Ringwood Chess Club

Ringwood is a long established and friendly club with one of the best venues in the region. We play in the Southampton, Dorset, and Bournemouth and District Leagues, as well as offering members the chance to play casual games.

We are the nearest chess club to many of the surrounding towns and villages and are well placed to serve Fordingbridge, Verwood, Burley, St Leonards, West Moors and Ferndown.

We are always on the look out for new members, from beginners to experienced league players.
Find out more and how to join.

Rook + a and h pawns vs Rook

A friendly game between Hugo and James S reduced to an endgame with a rook + a-pawn + h-pawn vs ...

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New Room Arrangements from September 2025

Rooms The move to Greyfriars has been very successful for the club. In the last few years, we have been ...

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Ringwood Chess Club Championship 2025-26

The 2025-26 Club Championship is underway.  Is Julian going to hang on to his title, will Tim recapture it, or ...

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Julian wins the 2024-25 Club Championship

With 2.5 /4 Julian Schofield was top scorer in the 2024-25 club championship, and wrested the cup from Tim who ...

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New games from Hugo and Richard O

7/8/25 The are 4 new entertaining games on this site, 2 from Hugo and 2 from Richard Ormesher. You can ...

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How to Improve at Chess

Introduction We’d all like to be better at chess.   As a beginner it is easy to improve as long as ...

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2025 Ringwood Rapidplay Report and Results

Introduction The 3rd Ringwood Rapidplay took place on Sunday 22nd June, 2025. There were two late withdrawals, leaving 62 players ...

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Collaboration with The Regency Chess Company

We were recently contacted by one of the UK’s premier online retailers of chess sets, The Regency Chess Company, who ...

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