Richmond Junior Chess Club, Orleans Park School, Richmond Road, Twickenham (2026)

11/06/2026

Summer Camp 2026 will be held at Orleans Park School on the following dates:

- Week 1: Monday 27 to Friday 31 July

- Week 2: Monday 10 to Friday 14 August

We will have classes for Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced students, with a capacity for about 50 students.

Parents can arrange drop off from 09:00 to 10:00, then we will have classes split by ability from 10:00 to 13:00, a break for lunch from 13:00 to 14:00. Then we will have rated tournaments games and analysis from 14:00 to 16:00. Parents can then arrange pick-up to 17:00 at the latest.

Please use the Summer Camp Registration and Booking Form to register your children, book and to pay for their sessions.
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Summer Camp 2026 will be held at Orleans Park School on the following dates: Week 1: Monday 27 to Friday 31 July Week 2: Monday 10 to Friday 14 August

10/06/2026

As a busy organisation, our staff have commitments which regularly take them to events up and down the length of the country. When that happens, we have a number of staff that we call upon to help out. You can read their profiles here.

Agnieszka Milewska IA

Aga Milewska

Coach (Beginners and Novices)

Our youngest and newest members love working with Agnieszka (Aga for short), who never loses her enthusiasm for teaching those all important basic tactics and strategies (scholar's mate, anyone?)

Make no mistake, though. Aga is an experienced and strong player, having represented both Poland and England, and in addition has FIDE International Arbiter qualification and the National Instructor title for her teaching.

Besides helping at Richmond Juniors, Aga is very busy during the week as a member of the senior management team of the well-known and highly respected Chess in Schools (CSC) charity.

As a busy organisation, our staff have commitments which regularly take them to events up and down the length of the country. When that happens, we have a numbe

05/06/2026

Our Girls Classes will be lead by Afamia Mir Mahmoud, and are aimed at girls from 5 to 14 years of age, who are less confident and may find themselves overwhelmed in a classroom full of livelier, noisier or competitive boys.

Afamia, originally from Syria, was national women's champion 20 times from 1994 to 2014, and drew with Anatoly Karpov, the former world champion, in an exhibition match in 2009. Not only a strong player, she is also an experienced arbiter, awarded the IA (International Arbiter) title by FIDE in 2014. She is also a FIDE Instructor (FI), a title conferred for her work teaching chess, which she does in both the Arabic and English languages.

The dates for our classes in Autumn Term 2026 are:

- September 19, 26

- October 3

- November 14, 21

The Girls Classes will run from 14:00 to 17:00 on those days in Orleans Park School. They will be charged at £10 per session, but will be free to girls who are termly members of the Intermediate Group at Richmond Juniors.
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Our Girls Classes will be lead by Afamia Mir Mahmoud, and are aimed at girls from 5 to 14 years of age, who are less confident and may find themselves overwhelm

05/06/2026

If your daughter is only going to attend the Girls Classes this term, then you will need to complete a Membership Form for her. However, if your daughter is a normal member of the club, you will have already done this, so no need to do it again!

You will then need to make the booking and payment using the form below. The Girls Classes will be charged at £10 per session, but will be free to girls who are termly members of the Intermediate Group at Richmond Juniors.

If your daughter is only going to attend the Girls Classes this term, then you will need to complete a Membership Form for her. However, if your daughter is a n

03/06/2026

We will be hosting Ameet Ghasi, one of England's strongest Grandmasters, on Saturday 4 July. Ameet will give a simultaneous display against 20 of our best young players, on our live boards. Ameet, originally from Birmingham. became British Rapidplay Champion in 2000 (jointly with Richmond Junior's alumnus, Aaron Summerscale), at the age of 13, but then stepped away from chess for a period to focus on his education and early career. From 2011, he returned to chess, became an International Master in 2021, and achieved his final Grandmaster norm and the title at the Norwegian tournament, Fagernes, in October 2024. He currently lives in Teddington.

The simultaneous display will start at 14:00 and should finish by 17:00.
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We will be hosting Ameet Ghasi, one of England's strongest Grandmasters, on Saturday 4 July. Ameet will give a simultaneous display against 20 of our best young

31/05/2026

This has been scheduled for Sunday 14 June 2026, from 13:00 to 17:30, and will be held at Orleans Park School, Richmond Road, TWICKENHAM. TW1 3BB.

Played over 12 boards U14. Plus 4 U14 reserves.

U14 relative to the academic year, meaning that all players will need to have been under 14 at the start of the academic year (i.e. Year 9 or younger)..

The time control in all matches will be 50 minutes per player with an increment of 10 seconds per move made. Each player will play two games, one with the White pieces, one with the Black pieces. In the second round, the Away team players will swap their board 1 for their board 2, their board 2 for their board 1, and likewise swap each successive pair of players all the way to the bottom boards. The games will be ECF rated for Standard Play.

The games will be broadcast live on lichess.

If you are interested in taking part in any of these fixtures, please complete the following short form: Declaration of Interest for Teams U12 to U18.

This has been scheduled for Sunday 14 June 2026, from 13:00 to 17:30, and will be held at Orleans Park School, Richmond Road, TWICKENHAM. TW1 3BB. Played ove

31/05/2026

We hosted Gavin Wall last year for a simultaneous display, which proved highly popular.

Gavin was an International Master, who had grown up in the area and joined Richmond Juniors as a kid and then RTCC - Richmond & Twickenham Chess Club, the local adult chess club. He was a great supporter of both clubs - and Ireland for whom he qualified to represent because both of his parents came from Ireland.

Sadly Gavin died a couple of days after the simul that he gave.

Gavin Wall Memorial Trophy

In memory of Gavin, RTCC has instituted a perpetual trophy, the Gavin Wall Memorial Cup, which will be used for an annual challenge between it and Richmond Juniors.

The inaugural match will take place at Orleans Park School on Saturday 20th June, from 13:00 to 17:30. Two teams of eight players, rated from 1100 to 1700 will played two rounds of FIDE and ECF rated Standard Play, with a time control of 50 minutes per player plus 10 seconds per move.

We hosted Gavin Wall last year for a simultaneous display, which proved highly popular. Gavin was an International Master, who had grown up in the area

31/05/2026

We hosted Gavin Wall last year for a simultaneous display, which proved highly popular.

Gavin was an International Master, who had grown up in the area and joined Richmond Juniors as a kid and then RTCC - Richmond & Twickenham Chess Club, the local adult chess club. He was a great supporter of both clubs - and Ireland for whom he qualified to represent because both of his parents came from Ireland.

Sadly Gavin died a couple of days after the simul that he gave.

Gavin Wall Memorial Trophy

In memory of Gavin, RTCC has instituted a perpetual trophy, the Gavin Wall Memorial Cup, which will be used for an annual challenge between it and Richmond Juniors.

The inaugural match will take place at Orleans Park School on Saturday 20th June, from 13:00 to 17:30. Two teams of eight players, rated from 1100 to 1700 will played two rounds of FIDE and ECF rated Standard Play, with a time control of 50 minutes per player plus 10 seconds per move.

We hosted Gavin Wall last year for a simultaneous display, which proved highly popular. Gavin was an International Master, who had grown up in the area

31/05/2026

The next online Inter-County Team Battle starts at 6 p.m. on Monday, 1st June 2026. Please join using the following link: https://lichess.org/tournament/cEJE0LA5. Remember to sign in as a member of Richmond Junior Chess Club. If you have not joined our online team in lichess.org, please ask to join the team at https://lichess.org/team/richmond-junior-chess-club, and then drop me a line with your lichess handle, and your name in real life, so I can verify that you are associated with us. Our online team battles take place monthly, on the first Monday of every month, from 18:00 to 19:30. You can add the following team battles to your diary already:

DateLink01/06/2026https://lichess.org/tournament/cEJE0LA506/07/2026https://lichess.org/tournament/7NPf3OjT

The next online Inter-County Team Battle starts at 6 p.m. on Monday, 1st June 2026. Please join using the following link: https://lichess.org/tournament/cEJE0

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