Preston Chess Club

04/11/2025

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/nov/04/young-chess-clubs-london-birmingham

Laid-back clubs proving a hit in London, Birmingham and elsewhere as people look for new ways to socialise

31/01/2025

From Wednesday February 5th onwards we will be playing at New Meadow Street Labour Club. 193-195 North Rd, Preston PR1 1YQ. It is 5 minutes walk from Preston bus station and has a free car park behind - but you must enter your registration number into the machine as you go in. We will be playing in the large function room to the left.

21/12/2024

There will be no chess club on Wednesday December 25th ( Christmas ) or Wednesday January 1st ( New Years Day ). The next Chess Club will be on January 8th in the Holiday Inn Hotel next to the bus station. There is a meeting room upstairs past reception somewhere near the bar area which I have booked to try out.

14/12/2024

Wednesday 18th we will be meeting in Harry's Bar on Fishergate at 7.30pm, which can be accessed via the Bull and Royal and turning left when you get inside. You can park at Jalgos and walk up or on Church st and walk back.

03/12/2024

There will be no Chess Club on Wednesday December 4th because Jalgos is closed. I will put an update here when we know if it is going to open again or if we have to move somewhere else.

27/09/2022

The Blackpool and Fylde annual blitz competition at Preston Chess Club for the Silver Queen trophy. Won by Ben Fearnhead from Poulton chess club

01/04/2022

https://www.lep.co.uk/news/people/chess-has-a-beauty-to-it-putting-the-mate-back-in-checkmate-with-the-historic-preston-chess-club-3631714
Chess club article in the Lancashire evening post.

Chess can trace its roots back some 1500 years, with its origins likely lying in India before it took hold to more widespread effect in Persia before spreading across southern Europe. Today, it’s estimated that over 650m people globally play chess on a regular basis.

25/11/2021

See the web page for meeting and venue details:

We are now playing face to face again on Wednesdays. But occasionally still playing online, for example on Thursday August 12th at 7:30pm. Join the Zoom video conference using this link from a web browser: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/636997508 (Meeting ID: 636 997 508). Play us on lichess at https://l...

19/08/2021

Cake from lathams at Preston chess club

31/03/2020

Playing at Jalgos on Wednesdays at 7.30pm. Just come down if you want to play a game or join us. See home page for updates:

Preston Chess club meet at Jalgos each Wednesday evening at 7:30pm. For full details of our Activities and Meetings see this page. We have teams in The Blackpool and Fylde League and The Central Lancashire League. Each year, in November we organise Preston Chess Congress.