Boston Spa Chess Club

We're a friendly Leeds chess club based at Boston Spa Village Hall offering a warm welcome to players of all experiences and ability.

(ex-Limewood & Scarcroft)

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Some of these are insane.

https://t.co/aMZnKb9DcV

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Congratulation to Paul who came back from 2 pawns down in his game to win it, and wins the Norman Ellis competition with a score of 4.5 out of 5! 🏆

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Final round of the Ken Appleby (<1700) and Norman Ellis (Open) individual tournaments tonight.

With club captain Paul currently joint top of the Ellis standings on 3.5 out of 4, there's a strong chance for another trophy for a Boston Spa player!

Good luck everyone!

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Final round of the Ken Appleby (<1700) and Norman Ellis (Open) individual tournaments tonight.

With club captain Paul currently joint top of the Ellis standings on 3.5 out of 4, there's a strong chance for another trophy for a Boston Spa player!

Good luck everyone!

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Sadly having lost the toss and being outgraded on every board, our cup run ends with a 2-1 defeat.

Good luck to the University team in the final!

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Good luck to our Arjay 1 team who take on Leeds University 1 in the semi-final of the Arjay Trophy tonight!

Winner gets to play Arsenal in Budapest, live on Amazon Prime.

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Good luck to our Arjay 1 team who take on Leeds University 1 in the semi-final of the Arjay Trophy tonight!

Winner gets to play Arsenal in Budapest, live on Amazon Prime.

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Round 4 (of 5) of the individual tournaments tonight. Good luck everyone!

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Team 1 drew their match and go through on penalties, I mean board count (we won on board 1)

Team 2 lost 1-2

Team 3, missing a player, also lost 1-2. The game we won, we should have lost. And the game we lost, we should have won. Can YOU spot Black's blunder?

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Back to chess after the Easter break and it's Arjay Trophy and Plate action tonight:

Team 1 host @RoseForgroveCC 3 in the Trophy
Team 2 host @ChessAlwoodley 4 in the Plate
Team 3 visit Rose Forgtove 7 in the Plate

Good luck everyone!

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Back to chess after the Easter break and it's Arjay Trophy and Plate action tonight:

Team 1 host @RoseForgroveCC 3 in the Trophy
Team 2 host @ChessAlwoodley 4 in the Plate
Team 3 visit Rose Forgtove 7 in the Plate

Good luck everyone!

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That's the Main League now now. Couple of weeks of for Easter, then we have 3 rounds of the Arjay to go, one of the Mini League and 2 of the individual tournaments.

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A team drew and finish midtable in Div1
B team won 3-2 and stay up in Div1!
C team won 3.5-1.5 and finish midtable in Div3
D team lost 1.5-3.5 and avoid finishing bottom of Div3 on goal difference!

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It's the lastr round of the Main League tonight!

A team host Leeds A, who are currently 2nd in Div 1.
B team, currently in the relegation zone, host Div1 champions @HarrogateChessC A
C team visit @ChessAlwoodley D
D team visit Farsley A, who could get promoted if they win.

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It's the lastr round of the Main League tonight!

A team host Leeds A, who are currently 2nd in Div 1.
B team, currently in the relegation zone, host Div1 champions @HarrogateChessC A
C team visit @ChessAlwoodley D
D team visit Farsley A, who could get promoted if they win.

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Penultimate round of the Main League tonight!

A team host top-of-the-table (Div1) Harrogate A
B team visit bottom-of-the-table @RoseForgroveCC B
C team visit top-of-the-table (Div3) Harrogate C
D team visit @AlwoodleyChess D

Good luck everyone!

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Great to see the game get more widespread.

("Old man's game", though? How rude - I'm not 50 for another 3 weeks! 🤣)

https://t.co/a47mAE0kcS

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A team won 3.5-1.5
B team drew
C team lost 1-4, but a debut win for Richard M!
D team had to default 2 boards and lost 1-4, but a great win for Mark L.

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Round 12 out of 14 of the Main League tonight:

A team host @RoseForgroveCC B
B team visit Leeds B
C team visit Leeds D (that's convenient!)
D team host @HarrogateChessC C

I can't play as I'm going roller skating, hopefully it will be more co-ordinated than my Pirc Defence!

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Round 12 out of 14 of the Main League tonight:

A team host @RoseForgroveCC B
B team visit Leeds B
C team visit Leeds D (that's convenient!)
D team host @HarrogateChessC C

I can't play as I'm going roller skating, hopefully it will be more co-ordinated than my Pirc Defence!

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Round three (3) of the individual tournaments tonight. I have a bye as I'm off to see @fesshole live, but good luck everyone!

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M1 team lost 2-3
M2 team lost 1.5-3.5 (including me getting an absolute swindle for a draw!)
M3 team drew

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It definitely feels like we're into Act 3 of the season, as the weather starts to get slightly less rubbish.

And it's the penultimate round of the Mini League tonight:

Mini 1 host Leeds 1
Mini 2 visit West Leeds
Mini 3 visit @RoseForgroveCC 2

How did that bishop get there?

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It definitely feels like we're into Act 3 of the season, as the weather starts to get slightly less rubbish.

And it's the penultimate round of the Mini League tonight:

Mini 1 host Leeds 1
Mini 2 visit West Leeds
Mini 3 visit @RoseForgroveCC 2

How did that bishop get there?

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A bit of a pattern last night:

A team drew the match.
B team lost 1-4
C team drew the match.
D team lost 1-4 (congratulations to David for his win on debut!)

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Main League action tonight, but simple travel plans!:

A team visit Leeds B
B team host @RoseForgroveCC A (tough match!)
C team host @RoseForgroveCC D
D team visit Leeds D

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Main League action tonight, but simple travel plans!:

A team visit Leeds B
B team host @RoseForgroveCC A (tough match!)
C team host @RoseForgroveCC D
D team visit Leeds D