Uckfield Chess Club

We meet weekly at the Luxford Centre in Uckfield, club nights are Wednesdays at 7.30. 

Our membership year runs July to June, membership is £15 for adults and £5 for juniors, plus please also contribute £3 (£2 for juniors) per session you attend, unless you decide to pay 6 or 12-monthly, in which case there are discounted rates. Thanks.  

The club meets throughout the year except over Christmas and the New Year in the Tyler Room, on the left after you go in, at the Luxford Centre in Uckfield.  You will always get a game.  It's 7.30pm to 10.30pm for adults though we normally get there about 7.15 pm when you can help set up and Junior members normally pack up about 9 pm, though later is OK too. If there is no-one there when you arrive, we will be there soon.  Get some chairs out!

The Luxford Centre  remain cautious of covid because their members are over 55's and instructions for hirers are that sanitiser should be used on entry (and we supply some too). We will not use the kitchen except for matches as that would require another level of cleaning to be carried out. 

All standards are welcome, from beginners to experienced players, any age, and we run a number of internal club competitions as well as playing lots of friendly games.  There's normally a fair level of chat, so we don't take it too seriously, except on match nights when you need to be quiet.  

We entered two teams in the Sussex League in 2025-26 and narrowly missed out on promotion in both. We also entered a team into the Junior Rapidplay league. Perhaps most exciting of all, we won the 2025-26 Knockout trophy! 

Full details on our league endeavours here.

Latest Sussex Chess News (featuring a couple of articles from Brian) here: 

We also have an online club on chess.com, playing against teams from around the world.