Trowbridge Chess Club

23/05/2026

I met some lovely chess players in Bath today!

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28/05/2022

Ian Bush describes some experiences of the recent Frome Chess Congress

Oxfordshire is blessed at the moment with a rich crop of talented juniors. Many of you will know that two of them, Jan Murawski and Kenneth Hobson, won their respective sections in the British Junior…

17/02/2022

Nigel Crucefix 1963-2022

It is with immense sadness that Trowbridge Chess Club shares the news of the sudden death of Nigel Crucefix, aged 58.

Nigel joined the Bradford-on-Avon Club (as it was then) in the late 1970s and was always a keen and reliable player. His involvement with Trowbridge Chess club spanned over 40 years. He was most recently at the club just a few days before he died, playing a graded game against clubmate David Weston.

Nigel was a regular player at Frome Chess Congress and more widely in the Somerset and Wiltshire Leagues. He was known to visit congresses a long way from home, just to support friends who were competing.

Nigel was profoundly deaf, a disability he bore with courage and good humour. Inevitably he had difficult moments but he never let his deafness stand in the way of his zest for life and his passion for the game of chess.

Nigel's sense of fun and joy was always on display and he was a caring and active club member, making a huge contribution to all aspects of Trowbridge Chess Club. Nigel will be missed enormously.

For details of Nigel's funeral please contact the club: [email protected]

07/01/2022

You may now sign up for direct emails regarding future Frome Chess Congresses! If we print fewer leaflets this will save trees and reduce Congress costs.
https://mailchi.mp/94471bb7a758/frome-chess-congress-2022-entries-now-accepted

Entry fees above are for ECF Gold members in the Open and Silver members in the other sections. For other entrants an additional charge may apply. There is a £5 discount for Juniors.

07/10/2021

Our website has been updated with our players' new ECF grades for October. See http://www.trowbridgechessclub.co.uk/ #!/grades

The old ECF grades have been replaced with FIDE-style 4 digit ratings.

Trowbridge Chess Club

12/01/2021

New ECF Ratings

Andy 1990
Mark 1923
Tim 1788
Chris 1743
Ilia 1705
Roy 1675
David W 1630
Calan 1413
Sasha 1360
Nigel 1330
Wieslaw 1300
Louis 1248
Ian 1150
Anthony 1105
Bernie 978

02/11/2020

MondayLichess tournament -

A quick last minute reminder that there is a tournament on Lichess tonight, starting at 7pm - hopefully see you there! If you are not yet on Lichess, you just need to sign up (for free) then go to the 'community' page, search for Trowbridge Chess Club under 'teams' then request to join the team. Mar...

16/10/2020

New lichess.org tournaments - https://mailchi.mp/ae2fa1e432f7/new-lichessorg-tournaments

The scheduling of the second round will depend on player feedback. You can join the tournament with this link: https://lichess.org/swiss/I0M9N78y I do not plan to send any more updates via Mailchimp now, as I think most of our members are aware of the online Monday night sessions and how to join. I...

14/10/2020

AGM - Thursday 15th October at 20:00 -

11/10/2020

Monday lichess tournament -

If you have not played with us before then please register at lichess.org and then join our Trowbridge team. You may view last last week's games here: https://lichess.org/tournament/1Y9lAAPd There were many upsets and enjoyable games. Chris Lamming maintained his 100% record and is clearly the pl...