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
07-Apr-2619:45SL1Thurrock I v Basildon II (Thurrock)
09-Apr-2619:45SL2Basildon v Southend B (Basildon)
14-Apr-2619:30EL1Wanstead II v Basildon I (Wanstead)
16-Apr-2619:40EL1Basildon I v Upminster (Basildon)
29-Apr-2619:30EL1Writtle v Basildon I (Writtle)
Other News 2026 Essex Championships Huge congratulations to Radu Bara for winning this Easter tournament, and with it the title of Essex Chess Champion. Radu joins a very small and select band of previous Basildon holders of this title. Radu has uploaded all his games to the Games page of this website. Also, full details of the tournament can be found here
Congratulations are also due to Hantin Wang and Andy Daniel who were both joint 3rd in the U1600 Competition. Details Here
Finally, commiserations to Peter Laundy who missed out on joint 1st in the Minor Championship (U1900) only after a last round defeat. Details Here
Stop Press 3rd March 2026 - An excellent Essex League Div 1 win at Upminster by the convincing score of 6-2. Standout performances from Justin, Tamas, Radu, Ian and Mandar. This should be enough to keep us in the top division next season.