West London Chess Club
Next meeting: Wednesday 16th July 2025 at 7:30pm.
Venue: The George & Devonshire, 8 Burlington Lane, Chiswick, London W4 2QE (see map).
Agenda: Casual and friendly games. New members welcome.
About the club
West London Chess Club was founded in 1893, as such we pre-date the formation of the English Chess Federation. Historically, we have been and continue to be affiliated to Middlesex County Chess Association (MCCA). Our club welcomes and caters for players of all abilities. Members can play competitive games for our teams in the Central London, Hillingdon and Middlesex leagues or social/friendly games for general improvement. Should they be interested they can also consider representing one of the county teams. The club match venue is the impressive Chiswick Town Hall, a grade 2 listed building opposite Turnham Green. During the summer months we meet in the relaxed atmosphere of the George and Devonshire pub for some friendly games.
Chiswick Town Hall (see map). Our club match venue opposite Turnham Green.
George & Devonshire pub (see map). Located next to the Hogarth Roundabout is our summertime venue for friendly games.
Club News
- 25th June 2025
West London Chess Club wins the Hillingdon Cup Knock Out competition for a second successive year.
- 8th May 2025
The club wins the Middlesex League Division 2 in style with a perfect score of 14 from 14 games.
- 23rd April 2025
The club finishes top of Hillingdon League Division 1 with 9 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
- 22nd April 2025
The Eastman Cup is won by West London Chess Club against Imperial College.
- 30th December 2024
The club welcomes WGM Lan Yao, British women's champion in 2022, 2023 & 2024.
- 26th August 2024
Congratulations to club stalwart GM Eldar Gasanov, who won the Northumbria Masters tournament, undefeated on 6½/9 ahead of Jonah Willow, Conor Murphy and Danny Gormally, amongst others.
- 5th August 2024
Huge congratulations to our very own Shreyas Royal, who just achieved his third and final GM norm in the British Championship with his final-round drawn game with Michael Adams. At just fifteen years old, he is the youngest ever British grandmaster, beating the previous record of David Howell by six months. Fittingly, he beat David Howell in his individual game in the tournament. We look forward to him continuing to play for West London next season.