Leeds chess club
Established 1834
Why play for Leeds Chess Club?
1: We are probably the only club in Leeds that share ideas with everyone within the club and aim to help everyone else improve. This is due to our young and hungry team hoping to be the best chess club in Yorkshire!
2: We have the biggest venue in Leeds and drinks are available at very competitive prices.
3: We're probably the only club in Leeds who actually train together, we make a big effort in meeting up on non match nights to go through theory and test each others systems out in order to make sure we are all spot on with what we have been studying.
4: Book & CD exchanging is also another huge part of Leeds Chess Club, if we have any material that we think might benefit another Leeds Chess Club member then we're more than happy to lend them it in the hope that it does help improve their chess.
5: We like to arrange group trips to chess tournaments in areas such as Scarborough and Whitby where me make a holiday out of it and stay Friday to Sunday, sometimes even Monday!
6: Most clubs in Yorkshire tend to play their chess and then go home, not us, we stay at the club until kicking out time and make sure we have plenty of beer and friendly banter afterwards! This includes teasing our B team captain Jon because he's a plonker, join in if you like :D
7: We are the friendliest club in Leeds!
"You should protect your weak points and overprotect the strong ones in the centre." - Nimzowitsch.
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 Videos
Book Club.
Click here to view books that are available for loan.
New grades.
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.
