Grandmaster opens chess centreSIMON MAUDE The country’s one and only chess grandmaster will soon be nurturing up-and-coming talent in an old church hall in Auckland. Murray Chandler has just opened the National Chess Centre in Devonport on the city’s...
GM buys church, turns it into Chess Center
North Shore church sales finalised LIZ WILLIS Last updated 05:00 22/10/2013 A black belt in karate and an international chess champion have taken a leap of faith. Both now own historic North Shore churches and by coincidence the long...
GM Chandler plans to buy a church
Chess champ plans to buy church MARNIE HALLAHAN Last updated 10:25 07/12/2012 An international chess champion wants to buy a North Shore church dogged with controversy and turn it into a national chess centre. Chess grand master Murray Chandler plans to...