed promotion!

A fun event last night, trying out blindfold chess with some help from our host Gastón! Have you ever tried playing with either an empty board, or no board at all? Let us know!

Follow the top 4 boards of Hammersmith 2 vs Ealing 1 in the Middlesex League! lichess.org/broadcast/hammer…