Mr Sobel came to Manchester Square Gardens to support Ireland Wood Primary School, a school from his Leeds constituency.

ChessFest 2026 began with three days of outdoor school events in central London.

CSC tutor Hari Neocleous has written a wonderful book about the beauty of chess.

Former tutor Simon Holin is about to embark on a 5-month fundraising cycle ride.

Newby Primary School hosted several local schools for an afternoon of chess.

Our weekly club in east London welcomes players of every standard.

The MP played chess against the prisoners at HMP Wormwood Scrubs and reported on his visit to parliament.

CSC ran a tournament for schools in the Enfield Town Schools Partnership at Suffolks Primary School.

CSC’s end-of-year tournament in Wandsworth was held at Falconbrook Primary and featured 46 players.

CSC ran two days of chess activities at this amazing festival in the heart of Salford.

The EBRD hosted the finals of the Stepney Primary Schools Chess League at their headquarters in Canary Wharf.

CSC organised back-to-back tournaments for primary schools as part of the preparations for the 2026 British Chess Championships.

The first Secondary Mersey League All Play All tournament featured 32 players from 4 secondary schools.

CSC supported teams from three prisons in the recent continental prisons tournament.

CSC organised a chess match between two secondary schools in West London.

Mr Corbyn joined us for chess lessons at St John’s Highbury Vale Primary School in the heart of his Islington North constituency.

Our Merseyside team have a summer of chess activities planned for players of all standards.

CSC’s Teesside team have been busy, organising three tournaments in three days across their region.

Maria Eagle MP supported our girls’ tournament in Liverpool, a partnership between CSC and She Plays to Win.

Warinder Juss MP raised the issue of government funding for chess in a recent House of Commons debate.