Yorkshire Chess History

The following is a list of annual meetings and tournaments run by Yorkshire chess organisations, and the larger organisations which those Yorkshire organisations evolved into, as well as some similar events of note. The list does not extent to organisations and activities at the level of a single club or town. The list will inevitably be incomplete. As write-ups on events are added, underlined links will be added into the table below in the “Location” columns.

(See lower down page for elaboration of organisation keys.)

(Italics in the “Location” columns denote reference to a mooted event which did not take place as planned.)

	Original Yorkshire CA and organisations it subsequently evolved into by renaming		Current Yorkshire CA and organisations it directly evolved from by merger				Events Organised by the Rev. Arthur Bolland Skipworth		Other Major or Related Events
Year	Org. Key	Event Location	Org. Key	Event Location	Org. Key	Event Location	Org. Key	Event Location	Org. Key	Event Location	Year
1841	YCA1	Leeds									1841
1841	YCA1	Wakefield									1841
1842	YCA1	Halifax									1842
1843	YCA1	Huddersfield							Nott CC / YCA joint mtg		1843
1844	YCA1	(re postponement)							NOTT	Nottingham	1844
1845	YCA1	Leeds									1845
1846	YCA1	Wakefield									1846
1847	YCA1	Hull									1847
1848	YCA1	Halifax									1848
1849											1849
1850	YCA1	Leeds							Great Exhibition T’ment		1850
1851							NLINCS	Caistor	Ad hoc	London	1851
1852	YCA1	Hull									1852
1853	N&MCCA	Manchester									1853
1854	N&MCCA	Liverpool					NLINCS	Caistor			1854
1855	N&MCCA	Leamington									1855
1856			WYCA	Leeds							1856
1857	CA	Manchester	WYCA	Wakefield							1857
1858	CA	Birmingham	WYCA	Halifax							1858
1859			WYCA	Huddersfield							1859
1860	CA	Cambridge	WYCA	Bradford							1860
1861	CA	Bristol	WYCA	Leeds							1861
1862	BCA	London	WYCA	Wakefield							1862
1863			WYCA	Sheffield							1863
1864			WYCA	Huddersfield							1864
1865			WYCA	Bradford			NY&DCA	Redcar	N’umberland & Durham		1865
1866	BCA	London	WYCA	Leeds			NY&DCA	Redcar	N&DCA	N'Castle-u-T	1866
1867	BCA	Dundee	WYCA	Wakefield			NY&DCA	York	N&DCA	?	1867
1868	BCA	London (1868-9)	WYCA	Sheffield			YCA2	York	N&DCA	S. Shields	1868
1869			WYCA	Huddersfield			YCA2	York			1869
1870	BCA	London	WYCA	Halifax			CCA	Newcastle-u-T			1870
1871			WYCA	Bradford			CCA	Malvern			1871
1872	BCA	London	WYCA	Leeds			CCA	Malvern			1872
1873			WYCA	Wakefield			CCA	Clifton			1873
1874			WYCA	Huddersfield			CCA	Birmingham			1874
1875			WYCA	Sheffield			CCA	Glasgow			1875
1876			WYCA	Halifax			CCA	Cheltenham			1876
1877			WYCA	Bradford			CCA	Birmingham			1877
1878			WYCA	Leeds			CCA	London			1878
1879			WYCA	Wakefield							1879
1880			WYCA	Sheffield			CCA	Boston			1880
1881			WYCA	Huddersfield			CCA	Leamington			1881
1882			WYCA	Dewsbury			CCA	Manchester			1882
1883	BCA	London	WYCA	Bradford			CCA	Birmingham			1883
1884			WYCA	Leeds			CCA	Bath			1884
1885	BCA	London	WYCA	Wakefield *			CCA	Hereford			1885
1886	BCA	London	WYCA	Huddersfield *	YCCC	Bradford	CCA	Nottingham	(Ad Hoc)	Llandudno	1886
1887	BCA	London	WYCA	Dewsbury *	YCCC	(Y Ch &c)	CCA	Stamford			1887
1888	BCA	Bradford	WYCA	Bradford *	YCCC	Bradford	CCA	?			1888
1889	BCA	London	WYCA	Leeds *	YCCC	(Y Ch &c)					1889
1890	BCA	Manchester	WYCA	Dewsbury *	YCCC	(Y Ch &c)	CCA	Cambridge	Craigside Tournaments		1890
1891			WYCA	Farsley *	YCCC	(Y Ch &c)	CCA	Oxford	CRAIG	Llandudno	1891
1892	BCA	London	WYCA	? *	YCCC	(Y Ch &c)	CCA	Brighton	CRAIG	Llandudno	1892
1893			WYCA	? *	YCCC	(Y Ch &c)	CCA	Woodhall Spa	CRAIG	Llandudno	1893
1894			WYCA	? *	YCCC	(Y Ch &c)			CRAIG	Llandudno	1894
	Other Important Events		(* see also team events)						CRAIG	Llandudno	1894~5
1895	Ad Hoc	Hastings	WYCA		YCCC	Halifax			CRAIG	Llandudno	1895
			Current YCA formed by merger of WYCA & YCCC						CRAIG	Llandudno	1895~6
1896			YCA3	(winner list)					CRAIG	Llandudno	1896
1897	SCCU	Southampton	YCA3	(winner list)					C&CRAIG	Llandudno	1897
1898			YCA3	(winner list)					C&CRAIG	Llandudno	1898
1899	Ad Hoc	London	YCA3	(winner list)							1899
1900	SCCU	Bath	YCA3	(winner list)							1900
1901			YCA3	(winner list)							1901
1902	SCCU	Norwich	YCA3	(winner list)							1902
1903	SCCU	Plymouth	YCA3	(winner list)							1903



(B)
2003~04			YCA3	Team Event tables							2003~04
2004~05											2004~05
2005~06			YCA3	Team Event index							2005~06
2006~07			YCA3	Team Event index							2006~07
2007~08			YCA3	Team Event index							2007~08
2008~09			YCA3	Team Event index							2008~09
2009~2010			YCA3	Team Event index							2009~2010
2010~2011			YCA3	Team Event index							2010~2011
2011~2012			YCA3	Team Event index							2011~2012
Year	Org. Key	Location	Org. Key	Location	Org. Key	Location	Org. Key	Location	Org. Key	Location	Year

Key to Org. Keys:

Org. Key	Name of Organisation Running Event
BCA	British Chess Association
C&CRAIG	Counties & Craigside Tournaments
CA	Chess Association
CCA	Counties Chess Association
CRAIG	Craigside Tournaments
N&DCA	Northumberland & Durham Chess Association
N&MCCA	Northern & Midland Counties Chess Association
NLINCS	North Lincolnshire Chess Association
NOTT	Nottingham Chess Club
NY&DCA	North Yorkshire & Durham Chess Association
SCCU	Southern Counties Chess Union
WYCA	West Yorkshire Chess Association
YCA1	Yorkshire Chess Association (original)
YCA2	Yorkshire Chess Association (of Skipworth)
YCA3	Yorkshire Chess Association (current)
YCCC	Yorkshire County Chess Club

(C) Miscellaneous Matches and Events (Italics denote reference to a mooted event which did not take place as planned.)

Year	Inter-County Matches &c	Inter-Club Matches	Individual Events	Other	Year
1824-25		Leeds v Liverpool, corres. game			1824-25
1834-35		Leeds v Doncaster, corres. match			1834-35
<1844		Leeds v Leeds corres game			<1844
<1844		Nottingham v Huddersfield, corres. match			<1844
<1844		Wakefield v Huddersfield, corres. game			<1844
1838		Doncaster v Wakefield, consultation			1838
1838‑41		Leeds v Liverpool corres matches			1838‑41
1840‑41		Huddersfield v Wakefield Corres Game			1840‑41
1843		Leeds v Wakefield			1843
1844		Halifax v Wakefield			1844
1844		Wakefield v Halifax			1844
1847			Rhodes v E.Cronhelm match		1847
1851		Sheffield A&MI v Birm’ham Poly., corres.			1851
1852				Johann Jacob Löwenthal in Yorkshire	1852
1852				Staunton in Sheffield	1852
1852				Staunton in Halifax	1852
1852-53		York-Dublin correspondence game			1852-53
1854		Hull v Preston, correspondence match			1854
1855				“Zytogorski” in Huddersfield	1855
1856		Huddersfield v Wakefield			1856
1856		Leeds v Huddersfield			1856
1857		Huddersfield v Wakefield		Halifax CC Annual Meeting	1857
1857		Huddersfield v Leeds			1857
1859		Settle v Burnley			1859
1859		Settle v Bradford			1859
1859-60			Watkinson v W Parratt match		1859-60
1860		Bradford v Settle	Werner v W Parratt match	George Lumley in Yorkshire	1860
1860			Watkinson v Werner match		1860
1861		Wakefield v Huddersfield	Watkinson v Thorold Match	George Lumley in Yorkshire	1861
1863		Bradford v Settle			1863
1863		Saltaire v Baildon			1863
1864		Huddersfield v Bradford (2 legs, April)			1864
1864		Huddersfield v Bradford (Nov.)			1864
1865		Huddersfield v Bradford (3 legs, April)			1865
1865		Huddersfield v Sheffield Athenaeum			1865
1866		Sheffield Athenaeum Match Challenge		Huddersfield-Sheffield Bad Feeling	1866
1867	West Riding v North Riding				1867
1867-68			Werner v Skipworth matches		1867-68
1869		Wakefield v Bradford		Bradford-Halifax Meeting	1869
1870		Halifax v Bradford			1870
1870		Bradford v Halifax			1870
1870		Inter-Club Correspondence Tournament		Steinitz in Leeds	1870
1871	Yorkshire v Lancashire			Rosenthal & Skipworth in Sheffield	1871
1872		Bradford v Halifax 1			1872
1872		Bradford v Halifax 2			1872
1872		West Riding Chess Club Meeting			1872
1872		Wakefield v Bradford			1872
1873		E. Ward Central Libs v Little Horton Libs			1873
1873		Bradford v Halifax		Leeds v Leicester, corres	1873
1873		Leeds v Leeds Church Institute			1873
1873		1st Annual Oxford-Cambridge Match		Blackburne in Sheffield	1873
1873		Leeds v Bradford			1873
1874		1874 Ad Hoc Inter-Club Match Index			1874
1875		Hull Church Institute v Grimsby			1875
1875		Grimsby v Hull Church Institute			1875
1876		Leeds v Bradford			1876
1876		Bradford v Leeds			1876
1877		Grimsby v Hull Chess Club			1877
1877		Leeds v Bradford			1877
1877		Halifax v Bradford			1877
1878		Bradford v Manchester Athenaeum			1878
1878		Dewsbury WMC v Huddersfield			1878
1879		Leeds v Manchester Athenaeum			1879
1879		Manchester Athenaeum v Leeds			1879
1879		Rotherham C C v Rotherham Lib Ass			1879
1879		Doncaster v Rotherham			1879
1880				Edmund Thorold in Hull	1880
1881				Zukertort Blindf’d Simul, Huddersfield	1881
1882				Edmund Thorold in Hull	1882
1882	Unplayed Yorkshire v Lancashire	1882 Ad Hoc Inter-Club Match Index		Blackburne in Leeds, September	1882
1882	Yorks v Derbys/Notts/Staffs.			JG Cunningham Simul. at Dewsbury	1882
1882				Blackburne in Leeds, November	1882
1882				DY Mills in Bradford	1882
1883				Blackburne in Sheffield	1883
1883				DY Mills in Sheffield	1883
1883		Under-35s v Over 35s		DY Mills in Bradford	1883
1883	Yorkshire v Lancashire	1883 Ad Hoc Inter-Club Match Index		Bird in Sheffield	1883
1884	Yorkshire v Lancashire	1884 Ad Hoc Inter-Club Match Index			1884
1884-85		1884-85 Woodhouse Cup			1884-85
1885		1885 Ad Hoc Inter-Club Match Index		Zukertort in Sheffield	1885
1885-86		1885-86 Woodhouse Cup		Douglas (IoM) Handicap	1885-86
1886		1886 Ad Hoc Inter-Club Match Index			1886
1887	Yorkshire v Lancashire	1886-87 Woodhouse Cup			1887
1888	W Yorks. v Tyneside&Teesside	Yorkshire v Ireland (corres)		Blackburne in Hull	1888
1888		1887-88 Woodhouse Cup		Edmund Thorold in Hull	1888
1888		1888 Sheffield & DCA v Manchester CC		BCA Congress, Bradford	1888
1888-89		1888-89 Woodhouse Cup			1888-89
1889	Yorkshire v Lancashire	Grosmont v Whitby			1889
1889-90		1889-90 Woodhouse Cup			1889-90
1890	Yorkshire v Lancashire	Bradford v Liverpool match			1890
1890	Yorkshire v Sussex (corres.)	Grosmont v Whitby			1890
1890		Sheffield Athen’m v. St. George’s, B’ham			1890
1890-91		1890-91 Woodhouse Cup			1890-91
1891-92		1891-92 Woodhouse Cup			1891-92
1892				Blackburne in Sheffield	1892
1892				Blackburne in Huddersfield	1892
1892		Derbyshire v Sheffield & DCA		Blackburne in Leeds	1892
1892		Leeds v Birmingham St George’s			1892
1892-93		West Yorkshire Championship			1892-93
1892-93		1892-93 Woodhouse Cup			1892-93
1893	North v South	Scarborough v Whitby			1893
1893		Sheffield Athenaeum CC v Sheff’d & DCA			1893
1893		Sheffield & DCA v Derbyshire			1893
1893		Sheffield Athenaeum CC v Nottingham CC			1893
1893		Leeds v Halifax			1893
1893-94		1893-94 Woodhouse Cup			1893-94
1894	North v South	Harrogate v Ebor (York)			1894
1894		Ilkley v Burley			1894
1894		Whitby v Scarborough			1894
1894		Scarborough v Whitby			1894
1894		Derwent (Malton) v Whitby			1894
1895	WYCA v Sussex corres. match			Lasker at Ilkley	1895
1896	Yorkshire v Cheshire			Blackburne in Yorkshire	1896
1897	Yorks. v London Phone Match				1897
1898	Yorkshire v Lancashire				1898
1899	Yorkshire v Lancashire				1899
1899-00	County Matches	Woodhouse Cup (detailed)			1899-00
1900		Gainsborough v Sheffield YMCA			1900
1900-01	County Matches	Woodhouse Cup (detailed)			1900-01
1901-13	NCCU-Scotland Match Series				1901-13
1901		Manchester v Bradford			1901
1901-02	County Matches	Woodhouse Cup (detailed)			1901-02
1902-03	County Matches	Woodhouse Cup (detailed)		Blackburne in Barnsley	1902-03
1903		Bradford v Manchester		NCCU Congress, Blackpool	1903
1903	West Riding v N&E Ridings	Huddersfield v North Manchester			1903
1903	NCCU v Scotland	Leeds v Manchester			1903
1903		Sheffield v Manchester			1903
1903-04	County Matches				1903-04
1904		Huddersfield v North Manchester			1904
1904-05	County Matches				1904-05
1905	NCCU v Scotland				1905
1905-06	County Matches	Woodhouse Cup (detailed)			1905-06
1906		Manchester v Sheffield			1906
1906-07	County Matches				1906-07
1907-08	County Matches				1907-08
1908				NCCU Congress, Blackpool	1908
1908				Lasker in Sheffield	1908
1908				Blackburne in Huddersfield	1908
1908-09	County Matches				1908-09
1909					1909
1909				Scarborough, BCF Congress	1909
1909	NCCU v Scotland			Start of Season at Huddersfield	1909
1909-10	County Matches				1909-10
1910			Yates v Shories	NCCU Congress, Blackpool	1910
1910-11	County Matches				1910-11
1911-12	Lancashire v Yorkshire	Woodhouse Cup (detailed)			1911-12
1912-13	County Matches				1912-13
1913	NCCU Congress, Blackpool				1913
1913-14	County Matches				1913-14
1914-15	County Matches				1914-15
1915				Atkins in Huddersfield	1915
1919				Capablanca in Leeds	1919
1919				Capablanca in Bradford	1919
1919				Capablance in Sheffield	1919
1919-20		Woodhouse Cup (detailed)			1919-20
1920				Reshevsky in Leeds	1920
1920-21			Yorkshire Championship		1920-21
1921				NCCU Congress, Manchester	1921
1922				Capablanca in Rotherham	1922
1922				Kostich in Rotherham	1922
1922-23	County Matches				1922-23
1923				Yates in Rotherham & Sheffield	1923
1923				NCCU Congress, Liverpool	1923
1923-24	County Matches				1923-24
1924				Geza Maroczy in Sheffield	1924
1924-25	County Matches	Woodhouse Cup (detailed)			1924-25
1925-29				Scarborough Whit Congress Series	1925-29
1925				Scarborough Whit Congress	1925
1926				Scarborough Whit Congress	1926
1926-27	County Matches				1926-27
1927				Scarborough Whit Congress	1927
1927-28	County Matches				1927-28
1928				Scarborough Whit Congress	1928
1928				Yates in Rotherham	1928
1928-29	County Matches				1928-29
1929				Scarborough Whit Congress	1929
1930				BCF Congress, Scarborough	1930
1930				ZnoskoBorovsky in Leeds	1930
1930-31	County Matches				1930-31
1932-33	County Matches				1932-33
1933				Mieses in Yorkshire	1933
1933-34	County Matches	Woodhouse Cup (detailed)			1933-34
1934-35	County Matches	Woodhouse Cup (detailed)			1934-35
1935-36	County Matches	Woodhouse Cup (detailed)			1935-36
1936-37	County Matches				1936-37
1937-38	County Matches	Woodh’se Cup & IM Br’n Shield (tables)			1937-38
1938				Alekhine in Leeds	1938
1938				Broadbent in Bradford	1938
1938-39	County Matches	Woodh’se Cup & IM Br’n Shield (tables)			1938-39
1939				Znosko-Borovsky in Hull	1939
1939-45	War Period	War Period		War Period	1939-45
1945-46	County Matches				1945-46
1946-47	County Matches				1946-47
1947-48					1947-48
1948-49					1948-49
1949-50		Woodhouse Cup (some matches)		Yorkshire v Lincolnshire friendly	1949-50
1950-51					1950-51
1951-52					1951-52
1952-53					1952-53
1953-54					1953-54
1954-55	County Matches				1954-55
1956-69				Whitby Congresses	1956-69

Created

25/04/2012

Steve Mann

Last Updated

24/01/2021