Created in October 2023. Joined Suffolk County Chess Association (SCCA) in 2024-25 season with one team in Division One – lead by Dave Spence and WON the division 1 on debut. Re-entered for season 2025-26 with 2 teams: A in Division 1 and B in Division 3, and WON the division 3 league and gain promotion to Division 2. We are grateful to the ISC board for their support throughout. As of September 2026 we are about 40 members and growing.

You’re welcome to come and play anytime but we have regular club sessions every Monday 7:15. You are most welcome to come as guest for 5 sessions after which you need to join ISC with minimal membership – Social member. Our club welcomes newcomers. Whether you’re fairly new to chess or a seasoned expert, it would be great if you could join us.

Club nights

We meet on Mondays at 7:15pm at Ipswich Sports Club. You can find a map here.

As from tis season 2026-27 The club competes in ALL of the Suffolk County Chess Association leagues. We also organize internal club championship competition and organized friendly matches with other clubs. We envidage to have a Junior section sometime in the future