Leeds Junior Chess Club
Approved English Chess Federation Development Pathway Club

 

Club Organiser John Hipshon wins 2025 award for ourstanding contribution to junior chess from the English Chess Federation.

' Completely unexpected - but I am proud to win this after all these years and would like to thank all those who have supported my work over the last 20 years.'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leeds Juniors are Yorkshire League Champions 2025.

In a thrilling finale our A team defeated York 4.5-3.5 and then Ilkley Jaguars by the same score to complete a clean sweep of 7/7 victories to become Yorkshire Junior League Champions. Keeping the same team for all three meetings our stars Sri Sasikumar, Toby Quaite, Nathan Madzia and Adamjeet Singh pulled it off despite intense competition.

Massive well done - very proud club!

Overall we had 4 teams playing across three divisions so well done all who took part.

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2025 Awards

Player of the year: Sri Sasikumar (centre)

Most Improved Player: Ihor larin

Coaches Award: Anabella Runceanu

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UKCC MegaFinal 2025 in York.

Well done to everyone who took part in the MegaFinal in York on June 9th. We had 35 children from our club  and we were very proud of everyone. Massive well done to everyone who qualified for the next stage of the competition - 17 in total.

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Leeds Junior Chess Club is National Club of the Year 2023!

Our club has been named as the National Club of the Year by the English Chess Federation. An incredible achievement - well done to everyone. You can read the citation and all the awards here.