Basildon Chess Club

Welcome to the Basildon Chess Club website ! We are a small but thriving club, with three teams in the Southend League and one in the Essex League. In addition to the competitive teams we always welcome beginners and anybody who just wants to play for fun. The adults club meets every Thursday from 7.45pm at Basildon Progression Centre, Witchards, Basildon. Click here for more information and a location map.

As of September 2023 we have also been running a Junior club for under 18s. Whether you are a total beginner, novice, intermediate, or budding Grandmaster, we will aim to help you improve your game. The Junior Club starts at 6.30pm every Thursday and ends at 7.40pm, just before the adults club starts. Click here for membership information.

Match results for Basildon teams in the Essex and Southend League competitions, together with Club competition results, are all available on this website so we can see how well (or otherwise) we are performing. There's also a facility for you to publish any interesting games you may have played or seen. The Games tab incorporates a chess game viewer and you can upload pgn files, or play through already uploaded games.

We have a Facebook page that you can access from anywhere on this website by simply clicking on the Facebook icon in the tabs bar.

Click here for the (as yet incomplete) History Of Basildon Chess Club. The story comes to an abrupt end at the point where Laindon Community Centre is destroyed by fire, but Paul has promised further updates in the very near future (other long serving club members are also welcome to contribute !).

Finally, if anybody has any comments or further ideas for this site, feel free to email me.

Dave Kraszewski (Webmaster)
Upcoming Fixtures
08-Oct-2419:15EL1Upminster v Basildon I (Upminster)
10-Oct-2419:45SL1Basildon I v Basildon II (Basildon)
24-Oct-2419:45SL2Basildon v Southend A (Basildon)
29-Oct-2419:45SL1Thurrock I v Basildon I (Thurrock)
31-Oct-2419:45SL1Basildon II v Southend I (Basildon)
05-Nov-2419:45SL2Thurrock A v Basildon (Thurrock)
Other News
2024 Basildon Minor Championship This tournament is now underway. Full details are here
2024 Club Rapid The first Club Rapid competition since 2019 was contested on 13th June 2024. Congratulations to Arunas Gedvilas on an unbeaten performance to claim 1st place. Full details are here
2024-25 Club Championship The latest Club Championship started on 30th May. Full details are here
Stop Press 12-Sep-2024 Sadly the Essex Rapid Team KO final at Barking didn’t quite go according to plan. After a very tight 1st round the scores were tied at 2.5-2.5. In the 2nd round Barking put their feet on the accelerator and a number of not-quite-perfect performances from the Basildon players allowed Barking to trounce us 4.5-0.5 giving a final score of Barking 7 Basildon 3. A disappointing end, but a club best performance in reaching the final of this tough competition. Well played to everybody who participated in any of the matches.