Welcome to Ealing Chess Club's Website
We are a friendly & social chess club who try and provide a friendly and competitive environment for chess lovers of all abilities. We are one of the longest established clubs in London, having met weekly since 1885.
Currently our club night is Thursday evenings from 7:30pm.
Our Home venue is the upstairs function room at the in the Harvester pub in Boston Manor, Ealing.
The venue is a great pub serving good food & cheap beer. The pub has a large carpark and is well served by public transport being just a five minute walk from Boston Manor Tube & having the E8 bus stop right outside. A Map can be found here
New Members (from Grandmaster to beginners!) are always welcome. Feel free to just pop down on a Thursday, or even better, give the new members co-ordinator a call or email first and we will do our best to ensure there will be a member of the same standard around to give you a good game or two!
Latest Match Reports
18 May : TVL1 v Staines 'A' (H) W: 5.5-2.5
In the final match of Ealing's 2009-10 campaign in the Thames Valley league, Ealing's first team defeated a very reasonable Staines outfit headed by David Okike. Staines expect to finish third in the league but Ealing can claim to be runaway champions this season with 12 points from 14 games.04 May : MDX1 v Hackney '1' (A) W: 4.5-3.5
A Good Away Win29 Apr : MDX1 v Hackney '2' (H) W: 8.0-0.0
A win 8-0 by default as Hackney didnt bother turning up!29 Apr : TVL2 v Harrow 'A' (A) L: 1.0-6.0
A heavy loss but the team narrowly avoid relegation22 Apr : MDX2 v Albany '1' (H) D: 4.0-4.0
Latest News
The President's Simultaneous
Created:02 Sep 2010 by: David EbbettJohn Quinn, our president and a former British under 21 champion takes on challengers on Thursday September 9th starting at 7.45pm. Yes, it is mainly for Ealing club members but traditionally we have accepted outsiders who might be thinking about joining us or newcomers just looking for a good game at a chess club.
As always at Ealing it is a free event and a great opportunity to gain experience facing a strong player.
...moreEaling Lightning Tournament Results
Created:27 Aug 2010 by: David EbbettOn August 26th 2010 Veljko Stanisic claimed his fifth win in our annual lightning tournament. Jason Obihara was the champion in the under 160 graded category and Alastair Johnstone and George Zusin were joint champions in the under 130 gradings.
The winners received trophies and the runners-up and third place finishers were given certificates honouring their achievement. Full report and results attached...
...moreCaptains Make Clubs!
Created:16 Aug 2010 by: David Ebbett
We decided at our 2010 Annual General Meeting that if we could find the captains we would field another team in the Hillingdon League bringing our number of teams to eight. Remarkable progress because only six years ago we had only four teams and wondering if we could justify keeping all of them. Ealing has seven captains lined up for the coming season and hopes to recruit an eighth. Our captains are...
September 2010 Programme
Created:15 Aug 2010 by: David EbbettEaling has two special and highly recommended events in September 2010:
9th September 7.45pm - The President's Simultaneous. John Quinn takes on all-comers (no grandmasters please!) at the Harvester.
23rd September 7.45pm - Peter Sowray gives another of his very popular talks at the club.
...moreLightning Tournament - 26th August
Created:15 Aug 2010 by: David EbbettOur Annual Lightning Tournament takes place at the Harvester on Thursday 26th August. Players in our lightning version have ten minutes each and play as many games as they can fit into the evening. Speed around the room is as important as speed at the board!
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