This is the official website of Rushall Chess Club, founded in 1981. We now meet at 7pm on  Mondays at Aldridge Social Club. It boasts a friendly and welcoming atmosphere, with lots of keen players. We welcome all ages and abilities, and have one of the lowest yearly membership rates in the country!

We are members of three chess leagues and play in different divisions giving varying levels of ability. We play in the Winter and the Summer, playing in standard play and rapid play leagues in the respective seasons. Please do note, however, that we close on Bank Holiday Mondays. Even if we are not playing in a league at a certain time of the year, our committed members still meet and play friendlies and internal tournaments.

Our own ECF LMS Site gives access to all of our present & historical Club matches plus League & Cup games in the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Cannock & South Staffordshire Leagues: Rushall Chess Club | ECF League Management System

Our Wolverhampton League information can be found on: W&DCL

You can visit us by turning up on a Monday after 7pm at the Social Club. The membership fees for the year are just £25 for adults & £10 for schoolchildren, but feel free to come along for a week or two before you decide whether to join. While you are welcome to come along & just play social chess each week, we are also members of local leagues & run teams of various standards for those players who want to play competitively. Please note that those players who wish to play in club competitions & league chess would also need to purchase an English Chess Federation Membership.

The 500 Club (Played more than 500 league matches for Rushall up to August 2026)

Steve Wilcox 1054, Shane Cooksey 1015, Ray Hancox 652, Peter Turner 639, Peter Leary 629, Josh Hennion 585.

COMMITTEE: Chair - John Grant, Secretary - Steve Wilcox, Treasurer - Stefan Winman, Tournament Organisers - Craig Cowley Publicity - Lisa Willetts-Pitt, Webmaster - Roger Bray, Auditor - Craig Cowley.

Captains: Wolverhampton Division 1 & Division 3B - John Grant, Wolverhampton 3C - Steve Wilcox, Cannock Division 2- Steve Wilcox, Cannock Division 3 - Craig Cowley, Cannock Division 4 - David Gaskell. Birmingham div 3 - Steve Wilcox.

We have 3 internal club tournaments the Club Championship, Les Wilcox Trophy & Junior Championship. The Club Championship has been held since the 1981/2 season. It has had several tweaks over the years, but is presently run on a random draw knock-out basis. If a match is drawn then a replay is arranged with opposite colours & an Armageddon game decides the winner if the replay is also drawn.

We also run a few rapidplay tournaments each year.

Club Champions with number of outright wins (& years won):

9 - John Staniforth* (2001,2002,2003,2004,2009,2011,2012,2013,2019)

5 - Steve Wilcox (1991,1997,1998,1999,2010)

3 - Matthew Jebb (1986,1988,1989)

2 - Ray Hancox (1983,1987), Matthew Wragg (1992,1993), Jon Sadler (1995,1996) & Steve Whatmore (2023,2024)

1 - Ben Payne (1982), Dick Clarkson (1984), Barry Marshall (1985), Kevin Hadley (1990), Calvin Styles (1994), Richard Westwood (2000), Charlotte Wilcox-Banks* (2005), Devan Patel (2017) & Alex Jarvis (2018), Zach Bennett (2026).

*In addition, the 2006 & 2025 Finals were drawn, so John Staniforth/Charlotte Wilcox-Banks & John Staniforth/Peter Leary were declared joint winners

Les Wilcox Trophy (for players rated below 1640 ECF):

Matthew Blackwell won in 2026.

5 - David Jarvis

4 - Peter Turner

3 - Jeff Horne & Shane Cooksey

2 - Nigel Sims, Paul Spencer & Roger Grant

1 - Nigel Parker, Chris Bell, Darren Bell, Manpreet Sangha, Syd Allen, Joe Wilcox, Devan Patel, Matthew Greenwood, Adrian Dibble , Richard Westwood and Matthew Blackwell.