Cambridge Junior Chess & Go Club

26/09/2026

Today children attended the Cambridge Go Challenge and competed in the friendly games.

Congratulations to all children who participated, and thank you to the organisers who worked hard to score and offer children the prizes!

We hope children enjoyed the Challenge today :)

If you would like your children to find out more about Go or Chess, please come and join us on Wednesday evening, 5.30-7pm term time. Please visit our website: https://chessgo.org.uk

16/09/2026

The Cambridge Junior Chess and Go Club is starting again this Wednesday (this evening), 16th September 5.30 till 7pm at St Augustine’s, Richmond Road.

The first session will be dedicated to chess teaching. New and returning members are welcome to join at any meeting.

Upcoming tournaments

26th September - UK Go Challenge for all levels under 18s 13x13 games
Milton Community Centre, Coles Lane, Cambridge CB24 6BL
To enter email [email protected]

Cambridge Chess Championships
The club will be entering a team or teams for this year's Cambridgeshire Chess Championship. This is a chess competition between local schools, run over four Sundays. If your school doesn't have a team, you can join our club team. All levels of players are welcome. It is designed so that you play people of similar level. Event info is at https://www.cambridgechess.co.uk/. If you would like to play for our club, please complete this form, ideally before 30 September:
https://forms.gle/SiFq3JnHLSJK2vwR6

Payment
We ask for a payment of £5 per session (in cash or transfer) for each child attending to cover the costs of hall hire and insurance.
There is an option to pay in advance for the whole term, just £40 at present.

Thank you!

08/09/2026

After the summer break the Junior Chess and Go Club is starting the term on 16th September from 5.30 till 7pm at St Augustine’s, Richmond Road.
Upcoming tournaments
26th September - UK Go Challenge for all levels under 18s 13x13 games
Milton Community Centre, Coles Lane, Cambridge CB24 6BL
To enter email cambridgeyouthgo @ gmail . com
Looking forward to seeing you on 16th September! 😁

18/07/2026

There will be two summer Go days in Cambridge on Wednesday 29 July and Wednesday 12 August at the Milton Community Centre, Coles Lane, Cambridge CB24 6BL, each from 9am to 5pm and costing £20 per child per day.

If you are interested and would like your child/ children to immerse themselves in Go for a day, please reply to alexander_rix @ yahoo . com or cambridgeyouthgo @ gmail . com "

Thank you

17/07/2026

This week, we had our last meeting.

Children learned about Oware, a traditional game originally from Ghana and widely played in Africa and Asia.

We also celebrated the end of year with some snacks, cakes and fruits.

Thank you to our instructors, volunteers, parents and children who have attended the club and made the club thrive.

We wish you a great summer break and see you again in September!

14/07/2026

Dear parents and carers,

If you are looking for some fun activities for your children, our last Junior Chess & Go Club meeting of this term will take place on Wednesday 15th July 2026, from 5.30 till 7pm at St Augustine’s, Richmond Road.

There will be no Chess or Go teaching this week but, for a nice change, children will be taught how to play Oware, a game of strategy involving Mathematical calculation and foresight. It is the national game of Ghana, using pits and pebbles, and has been played for thousands of years across Africa and Asia.

After this week, meetings will resume in September a week or so after the start of the autumn school term.

Summer tournaments: If your child would like to take part in a chess tournament this summer there are two tournaments in Brentwood (Essex):

- On Friday 31 July and Saturday 1 August there is a 6 round standard play tournament with two sections (Open & Under 1200) at a rate of 50+10. If you want to play on just one day that is allowed too. Another good opportunity for lower-rated players to get standard play experience.

- And on Saturday 29 August there is a 6 round rapidplay, again with Open and U1200 sections.

For full details of both these events and entry arrangements go to the Events Calendar page of the ECF website and scroll down to the desired date.

10/07/2026

Last week, children learned some strategies in Go.

This week, we had a mini Chess competition then every participant received some prizes and one winner won the medal!

Congratulations! See you next week, our last session of this term before the summer holiday!

29/06/2026

Dear parents and carers,

If you are looking for something fun and educated for your children to do, please bring your children to join our Chess and Go Club.

Our Junior Chess and Go Club meeting will take place as usual this week, Wednesday 1st July 2026, from 5.30 till 7pm at St Augustine’s, Richmond Road.

Go teaching is scheduled for the first 30 minutes and we will encourage all children to participate in the teaching session. After that, they will be free to play games of Chess or Go against other children (or against adult helpers if they wish) and we will do our best to see that everyone has someone to play with.

We ask for a payment of £5 per session (in cash) for each child attending to cover the costs of hall hire and insurance.

Please sign the register at the desk and pay the £5 as you come in unless you have paid for the whole term in advance.

We are still looking for parents to fill the position of Chairperson on the Club Committee and for more helper volunteers. Please let us know if you could take on any of these roles.

We look forward to welcoming you and your child/children at this week’s meeting.

The Club Committee
P/S: Please visit our website https://chessgo.org.uk or contact us via email to be included in the weekly email list.

The Cambridge Junior Chess and Go Club is a club in Cambridge for children to play Chess and Go. These are traditional board games of skill and strategy enjoyed by millions of players worldwide. There is teaching given so children can improve. Occasionally other games like Oware, Shogi and Chinese C...

18/06/2026

Yesterday, we had a mini Go tournament in the club. Everyone who attended got the prizes and one child won the cup! Congratulations!

We hope more children will be encouraged to join the future tournament. It will be great opportunities for children to test their strategy as they compete with other players!

13/05/2026

Please help rescue the Queen. It's black team's turn. Black queen is in danger. Please advise the best move for Black team. Can Black queen really escape?

Our session is from 5.30-7pm at St. Augustine Hall, Richmond Street, Wednesday term time.

Thank you.