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Yorkshire Chess Association

Last update:
02/08/02

Links to External Web Sites

 

a) Local Chess Organisations' Web Sites

A number of site which formerly existed have disappeared,
while some have not had new results etc posted for a couple of years!

Locality

League/Assn

Club

Congress

Bradford

Bradford DCA

 

 

Harrogate

 

Harrogate

 

Hull

Hull & DCA

Hull

 

 

 

Beverley

 

 

 

Hull Univ.

 

 

 

St Andrews

 

 

 

Willows

 

 

Humber CL

 

 

Leeds

 

Alwoodley

British Rapidplay

Sheffield

Sheffield

 

Sheffield

 

Sheffield Works

 

 

Wakefield

 

Wakefield

 

York

 

York Univ.

 

 

b) Other Local / Locally Relevant Sites

Yorkshire Chess Clubs - Stuart Johnson, Otley:  In depth details of Chess Clubs and Chess Leagues in Yorkshire, and other items.  Useful guide to those seeking to join a local chess club.

NCCU - Bill O'Rourke, Heywood:  Northern Counties Chess Union web site - county, club and individual championship Results, Congress Calendar, NCCU Grand Prix, Junior Chess, Correspondence Chess, etc.

JIM Moran - NCCU team competitions controller's webs site for posting fixtures, results and other bits and bobs.

BDS Web Site - Brian D Stephenson, Sheffield:  All you need to know about the British Chess Problem Society, and Chess Problems in general, but were afraid to ask (and may have wished you hadn't).

 

c) Nationally relevant Sites

British Chess Federation - managed by the British Chess Magazine:  Information about the national organisation, news items, directory information, calendar of events, etc.

British Chess Magazine - founded 1881:  On-line version of the monthly magazine ("BCM"), etc.  BCM is also a commercial supplier of chess books and equipment.

Chess Magazine - originally founded by B.H.Wood, published by Bridge & Chess:  Much as BCM in broad outline

4NCL - 4 Nations Chess League:  Results, fixtures, rules, notices etc regarding the first and only chess team league to cover Britain as a whole (for last season's site see Old 4NCL).

The Week In Chess - by Mark Crowther of Bradford:  international chess news, tournament reports etc.

British Land UK Chess Challenge - General information, results, etc. from the nationwide individual chess competition for children, starting with competitions in schools and culminating in national finals (run by Michael Basman).  See also an earlier site - located within the Website of the English Counties Girls Chess Federation and the Surrey Girls Chess League:

British Women's Chess Association - News, forthcoming events etc from the organisation which seeks to promote chess playing by women via women/girls-only competitions etc.

Braille Chess Association - Information and news from the UK's chess association for the blind and visually impaired.

UK Web Chess Guide - maintained by Tryfon Costas Gavriel or Barnet Chess Club, a project to provide as comprehensive as possible a guide to chess web sites in Britain.  Various categories of site listed.  (Send details of your site! tryfon@gtryfon.demon.co.uk)

Pawnpusher - another site with a page of "Chess Club and Association Websites in The British Isles" by Darren Jones.

 

FIDE - The international chess federation, called Fédération International des Échec or FIDÉ for short, has a web site which includes the Laws of Chess, international ratings and titles etc.

 

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