4th SCCU/London Club Championship - Results
The popular SCCU/London Club Championship, now in its fourth year, took place at St Luke's Church on Saturday, 21st June 2025.
Our venue can accommodate a maximum of 40 teams and demand was such that all available places were filled well in advance. Unexpectedly, one team had to drop out, leaving insufficient time to invite a replacement from the waiting list.
In the Major, the task of pairing 9 teams over 6 rounds and avoiding byes proved quite a challenge. Nevertheless, Chief Arbiter Alan improvised a successful pairing scheme combining triangular pairings (three teams playing each other over two rounds) and truncated round robins. The two leading teams actually met in the final round to decide the Championship.
Pairing of the Inter (14 teams) and Minor (16 teams) was less fraught as having even numbers allowed normal Swiss pairings.
Photography by Brendon O'Gorman: Photo Gallery
Major (u2100) - 9 teams
- Champions: Kingston - 11 points (W5 D1 L0)
- Runners Up: Richmond & Twickenham - 10 points (W5 D0 L1)
- Full Results: Major (u2100)
Inter (u1850) - 14 teams
- Champions: Hatch End - 11 points (W5 D1 L0)
- Runners Up: Greater London - 9 points (W4 D1 L1)
- Full Results: Inter (u1850)
Minor (u1600) - 16 teams
- Champions: Streatham & Brixton - 12 points (W6 D0 L0)
- Runners Up: Treasury - 9 points (W4 D1 L1)
- Full Results: Minor (u1600)
Best Individual Performance
- Vladimir Li (Kingston u2100, board 3) - 6 game points (W6 D0 L0)
SCCU Jamboree 2025 - Results
The Jamboree took place at Chalkhill Community Centre, Wembly, on Saturday 29th March 2025.
Entry was a little disappointing which can be attributed to an unfortunate clash in date with other events.
U2100 "Beer Pump"
Only two teams entered so pairings reverted to straightforward match over 10 boards, with Essex taking White on odd boards.
1st. Middlesex 5½
2nd. Essex 4½
See individual board results: U2100 "Beer Pump"
U1800 "John Philpott Trophy"
Jamboree pairings were used and team letters were chosen by random draw.
1st. Young Middlesex (C) 7.5/10
2nd. Old Middlesex (B) 4.0/10
3rd. Combined Kent & Essex (A) 3.5/10
See individual board results: U1850 "John Philpott Trophy"
ECF County Championships 2025
The draw for the ECF National Knockout have been made and fixtures are published on LMS at County Championship 2025 Fixtures.
Championships Schedule
24 March – Close of nominations
26 April – Preliminary Round (where required)
10 May – Open, Minor Counties, U1850 & U1450 Quarter Finals
17 May – U2050 & U1650 Quarter Finals
07 June – Semi Finals of all championships
05 July – Finals of all championship sections
Further information, including previous winners, can be found on ECF website at ECF County Championships 2025
SCCU County Championships 2024/25
The winners of the 2024/25 County Championships are:
- Open - Shannon Trophy: Surrey
- Open Runners Up - Stevenson Trophy: Middlesex
- u2050 - Montague Jones Trophy: Middlesex
- u1850 - Aboyna Trophy: Kent
- u1650 - Ebony Trophy: Surrey
- u1450 - Harry Woolverton Trophy: Kent
Final League Tables are available at: 2025 SCCU Final League Tables
Nominations to the ECF County Championships (confirmed entries shown in bold) are:
- Open: 1. Surrey, 2. Middlesex
- Minor Counties: 1. Sussex
- u2050: 1. Middlesex, 2. Surrey
- u1850: 1. Kent, 2. Middlesex
- u1650: 1. Surrey 2. Kent
- u1450: 1. Kent, 2. Essex
For rules and fixture dates of the ECF Final Stages see: ECF County Championship 2024/25
SCCU Jamboree - Saturday, 29th March 2025
Published: 4 March 2025
Entries are invited to SCCU Jamboree in which county teams compete for the Beer Pump (U2100) and John Philpot (U1800) trophies.
Online Entry is available through: SCCU Jamboree Entry Form
The venue is Chalkhill Community Centre, 113 Chalkhill Road, Wembley Park, Wembley HA9 9FX. Close to Wembley Park Tube Station.
Teams comprise 10 players and counties may enter no more than one team per section.
For purposes of eligibility and board order ECF ratings will be from September 2024 and March 2025 lists, respectively.
Rate of play is 2 hours plus 10 seconds per move, the same as SCCU County Championship matches.
A minimum of Bronze ECF membership is required. Games will be sent for ECF standard Play rating and the event and pairings will be listed on the ECF LMS.
Entry is £50 per team
Winners in 2024 were:
- Beer Pump (u2100) - Surrey with 6½ points
- John Philpot Trophy (u1800) - Middlesex with 5½ points
For 2024 Jamboree Pairings and Individual Results see:
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
County Match Fixtures: Season 2024/25
updated: 12 September 2024
Match fixtures for the new season are now confirmed. Below are some useful links:
- Match fixtures 2024/25
- Team Captains
- Match Venues
- County Match Rules
- SCCU County Match Fixtures on ECF LMS website.
Any queries should be forwarded to County Match Controller at