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Events

Here are some details of our forthcoming events.  Please contact us if you would like to find out more.

To enter our OTB (over the board) events or our remote Summer Cup or New Year Cup , please complete the relevant form on the Entry Forms Page.

To take part in our Email Tournaments or How Good is Your Chess Sessions, please reply to the invitations sent out on our email forum.

  • CURRENT AND FUTURE EVENTS

    EVENT OVERVIEW

    DETAILS 

    ORGANISER(S) PAIRINGS & RESULTS
    24th BCA Email Tournament

    1st April to 30th June 2026.  

    Closing date for entries Sunday 22nd March.  

    Contact us to find out more.  

    Eamonn Casey and Philip Doyle 24th Email Tournament Pairings and Results
    How Good is Your Chess?  (Zoom, usually held monthly)

    Next session 7.30pm Wednesday 20th May 2026.

    Contact us to find out more. 

    To take part, reply to the invitation on our email forum.   

    Voldi Gailans  

    2026 Match v Parliamentary Chess Club (OTB) – London

    Monday 20th June 2026.

    More details coming soon!

    Voldi Gailans

     

    2nd Transatlantic Match (Email)

    This correspondence match between the UK BCA and the USBCA is scheduled to begin on 22nd June 2026. 

    Current list of UK BCA players 

    VI members of the UK BCA wishing to take part should email remotechess@braillechess.org.uk

    Bill Armstrong (UK) and Glenn Crawford (USA)

     
    2026 BCA British Championship (OTB) – Harrogate

    Saturday 4th – Saturday 11th July 2026.

    Closing date for entries Sunday 3rd May 2026.

    Entry form for BCA British Championship 2026

    Bill Armstrong

     

    5th BCA Summer Cup 

    (Played remotely on Zoom, Lichess, or other online platform.)

    Saturday 18th July to Wednesday 30th September 2026.

    Closing date for entries Monday 13th July 2026.

    Entry form for 5th BCA Summer Cup

    Julie Leonard

     

    2026 BCA Autumn Tournament (OTB) – Bournemouth

    Friday 18th to Sunday 20th September 2026.

    Closing date for entries Friday 31st July 2026.

    Entry form coming soon! 

    John Jenkins

     

     

    PAST EVENTS (in order of most recent end date)

    EVENT OVERVIEW

    DETAILS 

    ORGANISER(S) RESULTS
    How Good is Your Chess?  (Zoom)

    Friday 10th April 2026, 7.30pm.

    Voldi Gailans HGIYC Scores April 2026

    1st BCA New Year Cup

    (Played remotely on Zoom, Lichess, or other online platform.)

    Saturday 3rd January to Saturday 28th March 2026.

    James Connors 

    New Year Cup Results

    2026 BCA AGM Congress (OTB) – Sheffield

    Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd March 2026

    John Fullwood and Julie Leonard

    2026 AGM Congress Results