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Hendon offers a wide range of chess-playing opportunities, for players of all ages and levels. We are proud to have been part of London’s chess community for over 75 years!

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A report on our team chess in 2024-25

4 July, 2025

The Middlesex League is now complete for the 2024–25 season, so here is my annual round-up of our team chess this year.

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Peace at the top in Round 4

27 June, 2025

The leaders were unchanged after Round 4 of the Club Championship. Armaan Nilim and Jonathan Rubeck could not be paired against each other, as they had both had two Whites in a row: they played Black against other opponents.

Both drew, so neither pulled ahead, but nobody else joined the leaders on 3½/4 either: the only other player with a chance of doing so, Ilya Art Vorozhtsov, lost to pre-tournament rating favourite Elliott Macneil.

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Half-way in the Club Championship!

22 June, 2025

We’re now half-way though the Club Championship, with two players on a perfect score of 3/3.

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