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Next club night is Saturday 5th December, meeting from 6:30pm - Next matches are on Wednesday 02nd December

Last updated: Sunday 29th November 2009.

Leeds A won the division 2 title this season, finishing 3 points clear at the top of the table. Well played lads, we deserve it!

Welcome to the official Leeds Chess Club Website, we are a friendly chess club based near the centre of Leeds. We are currently looking for new members, if you are interested in joining us then everything you need to know can be found within these pages. Leeds chess club are the 3rd largest club in Leeds and we are the fastest growing club in the league. We now have teams in both the Leeds League and Bradford League (No other clubs in Leeds or Bradford do!) so we are now recruiting from the Bradford area as well! In the Leeds League we have an A-Team, a B-Team, a C-Team, a 3-man rapidplay team, a 3-man mini league team and a 3-man Arjay team. In the Bradford League we have a fairly strong 5-man team called Leeds 175 Insurgents. There's always room for anyone wanting a game, if you are interested, please get in touch! I must stress that we are still looking for new members, If you are reading this and you don't currently belong to a chess club but you would like to, please send me an email.

We are a young and extremely keen club, probably the keenest chess club in Yorkshire! Eager to learn more, eager to be a success and most of all... we want to be the best!

We can offer beginner to intermediate and some advanced players coaching, I also have a huge library of chess books that will offer something to anyone from beginner to grandmaster. If you like, we can play through some books on Wednesdays or... once you've been a member here for a while, I can even lend you some books to work on at home. To people who aren't interested in studying chess, that's not a problem! You are still very welcome to come down and play some chess.

Leeds Chess Club are all about meeting up and having some fun!

Here are a few shortcuts for both members and newcomers that I hope will save you time when browsing my site:

Join Leeds Chess Club, interested in joining my club? Click this link to send me an email.

Where do we play? This link will tell you everything you need to know.

What does it cost? Click this link if you're interested in joining but would like to find out how much playing chess will cost.

Members. Want to know what we look like before you come to the club? Then click this link.

Complete fixture list, this link contains all fixtures for all clubs in the LCA for 2009/10.

Latest results, League tables, results and other stats can be found here.

Chess tournaments, click this link if you are looking for chess tournaments in your area.

Local chess gradings, if you want to find out anyone’s grade. Alternatively, click here if you’d like to know how grades are worked out.

Other clubs, feel free to check out other clubs in Leeds. Our aim is not only to be the largest club but also to help the Leeds Chess Association as a whole!

Here's just a few of our members at the club playing some chess.

"Chess like love, is infectious at any age." - Flohr.

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Next chess club night.

There are 3 matches on Wednesday 02nd December but if you're not playing or are non member, then you're more than welcome to come along. The C team are at home that week so you could either watch them play or have a few games with someone who isn't in the match. Meeting from 6:30pm 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.

Team news page:

STATS 2010 - results have been added.

Grades have been updated.

Future match lineups added.

Updated - 29/11/2009

Next matches:

Wednesday 02nd December:


Alwoodley B Vs Leeds A

Pudsey B Vs Leeds B

Leeds C Vs Alwoodley E

Club Championship.

The club championship is now complete, the results can now be found here.

Leeds league table.

PosTeamPldPts
1Leeds A1627
2West Leeds A1624
3Copperworks C1622
4Alwoodley D1621
5Rose Forgrove 41620
6Leeds B169
7Pudsey B169
8Alwoodley E165
9Rose Forgrove 5164

Bradford league table.

PosTeamPldPts
1Keighley1425
2Unison1421
3Leeds 1741417
4Bradford College1414
5Bingley Bees B1413
6BFD Destroyers1412
7Renaissance1410
8Phoenix140