Local and National Leagues / Organisations
- Birmingham and District League (LMS)
- Derbyshire Chess Association League (LMS)
- Cannock and District League (LMS)
- Wolverhampton and District League
- Midlands Counties Chess Union
- Staffordshire Chess Association
- Four Nations Chess League (4NCL)
Lichfield Chess Club Venues
- The Guildhall, Bore St. Thursdays at 7:15pm, September to April. (Map and directions)
- The King's Head, Bird St. Mondays at 7:15pm, all year round, except Bank Holidays. (Map and directions)
English Chess Federation
- English Chess Federation (ECF) - the home of English chess
- ECF Rating Site - live ratings for active club players across England.
- ECF Events Calendar - find forthcoming congresses and other chess events.
- ECF Juniors - information for Juniors about English events, development, and more.
Other Local Clubs
- Burton Chess Club (Chess.com club link)
- Tamworth Chess Club
- Norton Canes Chess Club
- Rugeley Chess Club
- Rushall Chess Club
- Walsall Kipping Chess Club
- Kynoch Chess Club
- Stafford Chess Club
Play and Learn Online
- Lichess.org - free to use, free to play, and full of features.
- Chess.com - the most popular paid service for online chess competition.
- Chesskid.com - owned by Chess.com, younger players can safely learn and play chess online with other junior players.
- Chess Tempo - tactics and opening training, build your repertoire, search game databases.
- Chessable - train on openings and tactics with free and paid courses.
- ChessPuzzle.net - test your knowledge of chess tactics with puzzles from master games
- Icarus Chess - our own chess learning, training and analysis platform.
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