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(ex-Limewood & Scarcroft)
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!
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!
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.
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.
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?
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!
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!
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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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!
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?
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?
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!)
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
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