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Welcome to the Cowley Chess Club website. We are an Oxford club, with around 50 members and 4 teams which play in the Oxfordshire League. We meet every Monday evening (except for Bank Holidays) at Rose Hill Methodist Church, Rose Hill, Oxford. OX4 4JP (see directions).
New members of all strengths and ages are welcome. The club has an ethos where stronger players are encouraged to help with informal coaching, which is available to all. Monday evenings usually consist of a mixture of social games and coaching in one room, and league chess in a separate room. Cowley has four teams, one in each division of the Oxfordshire League, to cater for all members who wish to play competitive chess. The 1st team regularly challenges for the division 1 title, while at the other extreme the 4th team exists to give players who are relatively new to the game their first taste of evening league chess. We run an internal club handicap competition, where players receive time bonuses depending on their grade. We also organise large open blitz events, normally every 6 months just before Christmas and mid-summer. Details are posted on this site at the time. |
