Sheffield Chess & Education Centre

21/09/2026

Our opening times for this coming week 🙂♟️

13/09/2026

We had an amazing start back last week with a small awards ceremony for our 2026 players of the month. Here's a few pictures showing some of our amazing juniors receiving their award slates.

13/09/2026

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The chess market has grown exponentially in recent years fuelled by a wave of celebrity interest.

08/09/2026

A reminder that we are running our 7th Sheffield FIDE Blitz Competition on Thursday. Please drop us a message if you are interested in coming, entry fee payable on the evening. More information is available here: https://sheffieldchesscentre.co.uk/enter?event=34

07/09/2026

We're back to normal this week but first, we shall be holding a special awards event at the start of this evening's session. Celebration photos to follow!

04/09/2026

Setting up for one of this weekend's events and Chris appears to have gotten distracted making things look pretty!

03/09/2026

Popping a notice here to say we are closed this evening as we've had quite a few messages today to ask if we're open or not - we have a very busy weekend coming up with the ECF Blitz Qualifier on Saturday (https://www.englishchess.org.uk/2026-uk-open-blitz-championships-entries/) and our Fast-Classical Tournament on Sunday (https://sheffieldchesscentre.co.uk/enter?event=30) both of these events are still accepting entries if you'd like to join!

02/09/2026

There's still time to enter for this on Saturday... 2026 UK Open Blitz Championships qualifiers – English Chess Federation https://share.google/p8JisA9GK1RYQX83K

26/08/2026

♟️ Fast Classical Chess Tournament – Sheffield Chess & Education Centre
5 rounds | 40+20 | ECF & FIDE rated
🗓️ Sunday 6th September ⏰ 10am start
Open to players of any ECF rating provided that you do not have a FIDE rating of 1800+.
Enter now: https://sheffieldchesscentre.co.uk/enter?event=30
Don’t miss your move. ♟️