Leeds chess club

Established 1834

CHESS LESSONS

Winning Endgames

All of these positions are wins by white within 50 moves

Endgames versus a lone King

Loosely ordered in difficulty from easiest to hardest

Queen and King vs King

Rook and King vs King

Pawn and King vs King

Two Bishops and King vs King

Bishop + Knight and King vs King

Advanced Positions

Queen and King vs Pawn on the 7th Rank

Lucena Position

Queen and King vs Bishop and King

Queen and King vs Knight and King

Queen and King vs Rook and King

Rook + 2 Pawns vs Rook

Two Knights vs Pawn

Queen vs Bishop + Knight + H-Pawn

Four Pawns + Rook vs Three Pawns + Rook

Force A Draw!

All of these are draws for white, if you can manage it!

3 Pawns vs Rook

Philidor Position

 

"I lose Queen, it's no problem!" - Zana Aziz.

Contact us

Next chess club night.

We are next meeting at the North Leeds Working Men's Club on Wednesday 03rd January 2010, this week is match week but Leeds B are playing at home, if anyone not playing wishes to come along and watch, feel free to do so.

Most improved player of the year award 2010.

I am introducing this award at the end of the season, for a player to be eligible he must be a member of Leeds Chess Club, have a current YCA grade & to have played 10 or more games for the club by the end of the season.


More details can be found on the Team News page after clicking on the LCC STATS 2009/10 link, there you will be able to see who has the highest plus score currently. John Light is the current leader on +15 although Oli Weiss has the higher plus score - He has only played 4 games so far this season!

Most recent updates.

STATS 2010 - results have been added.

Latest Yorkshire games added to grading files.

GALLERY & MEMBERS

New photos added.

New PAGES

League Tables, has been added for faster viewing.

LCC grades, added to help captains select & order their players.

Last updated - 31/01/2010.

Next matches:

Wednesday 03rd January 2010:

West Leeds A Vs Leeds A.

Leeds B Vs Alwoodley E.

Alwoodley D Vs Leeds C.

Club Championship.

The club championship 2009 is now complete, the results can now be found here. Entry forms for the club championship for 2010 will shortly be released.