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The Battersea Grand Prix – and they’re off!
The Battersea Grand Prix is in full swing – and you can still join the race! There are all kinds of chess…
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Winter Rapids kicks off on March 10 – get your entry in
Battersea Chess Club is pleased to announce the Winter Rapids, the first of our 4-Seasons Rapids tournaments, will take place on March 10…
Battersea Fide Blitz: Sign up now for our first-ever FREE internationally-rated tourney
Fide rated chess is coming to Battersea for the first time with the launch of our new FREE to enter blitz tournament
Return of the Mak! Alex returns to chess with a bang to blitz Battersea
When British R&B star Mark Morrison penned his seminal 90s tune ‘Return of the Mack’, no-one considered he was rapping about Alex Makarov’s return to chess.
Skills to pay the bills! Denis, Drennan and Luca on the money at the British Chess Champs
Battersea flexed its muscles at the British Chess Championships with a series of strong performances and even a chessboxing match – but just missed out on being able to claim another British champ
Blitz R1: Would you Adam and Eve it?
Speed king Adam Bukomjemski blitzed the annual Blitz Tournament last night racking up a near-perfect 12.5/13 to storm into the final at the first attempt.
Spring Rapids: Jonny Pein is first name through to 4-Seasons final
Jonny Pein scored a dramatic final round win to scoop the first “Spring” leg of our new 4-Seasons Rapid-play tournament. The top…
Battersea Spring Rapids: Get ready for our first big tourney of the year!
Roll up, roll up! Spring has sprung and that means we have an exciting new tournament format for you. Aldo, our man…
Sambrook’s Chess Up in a Brewery: Blair finds the right brew
It was billed as “El Chess Up in a Brewery” , a planned match to continue the friendly rivalry between the two…
It’s KERR-istmas!!! Duncan wins our festive Chessmas Rapids tourney
Duncan Kerr put the “Kerr” in Christmas last night as he unwrapped the opposition in our festive rapidplay tournament. Duncan was the…
Introducing the Four-Season Rapids: Our new internal
So the internal tournaments are going to be given a bit of a shakeup for 2019. The subject of today is the…
Battersea’s big night! Stars of chess world descend on club for Chessable meet-up
It was as big a night as we’ve ever held with 12 International Masters, five Grandmaster and a host of well-known faces…