Welcome to our new collapsible accordion Calendar; the same “Calendar” pages with which you are familiar, just a different delivery system. The current month is open by default when you select ‘Calendar’ from the menu bar above and remains in bold lettering even if you close it; makes it easier to spot when you want to re-open it.
To expand a month simply click on its title bar; re-click to collapse. The last month you closed does not regain its background colour until you open another month. You can have as many months or as few months simultaneously expanded as you wish; they don’t have to be consecutive, though you can’t hide intervening months.
Teams abbreviations Key:
LL =London League 1st Team; CLn , Central London League teams; ELn , Essex League teams + Essex Minor League (“ELM”); NCn , North Circular League teams, three Cup Teams: LC1 (NCCL Lawrance Cup);FC2 and FC3 (NCCL Finchley Cup); BTn = NCCL Baum Trophy teams (summer Rapid League);NRn = NCCL U1650 Rapid teams (summer Rapid League);SUN =Sundry Fixtures; Venues See London League page for LL Venues.
Pim = Central venue for Central London League, Churchill Gardens Tenants Association, Glasgow Terrace, Pimlico, London SW1V 3AL
Calendar has been updated to 2026-27. Previous Calendar months are still available on the Calendar Archive page .
The Calendar for the new chess year currently shows many dates which are, at this stage, provisional, pending the setting of other dates outside our control. Those provisional dates are marked with an asterisk *, which will be removed when the dates are confirmed or new dates indicated.
The Calendar necessarily runs from May 2026 to the end of the following chess year (31 August 2027). This is to cover the summer 2026 Rapid events starting with Bonanza Night, on 26 May 2026, then the NCCL team knockouts, played in the League season, which count towards the John Philpott Trophy awarded at the 2027 AGM. Continuing the Calendar to the end of the2026-27 chess year will give an early look at points counting towards the 2027-28 John Philpott Trophy. Look back, look forward.
September 2026 + Date Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Tue 01 2026-27 Opening Night Opening of U1650 Ladder Wed 02 Thu 03 Fri 04 Sat 05 SUN v Hastings A Sun 06 Mon 07 Tue 08 EL1 v EL2 NC3 v NC4 NC4 v NC3 Wed 09 NCCL AGM Thu 10 CL2 v Pimlico 4 Pim Fri 11 Capes Trophy – CANCELLEDSat 12 Sun 13 Wanstead Festival – Christchurch Green, 11am-5pm Mon 14 Tue 15 WW Chess Committee EL Champions v Rest Wed 16 Thu 17 CL1 v OTB 2 Pim Fri 18 Sat 19 Wanstead House Community Association 80th celebration Sun 20 Mon 21 Tue 22 Club Championship R1/9 Wed 23 NC2 v Chingford 2 H Thu 24 CL2 v Kings Head 2 Pim Fri 25 FC2 v Barking 2 H Sat 26 Sun 27 Mon 28 Tue 29 EL2 v EL1 U1650 Ladder Wed 30
October 2026 + Date Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Thu 01 CL1 v Athenaeum Pim Fri 02 80th Anniversary of W&WCC in WH Sat 03 Sun 04 Mon 05 Tue 06 Lightning Championship Wed 07 Thu 08 CL1 v Railsport Pim CL2 v Streatham 3 Pim Fri 09 ELM v Southend MB A Sat 10 Sun 11 Mon 12 NC1 v Barking 1 H Tue 13 EL2 v Brentwood A NC3 v Walthamstow 2 H EL4 v Loughton II H NC4 v Enfield 2 A Wed 14 Thu 15 EL3 v Barking II A Fri 16 Sat 17 Sun 18 Mon 19 Tue 20 Club Championship R2/9 Wed 21 LL v Dulwich 1 SMH Thu 22 NC2 v Walthamstow 1 A Fri 23 Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Handicap Blitz Grand Prix 1/5 Wed 28 EL1 v Writtle A ELM v Thurrock MA A Thu 29 CL1 v Hammersmith 2 Pim Fri 30 EL4 v Southend II A Sat 31
November 2026 + Date Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Sun 01 Mon 02 Tue 03 Knockout R1 Wed 04 EL1 v Witham A Thu 05 CL1 v Galacticos Pim Fri 06 Sat 07 Sun 08 Mon 09 Tue 10 EL2 v Barking I H NC4 v Chingford 3 H Wed 11 Thu 12 LL v Metropolitan 1 MET CL2 v Hackney 2 Pim NC3 v Walthamstow 2 A Fri 13 Sat 14 Sun 15 Mon 16 EL3 v Loughton I H Tue 17 Club Championship R3/9 Wed 18 LL v East Ham 1 SMH Thu 19 Fri 20 Sat 21 Sun 22 Mon 23 Tue 24 EL1 v Writtle H EL3 v Upminster I A ELM v Upminster MA H Wed 25 Thu 26 EL2 v Barking I A Fri 27 Sat 28 Sun 29 Mon 30 ELM v Southend MA A
December 2026 + Date Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Tue 01 Handicap Blitz Grand Prix 2/5 Wed 02 EL3 v Loughton I A Thu 03 EL1 v Barking I A Fri 04 Sat 05 Sun 06 Mon 07 Tue 08 NC2 v Enfield 1 H NC3 v Chingford 3 H EL4 v Upminster III A NC4 v Walthamstow 2 A Wed 09 Thu 10 LL v Metropolitan 2 MET Fri 11 Sat 12 Sun 13 Mon 14 NC2 v Chingford 2 A Tue 15 Wed 16 Thu 17 CL1 v Pimlico 3 Pim Fri 18 Sat 19 Sun 20 Mon 21 Tue 22 Wed 23 Thu 24 CHRISTMAS EVE Fri 25 CHRISTMAS DAY Sat 26 BOXING DAY Sun 27 Mon 28 Bank Holiday Tue 29 Wed 30 Thu 31 NEW YEAR’S EVE
January 2027 + Date Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Fri 01 NEW YEAR’S DAY Sat 02 Sun 03 Mon 04 NC1 v Chingford 1 A Tue 05 Knockout R2/Plate R1 Wed 06 Thu 07 CL2 v London Women Pim Fri 08 Sat 09 Sun 10 Mon 11 Tue 12 LL v Battersea 1 MSC EL4 v Upminster III H ELM v Thurrock MA H Wed 13 Thu 14 NC2 v Barking 2 A CL2 v Pimlico 4 Pim Fri 15 Sat 16 Sun 17 Mon 18 NC1 v Barking 1 A EL4 v Ilford A Tue 19 Club Championship R5/9 Wed 20 Thu 21 CL1 v OTB2 Pim Fri 22 Sat 23 Sun 24 Mon 25 Tue 26 LC1 v Chingford 1 H NC2 v Enfield 1 A EL3 v Upminster II H ELM v Upminster MA A Wed 27 LL v BBCA 1 THP Thu 28 CL2 v Kings Head 2 Pim Fri 29 Sat 30 Sun 31
February 2027 + Date Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Mon 01 EL1 v Barking I H Tue 02 Handicap Blitz Grand Prix 3/5 Wed 03 NC4 v Chingford 3 A Thu 04 CL1 v Athenaeum Pim Fri 05 Sat 06 Sun 07 Mon 08 Tue 09 EL2 v Brentwood H EL4 v Thurrock II H ELM v Upminster MB H Wed 10 Thu 11 CL1 v Railsport Pim CL2 v Streatham 3 Pim Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Mon 15 EL3 v Thurrock I H Tue 16 Club Championship R6/9 Wed 17 EL2 v Writtle A Thu 18 EL4 v Barking III A NC3 v Walthamstow 2 A Fri 19 Sat 20 Sun 21 Mon 22 Tue 23 LL v Greater London 1 GLC NC2 v Walthamstow 1 H NC3 v Enfield 2 H Wed 24 Thu 25 Fri 26 Sat 27 Sun 28
March 2027 + Date Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Mon 01 Tue 02 Handicap Blitz Grand Prix 4/5 Wed 03 EL4 v THurrock II A Thu 04 CL1 v Hammersmith 2 Pim Fri 05 Sat 06 Sun 07 Mon 08 Tue 09 EL2 v Witham H EL4 v Southend II H Wed 10 EL3 v Thurrock I A Thu 11 CL1 v Galacticos Pim Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Mon 15 LL v Albany 1 ALB Tue 16 Club Championship R7/9 Wed 17 ELM v Thurrock MB A Thu 18 CL2 v Hackney 2 Pim Fri 19 Sat 20 Sun 21 Mon 22 NC2 v Barking 2 H Tue 23 EL1 v Brentwood A EL3 v Southend I H Wed 24 Thu 25 Fri 26 GOOD FRIDAY Sat 27 Sun 28 EASTER DAY Clocks go forward Mon 29 Bank Holiday Tue 30 Rapid Championship R1-3/6 Wed 31 NC2 v Loughton A NC3 v Chingford 3 A
April 2027 + Date Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Thu 01 NC1 v Chingford 1 H Fri 02 Sat 03 Sun 04 Mon 05 Tue 06 Rapid Championship R4-6/6 Wed 07 NC1 v Ilford 1 H Thu 08 EL2 v Writtle H NC3 v Enfield 2 H EL4 v Barking III H Fri 09 EL3 v Southend I A Sat 10 Sun 11 Mon 12 NC2 v Loughton H Tue 13 Club Championship R8/9 Wed 14 LL v Athenaeum 1 ATH Thu 15 Fri 16 Sat 17 Sun 18 Mon 19 Tue 20 EL1 v Witham H NC2 v Ilford 2 H EL3 v Upminster II A ELM v Southend MA H Wed 21 Thu 22 EL2 v Basildon H Fri 23 Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 NC1 v Ilford 1 A Tue 27 ELM v Thurrock MB H Wed 28 Thu 29 CL1 v Pimlico 3 Pim Fri 30
May 2027 + Date Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Sat 01 Sun 02 Mon 03 Bank Holiday Tue 04 Handicap Blitz Grand Prix 5/5 Wed 05 EL2 v Witham A Thu 06 EL1 v Basildon A CL2 v London Women Pim Fri 07 Sat 08 Sun 09 Mon 10 Tue 11 EL1 v Brentwood H EL3 v Upminster I H ELM v Upminster MB A Wed 12 EL4 v Ilford H Thu 13 EL2 v Basildon A Fri 14 Sat 15 Sun 16 Mon 17 NC2 v Ilford 2 A Tue 18 Club Championship R9/9 Wed 19 Thu 20 NC4 v Walthamstow 2 A Fri 21 Sat 22 Sun 23 Mon 24 Tue 25 EL1 v Basildon H EL3 v Barking II H ELM v Southend MB H Wed 26 LL v Streatham & Brixton 2 SMH EL4 v Loughton II A Thu 27 Fri 28 Sat 29 Sun 30 Mon 31 Bank Holiday
June 2027 + Date Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Tue 01 Bonanzna Night Wed 02 Thu 03 Fri 04 Sat 05 Sun 06 Mon 07 Tue 08 * Sam Black Blitz Wed 09 Thu 10 Fri 11 Sat 12 Sun 13 Mon 14 Tue 15 Annual General Meeting Wed 16 Thu 17 Fri 18 Sat 19 Sun 20 Mon 21 Tue 22 Wed 23 Thu 24 Fri 25 Sat 26 Sun 27 Mon 28 Tue 29 Wed 30 Club Members’ ECF Memberships must be in force at this date .* Provisional date .
July 2027 + Date Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Thu 01 Fri 02 Sat 03 Sun 04 Mon 05 Tue 06 Wed 07 Thu 08 Fri 09 Sat 10 Sun 11 Mon 12 Tue 13 Wed 14 Thu 15 Fri 16 Sat 17 Sun 18 Mon 19 Tue 20 Wed 21 Thu 22 Fri 23 Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30 Sat 31
August 2027 + Date Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Sat 01 Sun 02 Mon 03 Tue 04 Wed 05 Thu 06 Fri 07 Sat 08 Sun 09 Mon 10 Tue 11 Wed 12 Thu 13 Fri 14 Sat 15 Sun 16 Mon 17 Tue 18 Wed 19 Thu 20 Fri 21 Sat 22 Sun 23 Mon 24 Tue 25 Wed 26 Thu 27 Fri 28 Sat 29 Sun 30 Mon 31
