Details of our current and future events are set out in the table below. Please contact us if you would like to find out more.
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.
To enter our OTB (over the board) events or our remote Summer Cup or New Year Cup, please follow the link to the relevant form and complete it.
Note: If you use a screen reader to access one of these forms it’s a good idea to read the whole form before you start filling it in. This is because the forms contain notes, e.g. examples of how much you need to pay, which could be missed if you tab from field to field.
Further down this page is an archive of past events going back to January 2026, complete with links to the associated results or scores pages. The most recent event is at the top of the archive.
CURRENT AND FUTURE EVENTS
EVENT OVERVIEW DETAILS
ORGANISER(S) PAIRINGS & RESULTS 2nd Transatlantic Match (Email)
A correspondence match between the UK BCA and the USBCA.
Play started on 22nd June 2026.
Bill Armstrong (UK) and Glenn Crawford (USA)
Results and Pairings 25th BCA Email Tournament 1st October to 31st December 2026.
Play started on 1st October 2026.
Eamonn Casey and Philip Doyle Results and Pairings How Good is Your Chess? (Zoom, usually held monthly) The next session is likely to be in November 2026.
Contact us to find out more.
To take part, reply to the invitation on our email forum.
Voldi Gailans 2nd BCA New Year Cup
(Played remotely on Zoom, Lichess, or other online platform.)
Saturday 2nd January to Saturday 27th March 2027.
More details coming soon!
James Connors (OTB)
Weston-super-Mare
Saturday 23rd to Saturday 30th January 2027.
Closing date Friday 13th November 2026.
Gary Wickett 2027 BCA AGM Congress
(OTB) – Sheffield
Friday 12th to Sunday 14th March 2027
More details will be published in November 2026.
2027 BCA Chairman’s Cup
(OTB) – Bournemouth
Saturday 17th to Saturday 24th July 2027
More details coming soon.
PAST EVENTS (in order of most recent end date)
EVENT OVERVIEW DETAILS
ORGANISER(S) RESULTS How Good is Your Chess? (Zoom) Friday 2nd October 2026, 7.30pm.
Voldi Gailans Scores coming soon! (Played remotely on Zoom, Lichess, or other online platform.)
Saturday 18th July to Wednesday 30th September 2026.
Julie Leonard and Gerry Walsh
Results and Pairings 2026 BCA Autumn Tournament (OTB) – Bournemouth
Friday 18th to Sunday 20th September 2026.
John Jenkins
Results and Pairings How Good is Your Chess? (Zoom) Wednesday 9th September 2026, 7.30pm.
Voldi Gailans HGIYC Scores September 2026 How Good is Your Chess? (Zoom) Tuesday 18th August 2026, 7.30pm.
Voldi Gailans HGIYC Scores August 2026 2026 Match v Parliamentary Chess Club (OTB) – London
Monday 20th July 2026.
Report on the 2026 match against the Parliamentary Chess Club.
Voldi Gailans
Results How Good is Your Chess? (Zoom) Tuesday 14th July 2026, 7.30pm.
Voldi Gailans HGIYC Scores July 2026 2026 BCA British Championship (OTB) – Harrogate Saturday 4th – Saturday 11th July 2026.
Bill Armstrong
Results and Pairings 24th BCA Email Tournament 1st April to 30th June 2026.
Eamonn Casey and Philip Doyle 24th Email Tournament Pairings and Results How Good is Your Chess? (Zoom) Wednesday 17th June 2026, 7.30pm.
Voldi Gailans HGIYC Scores June 2026 How Good is Your Chess? (Zoom) Wednesday 20th May 2026, 7.30pm.
Voldi Gailans HGIYC Scores May 2026 How Good is Your Chess? (Zoom) Friday 10th April 2026, 7.30pm.
Voldi Gailans HGIYC Scores April 2026 (Played remotely on Zoom, Lichess, or other online platform.)
Saturday 3rd January to Saturday 28th March 2026.
James Connors
2026 BCA AGM Congress (OTB) – Sheffield
Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd March 2026
John Fullwood and Julie Leonard