Our October pages are at the printer! Inside, John Henderson explores the Bletchley Engima, Michael Adams annotates, Wesley So wins the Sinquefield, Tay Junior presents a line against the French, and Malcolm Pein gets to grips with #fidegrandswiss and Freestyle! #chess

Tournament organiser John Foley (right) hands Peter Large his prize (the customary box of chocs) for winning today's All Saints Blitz. Two new tapestries of Anglo-Saxon kings crowned at Kingston form the backdrop. Only one tapestry remains to add: Ethelred, who is still not ready

Some of the Key Stage 2 children enjoying Chess Club. It would be amazing to see even more children joining in next Thursday as we’ll have a chess teacher running the club. ♟️♟️Mab Lane Primary Sch Chess in Schools Merseyside Chess in Schools and Communities

We are so excited to join John Foley and hari_neo from The Gambia ! ♟️🇬🇲 Chess is such a fun and powerful way to explore maths concepts and develop problem-solving skills. We’ll be taking this course, and we invite everyone curious about maths and learning to join us too!

New term, new classes, new lessons to learn. Liverpool College!.. a busy after-school club, learning all about the pawns.. thanks to the Culture Liverpool gift of Chess provision 😎❤️♟️Legacy effect of the Championships English Chess Federation (ECF) Liverpool City Council Malcolm Pein Chess in Schools and Communities

Join John and Hari THIS WEEKEND to explore rich maths task activities that can be used in maths or chess lessons, chess clubs, in group work and 1:1 tutoring sessions. ⏰4-5 October 2025 👉More info and Registration: edu.europechess.org/teaching-mathe…

Another fantastic session with Chess in Schools and Communities this week. It’s great to watch the progress our students (& staff) are making! ♟️ #ThisIsAP

The King In The North Archery & Chess centre proved to be an excellent location for our Wakefield CSC Tutor Recruitment day at the weekend. CSCYorkshire was there too!

Bristol, Liverpool, London and an online CPD Twilight session; find out more about our CSC Recruitment and Training events via the link. chessinschools.co.uk/training

Another weekend, another chess tournament.

'Win with humility, lose with grace, and do both with dignity.' Judge with your eyes open. What is happening to chess?

CSC Tutor Training Days are for prospective CSC tutors and any non-school staff interested in teaching chess to children. There will be a tour date in Newcastle. Saturday 1 November is the date and further details can be found via the link. chessinschools.co.uk/training/tutor…

Excellent turn out for chess club today. Year 8s taking on the year 10s! 💪🏼 ♟️ Tonyrefail Community School TonMiddleSchool Humanities and Social Sciences Chess in Schools and Communities

Looking forward to hosting our annual Secondary School Chess Competition tomorrow TMBS ECF Schools Chess Chess in Schools and Communities Good luck to all of the school’s involved Manor High School Brockington College Lutterworth High Brook Mead Academy Leicester Grammar School Loughborough Grammar School

We’ve been putting our gifted 3D printer to use! Look at these chess pieces we’ve created for our weekly sessions with Chess in Schools and Communities ♟️ #ThisIsAP

The Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Paul Dimoldenberg kindly hosted a tournament for Westminster schools in his magnificent offices overlooking Buckingham Palace. Find the full report via the link. chessinschools.co.uk/news/westminst…

At 88, my dad just won a cup and a cash prize in a chess tourney! 🏆 Age really is just a number! And yeah, my son came 2nd, passing 2000 FIDE for the first time! What a day for the family! ♟️🔥

Our training team has had a busy few days, running courses across England for people who want to teach chess in schools. A full round-up of recent activity can be found on our website. chessinschools.co.uk/news/tutor-tra…

Do you know the history of the London Chess Classic? Organised and delivered by Chess in Schools and Communities, it started in 2009 and has been going ever since (with, alas, two gaps for COVID). Who has won the most Classics to date? Follow the link for the answer: londonchessclassic.com/lcc-history

Following on from yesterday's post about recent activity on the recruitment and training front, readers may like to know there are tour dates coming up in Newcastle and London, with further dates to be announced soon. Full details via the link. chessinschools.co.uk/training