Harrogate Chess Club

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Harrogate Chess Club Harrogate Chess Club was founded in 1884, making it one of the UK's longest established clubs.

We run three teams in the Yorkshire League as well as many internal events.New members are always welcome. As well as Harrogate Chess Club itself we also keen to engage local chess players in the Harrogate Evening Chess League or in one of our internet chess teams. There is also a local Primary Schools Association - details of all of these can be provided on request.

01/10/2026

The starting gun has been fired for the Leeds League with the first round last night.

HARROGATE A 5-0 HARROGATE B
HARROGATE C 1/2- 4 1/2 ALWOODLEY B

21/09/2026

18 players competed in the speed chess tournament tonight. Mate Ther was aiming for his fifth successive victory but had to settle for joint 1st place with Brian Coop. Brian has won the club championship on several occasions but this was his first victory in the quickplay event.

13/09/2026

First Yorkshire League matches of season;

HARROGATE A 5-3 ILKLEY DRAGONS
HARROGATE B 3-5 MELTHAM AND DENBY DALE A
HARROGATE C 1-5 SELBY U3A

It was the first visit of any Harrogate team to the Selby club and the first B Team trip to Meltham. We also featured two new players in our C Team.

02/09/2026

Well here we go! The 2026-27 season is due to begin as follows;

HARROGATE CHESS CLUB
Monday 7th September - first club night of the season
Monday 14th September - Annual General Meeting
Monday 21st September - Speed chess tournament (all welcome)

HARROGATE YOUTH CHESS CLUB
Thursday 17th September - first session of season.

Please note this club is for junior players in year 6 or above only

For more details please email [email protected]

Due to a congested calendar it wasn't possible to organise the annual friendly match between Harrogate and Ilkley. So we...
26/08/2026

Due to a congested calendar it wasn't possible to organise the annual friendly match between Harrogate and Ilkley. So we ended up playing out of season in late August. A strange time of year but with an atmosphere so good nobody was complaining.

Ilkley ran out 6-4 winners. The photo shows Harrogate captain Andrew Zigmond and Ilkley captain William Boothman with the Raymond Slatcher Memorial Trophy which has now been contested every year (bar pandemic year) since 2003.

12/05/2026

The 2026 Harrogate Evening Chess League Jamboree took place last night and saw a win for Archbishops just ahead of their nearest rivals Spofforth.

Part of the fun of the jamboree format and teams of varying overall strengths is that it does throw up mismatches but also some heavyweight clashes on the top boards and some fascinating games between improving players lower down. Last night featured games across all these categories.

26/03/2026

Apologies for the lack of recent updates - we'll try to catch up over the next few days;

The Leeds League has now concluded with the A&C teams top of divisions 1 and 3 while the B Team came second and achieved promotion from division 2.

01/03/2026

White Rose Chess brought their first Harrogate congress to the Cedar Court Hotel this weekend. Harrogate had success in all three sections;

OPEN - Mate Ther formed part of a four way tie for first place.
MAJOR - former members David Wells and Graham Wilson were part of a three way tie for first
MINOR - Sam Speight and Andrew Zigmond shared first place

Well done to all and a thank you to Andrew Wainwright for bringing this excellent event to our town and single handedly ensuring its success.

17/02/2026

Despite missing several key players the A Team drew with Yorkshire league title holders Sheffield A 4-4 last Saturday. The B Team lost 3-5 to Sheffield B while the C Team lost 2-4 to Dewsbury.

12/02/2026

From the Leeds League last night;

HARROGATE A 2 1/2-2 1/2 LEEDS B (still top of the table although the gap has narrowed)
HARROGATE B 4-1 LEEDS C (second and closing the gap)
HARROGATE C 3 1/2-1 1/2 FARSLEY (still at least a point clear at the top)

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St Robert's Club, 5 Robert Street
Harrogate
HG11HP

Opening Hours

Monday 7pm - 11pm

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