Tournament Dates

Published: 5 February 2025

1st East-Kent FIDE Congress

Sat 8th & Sun 9th March 2025

Grand Burstin Hotel, The Harbour, Marine Parade Folkestone CT20 1TX.

This FIDE rated weekend Swiss is a NEW event in the chess calendar.

See    • Photo Gallery    • Tournament information & Online Entry

Guildford FIDE Congress

Friday 25th to Sunday 27th April 2025

University Hall, Stag Hill Campus, Guildford GU2 7XH.

The Open section incorporates SCCU Individual Championship 2025. The highest placed eligible player will be awarded the SCCU Champion title, Glenroy Cup, British Chess Championship qualification place and £100 prize.

Full details, including Online Entry, are available on Guildford Chess Club website.

British Chess Championship 2025

Thursday 31st July to Sunday 10th August 2025.

This year's event is in Liverpool at St George's Hall and Liverpool Holiday Inn.

See https://www.britishchesschampionships.co.uk for full information.

SCCU Website Software Update

updated: 20 January 2025

The webmaster apologies for any difficulties visitors have experienced following the recent update to the website's software. 

At the beginning of January 2025, the website was upgraded by creating a second website configured for Joomla! 5, replicating the original website and swapping domain names.

Moving the location of the website, but still retaining the same domain name, caused problems with the SSL certificate. Fortunately, our web hosting provider was able to quickly identify and resolve the problem once they had been contacted.

The webmaster can again be contacted through email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., which had been temporarily retired to shake off spam and phishing attacks.

County Match Fixtures: Season 2024/25

updated: 12 September 2024

Match fixtures for the new season are now confirmed. Below are some useful links:

Any queries should be forwarded to County Match Controller at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.