Welcome to Metropolitan Chess Club

About the club

!!!!!!!! CLUB IS CLOSED until further notice !!!!!!!!!!

Due to the Coronavirus situation the Artisan Centre and Community Hall are closed.  

We will update this page when we know more - members will be contacted directly by email. 

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Our venue is the Artisan Centre within the Middlesex Street Estate, accessed via Gravel Lane on the right hand side of Middlesex St, 250 yards from the junction with Bishopsgate.   La Piazzetta Bistro & Baris on the nearest corner.  Stations are Liverpool St., Aldgate and Aldgate East.

Access is now via the Gravel Lane entrance (adjacent to JADS Hairdressing).  When you get to the GREEN door type 101 and press CALL - someone from the club will respond and buzz you in.  You should take the lift to the first floor and turn left directly in to the new hall.

The venue is available for use from 6pm to 10pm every Thursday.  Play should cease at 9.45 and the building vacated by 10pm. London league matches will start at 6.30pm and Middlesex league at 6.45pm

Coaching: Free, informal, one-to-one coaching is offered to members who are beginners or near-beginners.

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Gravel Lane Entrance - GREEN Door

 

The Metropolitan chess club is one of the oldest clubs in London.  It was founded in 1890 with the amalgamation of two existing clubs 'The Three Pawns' and 'The Monument'.

We currently have over 50 members and welcome new members of all abilities.  We have many teams in both the London and Middlesex Leagues, so players of all standards are always able to find a serious game if they want to. As we are based in a central location in the City of London , most of our matches are played at home or very nearby in the Barbican.  In addition, we have had a team in the 4NCL depending on interest.

If you are interested in joining our club, please feel free to come along to any of club nights (Thursdays), play a few games and speak to a member about joining.  Alternatively you can download and return the membership application form to the address shown on it.

The membership runs from the 1st October until the 30th September each year. If you join part way through the subscription year a pro rata subscription will apply.  There are also discounts available to those who have retired or on benefits.


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Click here for an application form

 

 

Metropolitan Chess Club Summer Tournament

The time has come to organise our internal Metropolitan Chess Club Summer Tournament.

You can enter by e-mail or by letting me know in person at the club.

As always there will be four sections, in order of strength, these are:
- Championship
- Naumann Cup
- Silver King
- Silver Queen

Some of the rules:
 - Registration will close on Thursday 31st May
 - First game will be on Thursday 14th June
 - Last game will be before the end of August
 - The default time control will be quick play, unless both players want slow play
 - All results are sent to the ECF for grading
 - Entries are divided into groups with players of similar level
 - In case of a tie the final order will be decided by the Sonneborn–Berger score. If that also results in a tie then the trophy will be shared.

There will be an entry fee of £5 which should be paid to me before the first game is played.

Please let me know by the end of May if you want to play.

I will circulate the groups, full details for the tournament, rules, fixtures and contact list in early June.
Please see Ray or myself for more information.

Kind Regards

Peter Szabo

Season Summary

We are over half way through the season so here is a short summary of how we are doing

London League

Team 1 - Division 2 6th 4W 1D 2L

Team 2 - Division 3 7th 3W 0D 6L

Team 3 - Division 4 5th 4W 1D 2L

Team 4 - Division 4 12th 1W 0D 6L

GNOMES - Minor - 10th 1W 1D 4L

Middlesex League

Met 1 - Division 2 5th 2W 0D 4L

4NCL - number of member have been playing for "Chess in Schools and Communities" team

New London League Venue - Citadines Hotel

The Barbican venue is now closed and London League venues will be played at the Citadines Hotel Holburn

http://www.citadines.com/en/united-kingdom/london/citadines-holborn-covent-garden-london/index.html

London League Fixtures for 2017-18 Season

 

Import all fixtures for Metropolitan club Import all Metropolitan fixtures into your calendar
 
Import Date Division/Competition Home club Home team Away club Away team Venue
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 12) to be played on 2017-10-05 at Metropolitan into your calendar 05-10-2017 Four Metropolitan 3 Metropolitan 4 MET
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 28) to be played on 2017-10-16 at Athenaeum into your calendar 16-10-2017 Three Athenaeum 2 Metropolitan 2 ATH
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 32) to be played on 2017-10-18 at Citadines Hotel into your calendar 18-10-2017 Minor Battersea 5 Metropolitan 5 CIH
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 39) to be played on 2017-10-19 at Metropolitan into your calendar 19-10-2017 Two Metropolitan 1 Streatham & Brixton 2 MET
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 53) to be played on 2017-10-26 at Metropolitan into your calendar 26-10-2017 Four Metropolitan 3 Hammersmith 2 MET
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 61) to be played on 2017-11-01 at Citadines Hotel into your calendar 01-11-2017 Four Metropolitan 4 Streatham & Brixton 3 CIH
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 66) to be played on 2017-11-02 at Metropolitan into your calendar 02-11-2017 Two Metropolitan 1 Imperial College 1 MET
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 70) to be played on 2017-11-07 at DHSS into your calendar 07-11-2017 Minor DHSS 2 Metropolitan 5 DHSS
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 82) to be played on 2017-11-09 at Metropolitan into your calendar 09-11-2017 Four Metropolitan 3 Athenaeum 3 MET
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 89) to be played on 2017-11-15 at Citadines Hotel into your calendar 15-11-2017 Four British Bangla Chess Association 1 Metropolitan 4 CIH
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 91) to be played on 2017-11-15 at Citadines Hotel into your calendar 15-11-2017 Three Metropolitan 2 Wimbledon 2 CIH
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 100) to be played on 2017-11-20 at Citadines Hotel into your calendar 20-11-2017 Four Wanstead & Woodford 3 Metropolitan 4 CIH
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 108) to be played on 2017-11-23 at Metropolitan into your calendar 23-11-2017 Two Metropolitan 1 Ilford 1 MET
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 122) to be played on 2017-11-29 at Citadines Hotel into your calendar 29-11-2017 Minor Metropolitan 5 Wanstead & Woodford 4 CIH
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 121) to be played on 2017-11-29 at Citadines Hotel into your calendar 29-11-2017 Three Metropolitan 2 Wanstead & Woodford 2 CIH
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 124) to be played on 2018-01-10 at Citadines Hotel into your calendar 10-01-2018 Three Battersea 3 Metropolitan 2 CIH
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 142) to be played on 2018-01-17 at Citadines Hotel into your calendar 17-01-2018 Four Newham 1 Metropolitan 3 CIH
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 146) to be played on 2018-01-18 at Metropolitan into your calendar 18-01-2018 Two Metropolitan 1 Lewisham 1 MET
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 148) to be played on 2018-01-22 at Albany into your calendar 22-01-2018 Three Albany 1 Metropolitan 2 ALB
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 153) to be played on 2018-01-23 at GLCC into your calendar 23-01-2018 Four Greater London 2 Metropolitan 4 GLCC
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 161) to be played on 2018-01-25 at Metropolitan into your calendar 25-01-2018 Four Metropolitan 3 Streatham & Brixton 3 MET
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 169) to be played on 2018-01-31 at Citadines Hotel into your calendar 31-01-2018 Four Kings Head 3 Metropolitan 4 CIH
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 175) to be played on 2018-02-01 at Metropolitan into your calendar 01-02-2018 Two Metropolitan 1 Hackney 2 MET
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 176) to be played on 2018-02-02 at Morley College into your calendar 02-02-2018 Minor Morley College 2 Metropolitan 5 MC
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 183) to be played on 2018-02-07 at Citadines Hotel into your calendar 07-02-2018 Three Battersea 2 Metropolitan 2 CIH
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 188) to be played on 2018-02-09 at Morley College into your calendar 09-02-2018 Four Morley College 1 Metropolitan 4 MC
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 196) to be played on 2018-02-13 at Citadines Hotel into your calendar 13-02-2018 Minor Hackney 6 Metropolitan 5 CIH
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 200) to be played on 2018-02-13 at Citadines Hotel into your calendar 13-02-2018 Three Metropolitan 2 Hammersmith 1 CIH
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 201) to be played on 2018-02-15 at Metropolitan into your calendar 15-02-2018 Four Metropolitan 3 Kings Head 3 MET
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 215) to be played on 2018-02-22 at Metropolitan into your calendar 22-02-2018 Two Metropolitan 1 Dulwich 1 MET
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 222) to be played on 2018-02-28 at Citadines Hotel into your calendar 28-02-2018 Three Kings Head 2 Metropolitan 2 CIH
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 229) to be played on 2018-03-02 at Morley College into your calendar 02-03-2018 Four Morley College 1 Metropolitan 3 MC
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 232) to be played on 2018-03-05 at Athenaeum into your calendar 05-03-2018 Minor Athenaeum 4 Metropolitan 5 ATH
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 234) to be played on 2018-03-06 at GLCC into your calendar 06-03-2018 Three Greater London 1 Metropolitan 2 GLCC
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 239) to be played on 2018-03-07 at Citadines Hotel into your calendar 07-03-2018 Four Metropolitan 4 Lewisham 2 CIH
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 242) to be played on 2018-03-08 at Metropolitan into your calendar 08-03-2018 Two Metropolitan 1 Mushrooms 2 MET
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 250) to be played on 2018-03-14 at Citadines Hotel into your calendar 14-03-2018 Four Alfil 1 Metropolitan 4 CIH
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 258) to be played on 2018-03-15 at Cavendish into your calendar 15-03-2018 Three Cavendish 3 Metropolitan 2 CAV
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 266) to be played on 2018-03-21 at Citadines Hotel into your calendar 21-03-2018 Minor Metropolitan 5 Hammersmith 4 CIH
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 272) to be played on 2018-03-22 at Metropolitan into your calendar 22-03-2018 Four Metropolitan 3 Greater London 2 MET
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 284) to be played on 2018-04-05 at Metropolitan into your calendar 05-04-2018 Two Metropolitan 1 East Ham 1 MET
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 288) to be played on 2018-04-10 at GLCC into your calendar 10-04-2018 Minor Greater London 4 Metropolitan 5 GLCC
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 300) to be played on 2018-04-12 at Metropolitan into your calendar 12-04-2018 Four Metropolitan 3 British Bangla Chess Association 1 MET
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 309) to be played on 2018-04-18 at Citadines Hotel into your calendar 18-04-2018 Four Newham 1 Metropolitan 4 CIH
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 308) to be played on 2018-04-18 at Citadines Hotel into your calendar 18-04-2018 Three Metropolitan 2 Hackney 3 CIH
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 329) to be played on 2018-04-26 at Metropolitan into your calendar 26-04-2018 Four Metropolitan 3 Alfil 1 MET
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 332) to be played on 2018-04-30 at Drunken Knights into your calendar 30-04-2018 Two Drunken Knights 3 Metropolitan 1 PLOW
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 341) to be played on 2018-05-02 at Citadines Hotel into your calendar 02-05-2018 Three Metropolitan 2 DHSS 1 CIH
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 342) to be played on 2018-05-02 at Citadines Hotel into your calendar 02-05-2018 Four Metropolitan 4 Hammersmith 2 CIH
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 348) to be played on 2018-05-09 at Citadines Hotel into your calendar 09-05-2018 Minor Hammersmith 5 Metropolitan 5 CIH
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 347) to be played on 2018-05-09 at Drunken Knights into your calendar 09-05-2018 Two Drunken Knights 2 Metropolitan 1 PLOW
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 353) to be played on 2018-05-10 at Metropolitan into your calendar 10-05-2018 Four Metropolitan 3 Wanstead & Woodford 3 MET
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 363) to be played on 2018-05-16 at Citadines Hotel into your calendar 16-05-2018 Minor Hackney 5 Metropolitan 5 CIH
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 368) to be played on 2018-05-17 at Metropolitan into your calendar 17-05-2018 Two Metropolitan 1 Mushrooms 1 MET
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 375) to be played on 2018-05-23 at Athenaeum into your calendar 23-05-2018 Four Athenaeum 3 Metropolitan 4 ATH
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 384) to be played on 2018-05-24 at Metropolitan into your calendar 24-05-2018 Two Metropolitan 1 Beckenham & Charlton 1 MET
Import this fixture (fixtureID = 390) to be played on 2018-05-31 at Metropolitan into your calendar 31-05-2018 Four Metropolitan 3 Lewisham 2 MET
 

Middlesex League Team Results 2016-2017

 

Metropolitan team finished in the Div 1 relegation zone so will be playing is Div 2 next year

  1. Club Committee Meeting
  2. 2016-2017 Season Summary
  3. Club AGM
  4. 2015-2016 Season Summary
  5. New season starts 2016-2017 !
  6. Middlesex Div 2 Fixtures
  7. Metropolitan vs Athenaeum Friendly Match Result
  8. London League Matches
  9. Last Season Summary
  10. 20 Board Friendly Match against Athenaeum Chess Club
  11. Summer Tournament - Internal Club Event
  12. John Nunn Simul! - Internal Club Event
  13. London Chess League Round Up
  14. London League Update - 18th Oct 2014
  15. First match of the season - Hackney 3 vs Met 2 London League