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Barnsley chess club joined in the Fun Palaces event at the Lightbox. Thanks to Vlad, John, Tony and Shane who all came to help out. We had some interest from adults who had played in the past and quite a few youngsters who were fascinated by the sets and clocks. Perhaps they will be the

As the new season approaches, in an attempt to get ‘match fit’ Barnsley Chess club held an all play all 5 minute tournament o the 27th of September. 9 players took part and the result was in doubt going into the final round. A win for Richard D and Gary and a loss for Richard

You may think the title is a little bit daft. If you win the toss you take white on odd boards and all the even boards groan and moan about how this is their 4th black in a row etc. White is supposed to have the advantage. So yesterday having the white pieces in the

Three Horseshoes defeated Barnsley 1.5-2.5 in a topsy-turvey match which could have gone either way. Wins on the top and bottom boards secured their victory. You can view the match card on the Teams page.

A GREAT NIGHT ! In contrast to last weeks large turnout only 6 members contested this double round all play all 5 minute tournament. It’s true that Barnsley F.C. were on the tele but surely that result was predictable! What was not predictable were the results of the early rounds of this competition. Who would

Since our league match for this date has been rearranged the club is now running a 5 Minute Blitz event starting 7.45pm prompt.

There was a real buzz about the club on Tuesday night, the like of which we had not seen for a couple of years when we last hosted two matches on the same evening. It was great to see about 15 players at the club once again. Not everyone could stay the full session, some

Six players competed in a five round five minute tournament at the club on Tuesday 18th Jan. There were many mistakes, dropped pieces, losses on time when equal or better and even some draws! The first round went according to rating with wins for Gary, Martin and Pete over Richard John and Shane. Gary moved

TUESDAY 23-11-21 As well as social chess, we will have a team competing in the Doncaster league at the club tonight. A 4 board match of 2 – 30 min games each versus Barnby Dun will commence at 7.30 pm. Let’s hope the boys can get that much needed win…………………GOOD LUCK