Well done to everyone who attended our second MaDD Blitz Championship today - 30 players sat down to do battle over seven rounds of 5+0, after a delicious steak pie lunch

A huge thankyou to everyone attended our coffee morning today, and supported our junior development fundraiser - we raised £282, which will go towards coaching for our junior superstars

Puzzle Monday #101

This week's calendar

A huge thankyou to our friends at Meltham Crossroads, who awarded us a grant to replenish our chess boards this month. As a gesture to say thankyou, we held the Crossroads Cup last night, with four volunteers from the Crossroads charity shop coming along to award the trophies

Puzzle Monday #100

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It was Buried Treasure Night last night at the Travellers - each puzzle solved earned the juniors a guess of the lucky square on our treasure map. Well done to Leo M, Charlie and Oscar, who all found a lucky square and went home with a prize

Puzzle Monday #99

Weekly Club Calendar: 28th September

The final Friday of the month is Blitz Blast night at the Vanilla Bean - a warm welcome to Ollie and Dom L, joining us for the first time, and congratulations to James S, playing his first rated games.

Some great scores last night in our Puzzle Streak Champions League night: congratulations to Joseph, Ahmed, Max, Kain and Oscar, among many others!

Puzzle Monday #98

Weekly Calendar: 21st September

Our Thursday club night at Denby Dale Library is blossoming - thanks to everyone who came! As well as our social games, we had some puzzles on the theme of attraction One of this weekend's jobs is to develop our tuck shop, so next week we'll have a wider range of snacks on offer

The rated matches are coming thick and fast now, in our busiest season to date: we played last Wednesday, last Saturday, Monday and again last night, in the first Examiner League match Well done to Captain James, who picked two great line-ups, and well done to all who took part!

A big thankyou to Garry and Joseph, who travelled across to help with some junior coaching on Monday - much appreciated to both for your help. A warm welcome to Jack, joining us for the first time, and a warm welcome back to David T, who's back after a short break from chess!

Well done to our squad last night, playing their first ever Calderdale League match. You did us proud guys, with a draw against last year's reigning champions... It's a busy schedule of games this season - the next Calderdale League game is next Monday, 21st September

Puzzle Monday 97

Another busy week next week: we make our debut in the Calderdale League on Monday, it's our first Examiner League match of the season on Wednesday, and it's our first ever Countdown Night on Saturday