The club, housed in the famous Gorky Sadan, Kolkata courtesy the then Soviet Union, and named after the former world champion, Alexander Alekhine, was launched by a few chess enthusiasts on 26th February 1976.

Since inception, the club took active role to strengthen Indo-Russian Friendship and is imparting the education on chess to young children. Both theoretical and practical classes are taken by the coaches. It also started organizing different level of tournaments including schools' chess championships, world youth international, grandmasters' chess, rapid chess and many other events - it is a record that more than 200 grand masters took part in different events organized by the club at Gorky Sadan, Kolkata.

The building selected for the club was built in 1897 by A. M. Eeinke. The renovation took seven months to complete. The Chess Club And Scholastic Center of Saint Louis was founded in 2007 as a not-for-profit organization to promote the game of chess, with emphasis on promotion of scholastic chess across the entire greater Saint Louis area. Impetus for creation of the club came largely from Mr. Rex Sinquefield, a retired executive with strong interests in both chess and helping people. His donations have gotten the club off to a promising start. Club goals include providing ample opportunities for existing players to play as well as introducing newcomers, including students, to the game.

The Club was established by a small group of enthusiasts, mostly local professional and business men in in 1887. Herbert E. Dobell was elected as Secretary, a young man of great vision, resourcefulness and courage. An annual Festival was started at which lectures and exhibitions by leading players of the day were featured. One of the first of these was by J. H. Blackburne, who had come to Hastings to recuperate from a serious illness in 1884 and subsequently taken up residence in the town.

Emanuel Lasker, Gunsberg, Bird, Janowski and Teichmann were among those who brought lustre to the Festival in succeeding years. The club's strength and prestige increased steadily. The stage was set for 1895 and what is still regarded as probably the greatest international chess tournament ever held. Till today this club is one of the historic and prestigious clubs in the UK.