Leeds chess club

Established 1834

LEEDS CHESS ASSOCIATION

I will try to give you as much information as I can regarding the Leeds Chess Association including other Chess Clubs in the area, latest results from the Association and anything else that I feel could be useful to somebody.

First of all, here's something for the newcomers and the curious,

Chess Clubs in the Leeds Chess Association (Clubs with a website are linked in blue, the rest are in green):

Alwoodley Chess Club

Alwoodley currently have 5 teams and a fair sized venue, they also have a bar that opens later on in the evening

Alwoodley Community Centre, The Avenue, Alwoodley, LS17 7NZ

http://www.alwoodleychessclub.org.uk/

Mike Dow (0113) 2673632

Copperworks Chess Club

I don't think Copperworks have their own website. I can tell you that they have 3 teams and play in the bar of the Gildersome Conservative Club

Gildersome Conservative Club, Gildersome, Morley, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS27 7HX

Click on the link below and go to the clubs link to find this club's web page.

http://www.leedschess.org.uk/

mike.farley212@ntlworld.com 

Leeds Chess Club

We currently have 3 teams and we're the fastest growing club in Leeds, we have a large room upstairs, completely out of the way of the bar and the locals

North Leeds Working Men’s Club, 101 Lincoln Green Road, Leeds LS9 7SR

 www.leedschessclub.org 

tony@leedschessclub.org

Tony Ibbitson - 07875553775

Leeds Junior Chess Association

We are a voluntary, not-for-profit organisation set-up to promote chess amongst junior players in Leeds. In order to do this we assist schools and their teaching staff in setting up and running school chess clubs and we encourage children to participate in both team and individual competitions. We provide professional chess coaching and organise the successful West Yorkshire Primary School Chess League

Alwoodley Community Centre, The Avenue, Alwoodley, LS17 7NZ

http://www.leedsjuniorchess.org.uk/ 

John Hipshon - 0113 269 1173

jr.hipshon@ntlworld.com

Leeds University Chess Club

We now play on a Monday from 6:00 till 8:00 in the Parkinson Buliding - email us / visit our Facebook page for more details


Leeds University Union, Parkinson Building, Leeds LS1.

leedsunichess@googlemail.com 

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2225011913

You can find other info by clicking on the link below and going to the clubs link

http://www.leedschess.org.uk/

Pudsey Chess Club

I have no contacts for these at the moment but I can tell you that they meet at the Halfway House Pub on Mondays and Wednesdays from about 7pm

Halfway House, 727 Leeds & Bradford Road, Stanningley, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, 
LS28 6PE

brian.watkins2@virgin.net 

Rose Forgrove Chess Club

Rose Forgrove currently have 5 teams, they have a fair sized room at the Parochial Hall and the bar is open all hours

Parochial Hall, 5 Fitzroy Drive, Leeds LS8 4AB

http://www.roseforgrovechessclub.org.uk/

steverussell2@btinternet.com 

West Leeds Chess Club

Ian Strickland - 0113 243 8629West Leeds have two rooms upstairs at the Halfway House Pub

Halfway House, 727 Leeds & Bradford Road, Stanningley, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, 
LS28 6PE

If you click the link below and go to the clubs link, you will find their web page.

http://www.leedschess.org.uk/

iandstrickland@aol.com

Ian Strickland - 0113 243 8629

Now a little something for players who aren't new to the league:

Leeds Chess Association Constitution & Rules.

Latest league results and tables file (last added 11/05).

"The older I grow, the more I value pawns." - Keres.

Contact us

Next season.

The new chess season will start in October and should finish around May 2011. If you would like to play for Leeds Chess Club in the league this season, please click here and fill out the form. We are desperate for 3 teams and I need to know how many interested people we have. Thanks! Oh and you can view the provisional team lineups here.

New discussion area.

Hi members, just to let you know that you can now find a new discussion area on the team news page. Of course, this is a password protected area so you may talk about anything regarding your chess without giving anything away to other clubs! Also, if you forget the password or don't know it, send me an email and I'll let you know what it is. Cheers!

Book Club.

Click here to view books that are available for loan.

New grades.

Both the 2010 ECF and YCA grades have finally been published, click here to see what your YCA is if you play for Leeds Chess Club. Click here to see what your ECF is.

Leeds Vs Bradford.

Leeds are to take on Bradford in a pre season graded match, both Leeds and Bradford are hoping to get the best players from their respective leagues to join up. If you play in the Leeds league and would like to play for us in this match, click here for more information and a link to the entry form.

Next chess club night.

We are next meeting at the North Leeds Working Men's Club on Wednesday 01 September from 6.30pm onwards.

Leeds Chess Club Championship 2010.

The Leeds Chess Club Championship is now underway, the 2nd round is almost complete and 5 rounds remain. You can view the official Leeds Chess Club Championship page here, which is being updated on a regular basis.

Join Leeds on chess.com.

I now run a Leeds team on chess.com here and you can join if you fancy playing some team matches with us. We're currently playing matches with France, Kazakhstan, Austria, Australia, Korea and many, many more... It doesn't cost anything to join and play and new matches are started on a regular basis so you always have a chance to get playing some serious chess for us!

Team line ups for next season.

The team line ups for next season have been released, you can find them here.