Death of the card game Playing cards, board games and simple make-believe in danger of dying out as child’s play goes digital By John Bingham, Social Affairs Editor 7:30AM BST 24 Jun 2015 They were once the staples of...
World’s Oldest Chess Tournament
In praise of … Hastings chess congress All more than new year, ignored by the football-obsessed public, hundreds of chess players have been performing battle in the south coast resort of Hastings. Grandmasters and amateurs, octogenarians and juniors, very...
Largest ever international online chess tournament
‘Checkmate!’: children mark end of largest ever international online chess tournament with human chess game in Hyde Park09 July 2014 Children from all over the world marked the end of the largest ever international online chess tournament final with...
Delancey International Open
Delancey International Open May 14, 2014 The UK Chess Academy is organizing the Delancey International Open on 26-30th May at the Richmond Park Academy in East Sheen in London. The event will consist of the 9-round Swiss International Open,...
Nicholas Pert claims Sunningdale Premier title
The Sunningdale Chess Congress took part from 14th to 21st April, 2014 at Sunningdale Park Hotel, in Sunningdale, England. The event was split into two main events – Sunningdale Easter International and English Seniors Championship. Sunningdale Easter International was...
Imperial College London’s chess club rules BUCA
Chess Team wins at BUCA Two weekends ago, Imperial College London’s chess club fielded three teams for the British University Chess Association championship (BUCA), coming away with two cases of silverware. Maximilian Eggl News – Friday March 7, 2014...
York aims to impress at National Universities Chess Championship
York Chess To Impress At Nationalsby James Pascoe and Isaac Lister 25 February 2014, 10:30 GMT Two teams of four from York entered the National Universities’ Chess Championship which took place last weekend in West Bromwich. The tournament was...
Homeless man checkmates students and locals at Cambridge
Your move, officer: homeless ‘knight of the road’ finds novel way round begging laws – playing ‘tramp chess’ with students and locals on the streets of CambridgeWritten by RAYMOND BROWN A homeless man has found an inventive loophole in...
Adams: “You’ve got to enjoy playing the game – that’s the key thing.”
It’s all black and white for Grandmaster Michael Adams12:00pm Saturday 11th January 2014 BEING a master of one of the world’s most intellectually challenging games is an impressive accolade, and even more so when you have held the title...
7 tie for first place in Hastings Masters
The 89th Hastings International Chess Congress took place from 28th December 2013 to 5th January 2014 at Horntye Park Sports Complex, Bohemia Road, Hastings, United Kingdom. The main event was the Masters Tournament with 94 participants from 24 federations....