Next meeting: Friday 3rd October 2025 at 6:20pm.

Venue: Morley College, Room B20, First floor, 61 Westminster Bridge Rd, London SE1 7HT. (see map).

Agenda: London League away match against Morley College.

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 League, Hillingdon League, London League and the Middlesex League 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

• 21st July 2025
  Our very own WGM Elmira Mirzoeva wins the 2025 English Womens Championship. Well done to her. See the article in The Week in Chess


• 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.