Wakefield Chess Club

04/08/2026

♟️ Wakefield Chess Club ♟️

Whether you're new to chess or an experienced player, you'll find a friendly game and great company at Wakefield Chess Club.

📍 We play every Monday at the Wakefield Sports Centre Bowls Clubhouse (https://maps.app.goo.gl/W3Hq7YiW2We5XTkv5)

🕕 6:00pm - 8:00pm - Juniors and adults welcome
🕕 8:00pm onwards - Adults only, with a quieter, more focused playing environment

🍺 A fully licensed bar is open throughout the evening, serving a range of drinks and refreshments.

New members are always welcome - just turn up and play!

14/05/2026

Great performance by Jay at the Nottingham Megafinal at the weekend, securing 2nd place and qualifying to the Gigafinal

14/05/2026

17/02/2026

Wakefield Wolves are Yorkshire U18 Division 3 champions!

A dominating performance from our juniors throughout the season to win the title and promotion to division 2.

A great performance from all who played throughout the season: James P, Abhigyan, Anshuman, Reyaansh (all pictured below), Jack and James H with 48 wins between them out of 56 games and seven comfortable match wins to top the table.

Special mention to James P with a perfect record of 14 wins out of 14!

Well done to all.

07/12/2025

Excellent result today for our Wakefield Wolves in the second round of the Yorkshire U18s Junior Chess League in Bradford.

Wakefield Wolves A team are on a roll bagging 13 wins, with 1 draw and 2 losses so far. Keeping them in the top position in Division 3. 💫
Well done James, Reyaansh, Anshuman and Jack!

Junior team coach, Peter Shaw was pleased with the result.
“James and Reyaansh are currently on a full winning streak, I couldn’t have asked for better play. Anshuman played some excellent end games and Jack played a perfect first game under the time pressure!”

Also a big shout out to the Wakefield B team who played valiantly in their first ever match and the team did get a win. 👏

The club are very proud 😊

03/11/2025

Well done to our Wakefield Wolves who played exceptionally well in the first games of the Yorkshire junior U18 League in Hull!

Our junior team coach, Peter Shaw couldn’t praise the team enough.

“We did very well, scoring 21.5/24 so we will be top of the table. James and Reyaansh both got 6/6. The majority of the games were closely fought, great play by all of them.”

06/10/2025

Club is on tonight! See you all from 6pm at the Wakefield Bowls Club! ♟️

31/08/2025

2025 South Yorkshire Rapidplay information

Date: Sunday September 14th, 2025Venue: XP East School, Middle Bank, Doncaster, DN4 5NG Entry fee: £20 in each section Sections: Open, U1800, U1500. ECF Rapidplay ratings will be used. What level o…

30/06/2025

Hope everyone is enjoying the heatwave! Club is open tonight from the usual time of 6pm, if you are wanting to be out of the heat, pop down for a game of chess or two! ♟️ ☀️