Welcome!

Snodland Chess Club welcomes players of all ages and abilities from complete beginner to Grandmaster.

We are a friendly, welcoming club and we can provide free coaching to take you from beginner to winner! We particularly welcome junior members.

You can e-mail
david_lettington@hotmail.com for more details or just turn up at the club any Thursday evening.

We have teams in Kent County Chess Association and English Chess Federation competitions.


Monday, 17 September 2012

Snodland's KCCA Fixtures 2012-13

Snodland has entered 4 KCCA competitions this year. Our fixture list is published below:

Sunday, 9 September 2012

Snodland go National!


Snodland Chess Club have entered the Four Nations Chess League  (4NCL) Rapidplay competition for the first time ever.

The event will see Snodland compete with the best in the UK for a prize fund of £1000.

Five club members, Matt Bunn, George Hollands, David Lettington, Rob Thompson and Matt Gazes make up the squad for the competition which occurs on 29th September in Milton Keynes.

Four players will play in each round, with one player sitting out. There are seven rounds in total and, in each game, each player will have 10 minutes on the clock, with an additional 10 seconds per move, which is added automatically by the digital timer.

Good luck to the team!

Friday, 7 September 2012

Club Championship to start

The Snodland Club Championship is about to start. We look set to have fifteen players competing for the title of Club Champion (known as the A-league Champion) this year, with the top seed being Matthew Bunn.

The club will also award titles to the Most Improved Player, the B-league Champion, C-league Champion and Speed Chess Champion. Once the season draws to a close we also hold our popular knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.

Good luck to everyone taking part!