Kent Checkmates

Kent Checkmates: 2024 UK & Ireland League and Cup Champions!

The Kent Checkmates welcome all players from Kent or with a connection to the county. We play daily matches in the UK and Ireland County Championships (open, under-1300 and under-1600). In the 2024 season our open-rated team achieved an incredible double - being crowned 2024 Division 1 Champions and winning the Knockout Cup Final. In the U1600 league our team won Division 3, and in the U1300 competition we won Division 5. Both will therefore be promoted for the 2025 season. In 2023 for the first time we also participated - and WON - the European InterRegio Championship Grand Prix, playing against 15 other regionally-based European teams. We have again reached the finals of the 2024 edition of this competition and also an EIRC under-1400 version. We also play friendlies and run occasional internal club tournaments.

If you do decide to join us, please ensure your settings allow personal messages from fellow club members, and that you can receive alerts about club announcements. Please also be aware that, if using the chess.com App, this does not display club notifications and alerts very well, so please login using the web interface on a regular basis so you don't miss out on match announcements etc. As we are primarily a daily chess club (not rapid or blitz), we ask that prospective players should have played 6 or more daily games (without any time-outs).