The 2019 annual Hammer jolly to foreign shores commences this weekend! We’re heading East - to Wroclaw, Poland 🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🔨🔨🔨♟♟♟ #wroclaw #poland #hammersontour

Hammers on Tour 🔨🔨🔨 #wroclaw #Poland #polski 🇲🇨

What faces a new team in Division 4 of the London Chess League (Lewisham Chess Club London Chess League Andrew Craig): wp.me/pBfTB-2v3

Wood Green, we’re coming for you! Battersea cap stellar London Chess League season with best finish since WW2 broke out #playchessinlondon batterseachessclub.org.uk/wood-green-bat…

HUGE night at the Summer League in Battersea. A full house, plus special guests from Lübeck Chess Club too 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪 #IchBinEinLübecker

Tonight we have visitors from Germany - a team from the Luebecker Chess Club 1873. It is one of the largest chess clubs in germany with over 200 members #summerchess

4.7 AGM of London Chess League 7pm in Citadines Hotel, Holborn. The indefatigable Brian Williams is retiring soon after many yrs of selfless volunteering to keep the league running; volunteers are urgently needed. All clubs who play in LCL should be there to vote londonchess.org.uk/main.php

BREAKING: momentus news coming out of the London League AGM last night... All games move to 75 minutes with a 15 sec increment. Adjournments are dead & buried* 🎉🔨🔨 *unless both players agree to Slow Play format HUGE progress & thanks to everyone who has helped lobby! 👍🏼

el gran senor Simon Williams 2278 players are registered to play in the London Chess League It was 2079 for the previous season and 1921 for the season before that. 2379 different players have played since 2011 when detailed records began.

The final numbers are in. Wanstead are the only mover at this stage, but the final roll call looks as follows: 1. Hammersmith Chess 2. Battersea Chess Club ♞♜♛♚ 3. Hackney Chess Club 4. Wanstead & Woodford 5. Athenaeum 6. London Metropolitan Chess Club 7. Cavendish 8. @KingsHeadchess 9. Streatham 10. Greater London Chess

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Hammersmith also follows a very strict dress code! 😄

Hammersmith currently 3.5-1.5 up against the UK Parliamentary Chess Club. Official opening ceremony has Andy Slaughter MP. playing e4 against Hammersmith Club Secretary, Adam Cranston.

Hammersmith Wins! Despite being heavily outrated against a team with 7 GMs, our heroes defeated Wood Green 4.5-3.5 in a thrilling match! A truly historic night for London Chess with a result that finally breaks what must be one of the longest undefeated streaks in history!

More good news, this time from our London League team. In other LL news, Hammersmith beat Wood Green. Does anyone know when WG last lost a LL match?

Breaking News!! 🚨 Hammer continues to break new barriers in chess - where none thought possible! 🤩 After the amazing win by Richmond & Twickenham Chess Club against us in the Eastman cup knockout competition, the team rallied and are the first club to beat Wood Green in maybe 15 years?! You

Not quite names in lights, but great to see the significance of our result last week 👍🏼 well done to all involved, and of course Malcolm Pein Malcolm Pein The Telegraph

My girlfriend just asked me if I'm planning to play chess until I'm in my 40s or something. Girl, how do I explain this game to you...

🚨Pleased to say that Hammersmith has opened an account on Bluesky. 🚨 We will be posting to both accounts for the time being, and will review the long term plan soon. We would be delighted if our friends and followers on this platform joined us! bsky.app/profile/hammer…