Welcome to our world!

•   Athenaeum is a central London chess club, based in Covent Garden, with about 40 members of varying strength.

•   We compete in the London League, the Middlesex League, and various Banks and Insurance League competitions. Home fixtures are on Mondays and Wednesdays, starting at 6.45pm.

•   Athenaeum was founded in 1873 and that makes us London's oldest surviving chess club.

•   We welcome new members – please contact the club secretary,
Mark Johnstone (tel: 07899 986637).

Bob Wade

•   Athenaeum's most famous member, Robert Graham Wade, passed away on 29 November 2008. He is missed by very many people. This link is to an obituary by Simon Spivack on the Middlesex County Chess Association website.

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