Competitive Chess

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York Chess Club has a number of teams who compete in the York evening chess league. Players in the first division tend to be rated from 1650-2200, while the second division broadly ranges from 1200-1800.

Matches are played over six boards against teams representing other clubs and the university in York, as well as Scarborough and Malton. Games are played with a time control of 75mins per player + 10 second increment per move with roughly 12-16 games per season between September and April.

If you would like to be consider for selection please email ben@benrich.co.uk or call 07469159134 to discuss further.

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