Past winners


Listed below are the past winners of London Chess League competitions going back to 1887:

SeasonDivision 1
The Brian Smith Trophy

  • The Brian Smith Trophy
    The Mecury Challenge Board presented by JW Hunt MSc MD. In 2019 it was renamed as the Brian Smith Trophy.

Division 2
Hamilton Russell Challenge Cup

  • Hamilton Russell Challenge Cup
    London Chess League Challenge Cup Presented by The Honourable Frederick Gustavus Hamilton Russell for the Major Tournament London Christmas Congress Lid: London Chess League B Division

Division 3
Division Three Trophy

  • Division Three Trophy


Division 4
Division Four Trophy

  • Division Four Trophy


Division 5
Major Trophy

  • Major Trophy


Division 6
Minor Trophy

  • Minor Trophy


Division 7
Eastman Cup

  • Eastman Cup


2023-24 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
2022-23 Wood Green 1 East Ham 1 Albany 1 King's College 1 Battersea Cats MA Wanstead & Woodford MI Streatham & Brixton EC
2021-22 Wood Green 1 West London 1 No competition No competition No competition No competition No competition
2020-21 No competition No competition No competition No competition No competition No competition No competition
2019-20 Competition abandoned Competition abandoned Competition abandoned Competition abandoned Competition abandoned Competition abandoned Competition abandoned
2018-19 Wood Green 1 Imperial College 1 Beckenham & Charlton 1 Lewisham 2 Greater London MA Battersea MI Cavendish ECA
2017-18 Wood Green 1 Drunken Knights 2 Hammersmith 1 British Bangla Chess Association 1 Hackney A Morley College MI Cavendish ECA
2016-17 Wood Green 1 Cavendish 2 East Ham 1 Wanstead & Woodford 2 Streatham & Brixton MA Battersea MB Cavendish ECA
2015-16 Wood Green 1 Mushrooms 1 Woodbridge 1 DHSS 1 Hackney MA Hammersmith MB Cavendish ECA
2014-15 Wood Green Battersea 1 Greater London 1 Metropolitan 3 Hackney MA Battersea MB Drunken Knights ECA
2013-14 Wood Green Streatham & Brixton 1 Lewisham 1 Streatham & Brixton 3 Battersea MA DHSS MA Richmond & Twickenham ECA
2012-13 Wood Green Metropolitan 1 Streatham & Brixton 2 Cavendish 3 Battersea MA Hammersmith MB Cavendish
2011-12 Wood Green Wimbledon 1 Greater London 1 Imperial College 1 Hammersmith MA Hammersmith MB Cavendish
2010-11 Wood Green Cavendish 2 Streatham & Brixton 2 Albany Metropolitan MA No competition Cavendish
2009-10 Wood Green Drunken Knights 2 GLCC 1 Drunken Knights 3 Hammersmith MA No competition Cavendish
2008-09 Wood Green Ilford Drunken Knights 2 London Deaf Hammersmith MA No competition Richmond
2007-08 Wood Green Richmond & Twickenham 1 Lewisham 1 Drunken Knights 2 Streatham & Brixton No competition Drunken Knights
2006-07 Wood Green Kings Head 2 Metropolitan 2 Dulwich 2 No competition No competition West London
2005-06 Wood Green Richmond & Twickenham 1 Hammersmith 1 Streatham & Brixton 2 No competition No competition Mushrooms
2004-05 Wood Green Streatham & Brixton 1 Woodbridge West London No competition No competition Athenaeum
2003-04 Wood Green Metropolitan 1 Dulwich Plough 1 Wanstead & Woodford 2 No competition No competition Richmond
2002-03 Wood Green Hackney 2 Woodbridge Mushrooms 2 No competition No competition Cavendish
2001-02 Cavendish Cavendish 2 Newham Metropolitan 3 Mushrooms 2 No competition Hackney
2000-01 Wood Green Lewisham Hackney 2 Streatham 3 Metropolitan 3 No competition Barbican
1999-00 Hackney Mushrooms Woodbridge Athenaeum 2 Streatham 3 No competition Hackney
1998-99 Wood Green Drunken Knights Richmond 2 Battersea 1 London Deaf No competition Wood Green
1997-98 Hackney Richmond Intl Students Ilford 2 Wimbledon 3 Ilford 3 Wood Green
1996-97 Barbican Mushrooms Gravesend Kings Head 3 Ilford 2 Beckenham/Bromley 2 Wood Green
1995-96 Charlton Ilford Beckenham/Bromley Barbican 3 Kings Head 4 Ilford 2 Wood Green
1994-95 Wood Green Hackney Gravesend Lewisham 2 Intl Students Barbican 4/BBC Richmond
1993-94 Wood Green Mushrooms Wimbledon 2 Wood Green 2 Kings Head 5 West London Richmond
1992-93 Kings Head Ilford Barbican 2 Cavendish 2 Beckenham/Bromley Streatham 3 Barbican
1991-92 Kings Head ? ? Streatham & Brixton 2 ? ? Wood Green
1990-91 Barbican ? ? ? ? ? Hackney
1989-90 Kings Head ? ? ? ? ? Charlton
1988-89 Kings Head ? ? ? ? ? Kings Head
1987-88 Richmond Charlton ? ? ? ? No Contest
1986-87 Wood Green Stock Exchange Hackney Richmond 2 Kings Head Stock Exchange 2 Wood Green
1985-86 Wood Green ? ? ? ? ? Kings Head
1984-85 Streatham Stock Exchange Kings Head Camden Kings Head 2 Wood Green 2 Streatham & Brixton
1983-84 Wood Green ? ? ? ? ? Kings Head
1982-83 Hendon Mushrooms Hendon 2 Muswell Hill Kings Head Hampstead 3 London Central YMCA
1981-82 Streatham & Brixton Mitcham Charlton 2 YMCA 3 Woodbridge Kings Head Streatham & Brixton
1980-81 Wood Green ? ? ? ? ? Islington
1979-80 Central YMCA Mushrooms 1 ? ? Mushrooms 2 ? Islington
1978-79 Charlton ? ? ? ? ? Streatham & Brixton
1977-78 Charlton ? ? ? ? ? Islington
1976-77 Streatham & Brixton ? ? ? Streatham & Brixton 2 ? Mushrooms
1975-76 Richmond Streatham & Brixton 1 ? ? ? Streatham & Brixton 2 Cavendish
1974-75 Athenaeum ? ? ? ? ? London Central YMCA
1973-74 Cavendish ? Streatham & Brixton 1 ? ? ? Cavendish
1972-73 Athenaeum ? ? ? ? ? Islington
1971-72 Cavendish ? ? ? ? ? Mushrooms
1970-71 London University ? ? ? ? ? Mushrooms
1969-70 Cavendish ? ? ? ? ? Athenaeum
1968-69 Islington ? ? ? ? ? Ilford
1967-68 Islington ? Mushrooms ? ? ? London University
1966-67 Islington ? ? Mushrooms ? ? Islington
1965-66 Athenaeum Islington ? ? ? ? Athenaeum
1964-65 Hampstead Imperial ? ? ? ? Athenaeum
1963-64 Hampstead Streatham & Brixton ? ? ? ? Streatham & Brixton
1962-63 Islington ? ? ? ? ? Insurance
1961-62 Metropolitan Cedars ? ? ? ? Hampstead
1960-61 Metropolitan Finchley ? ? ? ? Metropolitan
1959-60 Hampstead Athaneum ? ? ? ? London University
1958-59 Hampstead Battersea ? ? ? ? Hampstead
1957-58 Ilford ? ? ? ? ? London University
1956-57 Ilford Finchley or Polish YMCA ? ? ? ? Ilford
1955-56 West London Twickenham ? ? ? ? Ilford
1954-55 Ilford Athenaeum
1953-54 Hampstead Ilford
1952-53 Ilford Clapham Common
1951-52 Hampstead Southgate or Stock Exchange ? ? ? ? Ilford
1950-51 Hampstead Harrow or Wimbledon ? ? ? ? Battersea
1949-50 Hampstead Croydon ? ? ? ? ? Clapham Common
1948-49 Hampstead ? Lewisham ? ? ? Clapham Common
1947-48 Clapham Common Hampstead
1946-47 Clapham Common Hampstead
1945-46 Croydon No Competition
1939-45 No competition No competition No competition No competition No competition No competition No competition
1938-39 Battersea Hampstead
1937-38 Hampstead Hampstead
1936-37 Lewisham Lud Eagle
1935-36 Lewisham Hampstead
1934-35 Battersea Lud Eagle
1933-34 Hampstead Battersea
1932-33 Brixton Lud Eagle
1931-32 Hampstead Brixton
1930-31 Hampstead Brixton
1929-30 Lud-Eagle Brixton
1928-29 Battersea
1927-28 Lud-Eagle
1926-27 Hampstead
1925-26 Hampstead
1924-25 Hampstead
1923-24 Brixton
1922-23 Hampstead
1921-22 Brixton
1920-21 Metropolitan
1919-20 North London
1915-19 No Competition
1914-15 Metropolitan
1913-14 Metropolitan
1912-13 Hampstead
1911-12 Hampstead
1910-11 Hampstead
1909-10 Hampstead
1908-09 Lud-Eagle
1907-08 Lud-Eagle
1906-07 Metropolitan
1905-06 Hampstead
1904-05 Metropolitan
1903-04 Metropolitan
1902-03 Lud-Eagle
1901-02 Metropolitan
1900-01 Lud-Eagle
1899-00 Metropolitan
1898-99 North London
1897-98 Brixton
1896-97 Ludgate Circus
1895-96 Metropolitan
1894-95 Metropolitan
1893-94 Metropolitan
1892-93 Metropolitan
1891-92 Metropolitan
1890-91 Ludgate Circus
1889-90 North London
1888-89 Athenaeum