Leeds chess club

Established 1834

WHY US?

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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.

Contact us

 

Next chess club night.

We are next meeting at the North Leeds Working Men's Club on Wednesday 10th March from 7pm onwards.

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 - Have updated the files but have not yet been able to upload to the site due to server problems.

LCC GRADES - Current provisional grades have been updated.

Last updated - 07/03/2010.

Next matches:

Tuesday 09th March 2010:

Bingley Bees B Vs Leeds 175

Wednesday 10th March 2010:

Leeds A Vs Alwoodley A

Copperworks C Vs Leeds B

Leeds C Vs Rose Forgrove 5

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.