Leeds chess club

Established 1834

LINKS

Chess E-Book.

Chess training online.

Free 9 part email chess course.

For anyone who is interested in improving their game, this is a free chess course written by Charles Kimball who I believe is rated about 2460.

Bradford Chess Association.

This is the league where Leeds 174 Insurgents are currently competing. Up to date news, league results and tables can be found here although the information for Leeds is also available on my team news page.

The week in chess.

The title says it all really!

Tubechess.

The best site for chess videos.

This site is awesome, it's like you tube but full of chess videos and nothing else, check it out!!!

The official website for Alexandra Kosteniuk.

This website is fantastic, contains latest news, photos, games and videos related to this female Grandmaster.

Leeds Chess Association.
 
 
The new webmaster Dylan Morgan has created this fantastic new website for the LCA, check it out it's well worth a look.
 
Leeds Junior Chess.
 
Leeds Junior Chess Association
 
The Leeds Junior Chess website, the Leeds Primary Schools Chess League and contacts for anyone wishing to enter a school team.
 
The British Chess Magazine.
 
Includes the famous chess magazine and the online chess store.
 
Yorkshire Chess Association.
 
 
Patrick Senior has recently taken over as webmaster of this site, this fantastic new look website contains the YCA grades, leaague tables and much more!
 
The English Chess Federation.
 
 
Information on English Chess, the full English grading list and a full listing of Chess Congresses in England.
 
The 4ncl League.
 
 
The Four Nations Chess League.
 
Fide.
 
 
One of the worlds biggest sporting governing bodies, The World Chess Federation FIDE.
 
Wakefield Chess Club.
 
A brilliant website for the legendary Wakefield Chess Club.
 
Cumnor Chess Club.
 
 
 
Play chess online.
 
 
Playchess.com, the best website for online chess. Using a professional server with the famous Fritz interface, playchess also uses software to prevent computer cheats from competing here.
 
"Playing for complication is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan." - Alekhine.
 
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!

Recent Photos

 

Recent Videos

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.