@hammerchess.bsky.social
Founded in 1962, Hammersmith Chess Club is the largest & most welcoming club in Greater London. We play in the London, Central London, Middlesex and Thames Valley Leagues. All levels and ages are welcome to visit us at the London Mindsports centre, W6 0JD
The ECF awards have been announced! Congratulations to all the winners. Read all about the winners at englishchess.org.uk/ecf-awards-2...
Photos are of Club of the Year - Hammersmith and Small Club of the Year - Bracknell Chess Club (with the Mayor)
Some of our current and future captains are enjoying their annual dinner!
Then it's time to get ready for the new season! βοΈ
I did get 5/5! π€
29.07.2025 14:27 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Tonight's Duck Chess tournament, featuring 26 players, is well underway!
Top seed GastΓ³n is playing well and looks on quack to win for a second week running. Can anyone stop him?
I showed a famous game at the club tonight, can you guess which one?
Here is the final position, perhaps missing some pawns!
Happy Bastille Day π
#chesspunks
Join us from 7:30pm for the last Handicap Blitz tournament of this season!
Our annual series comes to an end with Thomas Bonn currently leading the cumulative table, will anyone stop him tonight?
I sat next to David Navara at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Teams closing ceremony.
He was very kind, greeting me in my native language simply by having read my name on my badge. And he congratulated me and my @hammerchess.bsky.social team on the prizes we won
I hope he's doing well
We had the pleasure of hosting World Champion WFM Bodhana Sivanandan last night as she gave a simul to 20 of Hammer's finest women, girls and boys!
After 2 and a half hours, she achieved the amazing score of 18.5-1.5!
We hope all participants enjoyed the experience
Congratulations to @hammerchess.bsky.social on winning the U2200 prize at World Rapid and Blitz Teams-the team included Marco Gallana, Tom Villiers, Alistair Hill, Ashley Stewart, Kai Hanache, Gaston Franco, Maria-Alexandra Ciocan, Aryaman Ganguly & Gesneria-Codruta Cepoi. Well done, all!
18.06.2025 10:21 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Someone wasn't watching our games at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Teams! π
18.06.2025 09:38 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Six members of our award-winning team at the #FIDERapidBlitzTeams are now giving simuls at the Club!
16.06.2025 18:51 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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?...
Our team received the U2200 prize yesterday at the #FIDERapidBlitzTeams closing ceremony!
It was an honor to share the stage with so many chess professionals, and we are immensely proud of what our club has achieved!
Our marvelous team has won the U2200 category at the FIDE World Rapid Team Championship 2025!
We scored 11 match points out of 24, improving on our starting rank by 12 spots.
Our Board 8, Aryaman Ganguly, has also won an individual Bronze Medal!
Cracking profile of our club just gone up on YouTube!
youtu.be/NxR6mFl9d4E?...
A packed house for our ECF rated Rapid Tournament!
09.06.2025 18:48 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Our last two Middlesex League matches of the season take place tonight, with Maria's Hammer 1 having a chance to tie for first, while Luna's Hammer 3 faces Harrow 2: winner gets promoted!
Good luck to all!
Monday Puzzle
I'm giving a lecture on Discovered Attacks tonight at my club. The below example might be a bit of a stretch, so I'm sharing it here!
White to play and win, by Rossolimo (1927)
#chesspunks
Three crushing wins for our teams last night, one of which also means we have won the London League Women's Division!
Congrats to our players! ππβοΈ
We have 3 London League matches tonight:
London Women vs Hammer Women
Hammer 1 vs East Ham 1
Battersea Falcons vs Hammer Hedger
Good luck to our teams!
It was a narrow loss in the end (3.5-4.5) but a great effort from our heavily outrated team!
06.05.2025 21:37 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Our crucial match against Wood Green is about to start!
Follow the top 2 boards live on lichess!
lichess.org/broadcast/ha...
We had a GM at the club last night (many thanks @jonathanrowson.bsky.social !), and we can expect up to 8 more tonight when we play our big match against Wood Green - the League Champions of the past 20+ years!
Join us from 6:45pm to support the team and for live commentary of the top games!
Please join us tonight to hear from Chris Skulte on the best player from his country π¦πΊ
Few players have shaped an entire nationβs chess as much as the legendary Australian GM Ian Rogers!
Learn more about his life and games, from 7:30pm
1st team captain Jim Stevenson would like to invite all members to watch our upcoming match against Wood Green, including live commentary by some of our top players!
Please join us on the 6th of May!
hammerchess.co.uk/2025/04/17/u...
Tonight we have two home matches in the Middlesex League. Our live board features Hammer's Cian Ward, who plays Willesden's Tony Fulton with the white pieces.
lichess.org/broadcast/ha...
We have two London League matches at the MSC tonight:
Hammer 1 keeps a 100% score so far, but has a tough challenge against Streatham and Brixton (Division 1)
Hammer 3 will be looking for their 4th win in a row against Wimbledon (Division 3)
Good luck to our players!
With no home matches tonight, pleases join us for an ECF rated Rapid tournament from 7pm!
We do have 2 Central London League matches at Pimlico:
Hammer 2 vs Streatham 1 (Division 2)
Hammer 3 vs Hackney 2 (Division 4)
Good luck to all!
The collab weβve all been waiting for, in a wayβ¦ Hammersmith Chess Club π€ @samfr.bsky.social
Welcome to join us for some wood-pushing anytime, Sam. Pretty sure thereβs a few policy wonks amongst our ranks!
A lot of action for our teams tonight with 4 matches:
Cavendish v Hammer 1 (London League Div 1)
Hammer Juniors v King's Head 2 (London League Div 4)
KCL v Hammer Hedger (London League Minor)
Streatham 2 v Hammer 3 (Central London League Div 4)
Good luck everyone! βοΈ
