Ficheall organises an online chess club for primary school teachers through the Lichess.org platform. No video calls. Just online chess on your device of choice where you play 3 or 4 short games with other primary teachers in a mini-tournament. Many teachers say it helps take their mind away from school. Some teachers say they just want to improve their chess and beat that student who believes they’re the best in the school. One teacher said they want to eventually take a career break and dominate the chess world for the next 20 years! Whatever your reason might be, try it once before you say no!

We play on Monday evenings from 8 – 9pm during term time.

To join the online chess club, teachers are not obliged to be promoting or facilitating chess in their own school. Primary teachers who have not registered with Ficheall previously are just as welcome as those who are familiar with the Ficheall network.

To join:

Step 1: Create a free account on Lichess.org here.

Step 2: Once registered and logged in, click on this link to go to the “Ficheall Teacher Chess Club“. Click the “Join” button. This sends a request to us at Ficheall that your account wishes to join the club.

Step 3: Complete the quick form below so that we can identify the usernames which request access to the online chess club. Once verified, your request to join the online chess club will be approved. It may take a day or two to complete verification.