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/ha...

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/N2xds76YGb16...

Going live in 10-15 minutes with the top boards of Hammersmith 1 vs 2! Watch live on lichess or tune in to my Twitch for live commentary 😁 link below!

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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!

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!

I'll do a stream at 6pm (London) to show some tactics from the recent British Chess Championships. It's for my club @hammerchess.bsky.social so I'll mostly show some clubmates' games, but feel free to watch as well if you'd like! twitch.tv/gatofranco90

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Chess player from Argentina living in London. National Master rated ~2100 FIDE

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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!

Hammersmith Chess Club@hammerchess.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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?

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!

Hammersmith Chess Club@hammerchess.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Chess will be present at the @hfcouncil.bsky.social 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!

Our CommUNITY Day is this Saturday, in Ravenscourt Park! It's our celebration of the people that make the borough great. ➡️Date: 18 July 2026 ➡️Time: 11.00am to 6.00pm ➡️Location: Ravenscourt Park, Hammersmith ➡️Free Entry

Chess will be present at the @hfcouncil.bsky.social 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.bsky.social 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/s...

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/ha...

Hammersmith Chess Club • Middlesex League Division 2: Hammersmith 2 vs Ealing 1

75 min + 15 sec per move | standard | London, UK

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We're up against title contenders Ealing in the Middlesex League tonight, and our Hammer 2 team needs to score to avoid relegation! In the Thames Valley League it's our opponents who are fighting to stay up, we like @richtwickchess.bsky.social very much but we won't make things so easy for them!

The broadcast of my game didn't work well, but I won with a neat and simple trick. White to play! #chesspunks

Hammersmith Chess Club@hammerchess.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Hammersmith vs Hackney is about to start, with a strong visiting team! Watch live on lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/ha...

Hammersmith vs Hackney is about to start, with a strong visiting team! Watch live on lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/ha...

Awaiting for our opponents Kingston B in the Thames Valley League! Games can be followed live on the link below: www.chess.com/events/hamme... Good luck to all!

Beginner session 🧑‍🏫 & social chess 🍻♟️ Our new Beginners' Officer Jenny Mulholland will be leading a session for beginners tonight from 7:15pm Great for any new to chess or still learning the basics, of any age and up to about 800 rating Parents of our juniors are specially welcome!

Following a rather lucky win on Thursday, our first team in the Central London League is uncatchable and will be promoted to Division 1 next season. Well done to those who played!

Four matches across three leagues tonight, including a Hammer 1 v 2 in the Central London Division 2! Our teams are on opposite ends of the table, but we expect a good fight. Anything can happen! Good luck to those playing

A big crowd listening to GM Jonathan Mestel!

Tonight from 7pm we host 3x British Chess Champion, World Chess Solving Champion and Professor of Applied Mathematics, GM Jonathan Mestel! Whether you’re a seasoned competitor, a casual player, or just chess-curious, this is a rare chance to hear from true English chess royalty!

Another day, another match against West London. Some good games once again but the results did not go our way. We'll try again soon!

We put up a good fight against much stronger opposition, but we got knocked out in the Eastman Cup semifinals Congratulations to West London and best of luck for the final match

London und Lübeck haben im 2. Weltkrieg auf besonders tragische Weise gelitten. Daher freuen mich Gesten der Völkerverständigung zwischen diesen Städten immer besonders. Im Sommer kommt Londons größter Schachverein nach Lübeck. #Schach @hammerchess.bsky.social hammerchess.co.uk/2026/02/21/t...

Happy 12th birthday to Supratit Banerjee, the winner of the ChessKid U13 Youth Championship—the future of English chess is bright after 10-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan reached the final with a stunning unbeaten 12/13! www.chess.com/news/view/20...

Supratit Banerjee Stops Bodhana Sivanandan To Win ChessKid U13 Youth Championship

10-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan scored an incredible 12/13 to reach the Final of the 2026 Under 13 ChessKid Youth Championship, but ultimately fell to her English rival Supratit Banerjee 3.5-1.5.

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My National Master title just got approved 😊 I'll have to start playing online and join a TT one day 😂