I'm Tony and I solely run and play for Leeds Chess Club. I have an ECF grade of 128 and my new grade this year is expected to be around 135. I love to play and study chess, my favourite chess books are "Think like a Grandmaster" and "Art of the Middlegame".

I play in congresses all over the country (mainly around Yorkshire) and I love the buzz you get from playing OTB chess. Our chess club Leeds, currently has 3 teams in Leeds and 1 team in Bradford, I play for Leeds A who are in division 1 of the Leeds league.

Besides chess, I like to play the odd game of Scrabble, computer games from time to time and most classical board games. I like my music, I mainly listen to gothic rock and metal - My favourite bands include Sisters Of Mercy, Bauhaus, Pantera, Aborted, Rosetta Stone, The Cure and Mortician.

Last year Leeds A won the division 2 title and took home the first piece of silverware since I took over the club! Anyway, if you fancy a game, send me a challenge. I may decline if your rating is too low or if I have too may games going but you never know, I may accept. I used to be rated 1950 until I lost my connection and all of my games, on time. I am slowly trying to rebuild my rating, by only challenging players of my rating, or more. It's the quickest way for my rating to increase :)

The photos on here are a selection (containing myself) from the simul that Grandmaster Danny Gormally gave at Leeds Chess Club in 2010. I lost my game but it was a close one, a tactical Guimard French where I finished only a pawn down!

This is where Leeds Chess Club play:

Here's a photo of some of our members playing chess at the club:

Chess.com is my favourite online chess website, I love the chess lectures and chess tactics, two great ways to improve your chess. The one thing that makes this website stand out from the rest though, is chess mentor! A fantastic addition for paying members, chess mentor will give any chess amateur an insight into the mind of a chess master and should help them to improve at a steady rate.

Here's a game that I played recently at Huddersfield congress versus someone from Sheffield University, graded 186! This was a draw really but I was forced to run my clock down when my opponent declined my draw offer.

And here's a puzzle taken from one of my own games which was played in 2009, Leeds A Vs Pudsey B - See if you can find what I played in the game...

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