Calendar

Club activities 

Club nights are held on Wednesdays when there is a home fixture or whenever specifically listed below. Unless indicated otherwise, matches start at 7.45pm, other evening events run between 8pm and 11pm. Events in Blue are held at the club, away fixtures are in red.

• Wednesday 13th August - Summer Quickplay, Maidstone 1 v Rainham

• Wednesday 13th August - Clubnight

• Sunday 24th August 2.30pm. Summer Quickplay, Hastings v Rainham

• Wednesday 27th August - Clubnight

• Wednesday 10th September - Clubnight, AGM

• Wednesday 24th September - Clubnight

Online events

The club are running some online activities using Rainham Chess Club on LiChess  which members are encouraged to join. The 'arena' tournaments start at 8pm and run until 9.30pm or 10pm during which time members may join, leave, pause or rejoin an event.

Congress & Events diary

• July 31st - August 10th, 111th British Chess Championships , Liverpool

• August 15th - 17th, 53rd Thanet Congress , Sandwich 

• September 13th, 42nd Crowborough Congress (Rapidplay)

• September 13th -14th, 4th Greater London FIDE Congress, Orpington

• September 27th, 10th Snodland Rapidplay 

• October 2nd, Chess Night at Turner Contemporary , Margate

• October 4th, 5th Greater London FIDE Rapidplay , Orpington

• November 22nd, 1st Medway Rapidplay , Chatham

• December - January 2026, 99th Hastings Chess Congress ,  (details awaited)

• July xx - August xx, 112th British Chess Championships , Coventry