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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Boston Spa Chess Club
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Boston Spa Chess Club
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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)
Boston Spa, England 参加日 Ekim 2016
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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!
Boston Spa Chess Club@BostonSpaChess
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! 🤣)
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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
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It's another mixed bag of results!
A won 4.5 v 0.5,
B lost 3-2,
C won 3.5-1.5
D lost 0-5 (*heavily* outgraded!)
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Back to Main League action after last week's round of the individual tournaments: A team visit @RoseForgroveCC A B team host University A C team visit Rose Forgrove E D team host Rose Forgrove D Good luck everyone!
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Back to Main League action after last week's round of the individual tournaments:
A team visit @RoseForgroveCC A
B team host University A
C team visit Rose Forgrove E
D team host Rose Forgrove D
Good luck everyone!
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A break from club chess tonight, as it's round 2 of the individual tournaments:
Norman Ellis (Open)
Ken Appleby (U1700)
Good luck everyone!
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Tough night, as all teams lost and we only picked up 3.5 points across all 4 matches.
A break next week for the Individual competition, then we'll be back fighting on 11th Feb!
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Main League action tonight! A team host University A B team visit Leeds A C team visit Farsley A D team host @RoseForgroveCC E Good luck everyone, and safe travels!
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Main League action tonight!
A team host University A
B team visit Leeds A
C team visit Farsley A
D team host @RoseForgroveCC E
Good luck everyone, and safe travels!
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Mini League action tonight!
M1 team visit Leeds University
M2 team host Pudsey
M3 team visit Leeds CC
We'll also be having social chess at Boston Spa Village Hall LS23 6AA, so pop along if you fancy a game!
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It's the Harrogate Congress at the Cedar Court Hotel, Harrogate on the 28th February and 1st March 2026!
Cash prizes to be won across 3 sections.
Full details and how to enter : whiterosechess.co.uk/wrc4-harrogate…
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Wins for the B and C teams!
So the B team are now only one point behind the A team in Division 1, and the C team are keeping pressure on for the promotion spots in Division 3!
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Back to Main League chess in 2026! And we have 2 local derbies as our B team "host" our A team in Division 1 and our C team "host" our D team in Division 3. So A team and D team players need to remember to bring their change kits for tonight to avoid a clash.
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