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.

The Somerset girls team had great success at the recent national finals, supported by CSC’s Bristol team.

CSC doesn’t stop for Easter - our Yorkshire team were busy organising a children’s tournament at Tang Hall Explore Library.

CSC ran a tournament for secondary schools in Coventry on behalf of the council, part of the build-up to a summer of chess in the city.

CSC ran a very successful tournament for the schools of the Boleyn Trust in east London.

CSC was behind the launch of a new schools chess league in Bristol recently, with schools from across the region taking part.

CSC and Walthamstow Chess Club worked together to create a new chess event in NE London attended by over 150 local children.

CSC was delighted to run a chess tournament for the schools in the constituency of Warinder Juss MP.

CSC ran a schools tournament for ten schools in the amazing setting of the Old Library in London’s Guildhall.

Christmas saw the inaugural Staff vs Students Chess Match at a school in Westminster. Last week the teams met again, with the teachers eager for revenge.

Our Stanmore Library Chess Club has welcomed over 300 chess players through its doors over the past four years. Our volunteer John Ryan reports.

A record 181 competitors took part in the first round of the 2026 CSC Junior Grand Prix, held at South Hampstead High School.

There was a record turnout for our annual primary schools chess tournament in Wrexham this week, organised by CSC tutor Bob Clark.

CSC’s Prison Team joined MPs and members of the House of Lords to discuss the benefits of running chess clubs for prisoners.

CSC teamed up with Colchester Chess Club to deliver a junior tournament at the town hall with the support of the local Mayor and MP.

Five new CSC library chess clubs are set to launch in Liverpool in the first two weeks of March.