Past winners of


The 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

Season Club / Team
2023-24 ?
2022-23 East Ham 1
2021-22 West London 1
2020-21 No competition
2019-20 Competition abandoned
2018-19 Imperial College 1
2017-18 Drunken Knights 2
2016-17 Cavendish 2
2015-16 Mushrooms 1
2014-15 Battersea 1
2013-14 Streatham & Brixton 1
2012-13 Metropolitan 1
2011-12 Wimbledon 1
2010-11 Cavendish 2
2009-10 Drunken Knights 2
2008-09 Ilford
2007-08 Richmond & Twickenham 1
2006-07 Kings Head 2
2005-06 Richmond & Twickenham 1
2004-05 Streatham & Brixton 1
2003-04 Metropolitan 1
2002-03 Hackney 2
2001-02 Cavendish 2
2000-01 Lewisham
1999-00 Mushrooms
1998-99 Drunken Knights
1997-98 Richmond
1996-97 Mushrooms
1995-96 Ilford
1994-95 Hackney
1993-94 Mushrooms
1992-93 Ilford
1991-92 ?
1990-91 ?
1989-90 ?
1988-89 ?
1987-88 Charlton
1986-87 Stock Exchange
1985-86 ?
1984-85 Stock Exchange
1983-84 ?
1982-83 Mushrooms
1981-82 Mitcham
1980-81 ?
1979-80 Mushrooms 1
1978-79 ?
1977-78 ?
1976-77 ?
1975-76 Streatham & Brixton 1
1974-75 ?
1973-74 ?
1972-73 ?
1971-72 ?
1970-71 ?
1969-70 ?
1968-69 ?
1967-68 ?
1966-67 ?
1965-66 Islington
1964-65 Imperial
1963-64 Streatham & Brixton
1962-63 ?
1961-62 Cedars
1960-61 Finchley
1959-60 Athaneum
1958-59 Battersea
1957-58 ?
1956-57 Finchley or Polish YMCA
1955-56 Twickenham
1951-52 Southgate or Stock Exchange
1950-51 Harrow or Wimbledon
1949-50 Croydon ?
1948-49 ?
1939-45 No competition