Cumnor Chess Club

Contact: Steven Bennett by Phone on 01865 862788

or mobile 0771 424 4029 or by email  westfs@aol.com

Playing Venue: Cumnor Old School, High Street, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PE

Behind Cumnor Post Office

We meet every Thursday 7pm-9pm

IF YOU CLICK ON THE DIRECTIONS LINK BELOW, the arrow on the map showing our position is slightly incorrect. We are positioned half way in-between the mini roundabout on the left of the pic , (Appleton Road and High Street) and the fork on the right hand side of the pic, (Oxford Road and Abingdon Road). We are on the south side of high street, indicated B4017 in the pic. You can see the car park at the rear of the building.

Click here for local directions, read above first. 

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  Directions for non-local visitors from the A34

You will most probably either come down the A34 to Oxford from the M40, or from the North Bound ring road, or up the A34 from the M4, or the South Bound ring road. Either way leave the A34 at the Botley Interchange. Take the A420 to Swindon/Bristol, (not to Oxford). Leave the A420 at the second exit onto the B4017 to Cumnor. At the T junction turn RIGHT. At the next T junction turn RIGHT again. Then take the first LEFT, you are now in Cumnor. Continue driving down this residential road, (It’s Abingdon Road, but it’s not clearly marked). After about 600 yds you will pass the VINE PUB on your right hand side, at the same time the road becomes one way for about 200 yds. Once the road becomes two-way again, (High Street), after 50yds you will see a building on your left hand side attached to the Post Office. This is Cumnor Old School. Turn left into the drive way and park at the rear of the building. If you hit the mini roundabout, at Appleton Road, you've gone to far by about 50 yards.

     
Access the building from the rear, where there is ample car parking.

Wheel-chair access and disabled toilets. Refreshments provided.

(Picture shows rear of building)
    
                                                                        

For those who wish to learn the rules of chess, or simply wish to improve their opening skills, we recommend you visit http://www.chesskids.com/ click on SITE MAP and then click on LESSONS. The lessons are very easy to understand with simple diagrams along with simple short text explanations. It is especially useful for those parents who do not understand the rules of chess but find their children want to learn how to play. As a novice parent, by using the lessons, you will quickly pick up the rules of the game, and at the same time be able to confidently guide your child through the simple stages of learning chess. Effectively you will learn together. Further more, being able to play chess is not the same as being able to teach chess. It is also recommended that for those parents who can play chess to also use this site as a tool to teach their children to play, as it provides simple structured lessons that enable the parent to teach chess quickly and effectively. 

A complete novice will be able to learn all the moves of the pieces and the basic principles of the game within 45 minuets of simple study. Thereafter, you will be able to play chess for the rest of your life.