Chess History

Historical knowledge and information regarding our great game.
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  • Remembering Cecil Valentine De Vere (14-ii-1846 09-ii-1875)
    by John Upham » Wed Feb 09, 2022 2:39 pm
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    Last post by John Upham
    Sat Feb 11, 2023 1:41 pm
  • Fawlty Towers
    by John Upham » Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:42 am
    8 Replies
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    Last post by John Clarke
    Fri Feb 10, 2023 12:08 am
  • The Black Ball Box
    by Geoff Chandler » Tue Feb 07, 2023 1:14 pm
    6 Replies
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    Last post by Wadih Khoury
    Thu Feb 09, 2023 5:47 pm
  • Westward Ho!
    by GrahamStuart » Tue Jan 24, 2023 3:23 pm
    1 Replies
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    Last post by Kevin Thurlow
    Fri Jan 27, 2023 10:22 pm
  • José Raúl Capablanca Miscellanea
    by John Townsend » Mon Jan 23, 2023 3:24 pm
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    Last post by John Townsend
    Mon Jan 23, 2023 3:24 pm
  • LSE Chess Club question
    by John Upham » Sun Jan 15, 2023 4:02 pm
    15 Replies
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    Last post by Matt Mackenzie
    Sun Jan 22, 2023 4:29 pm
  • The best Chesse player in England
    by Joseph Conlon » Mon Dec 19, 2022 2:37 pm
    19 Replies
    2575 Views
    Last post by John Townsend
    Wed Jan 18, 2023 5:23 pm
  • Emory Tate (1958-2015)
    by Christopher Kreuzer » Sun Jan 08, 2023 12:58 pm
    3 Replies
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    Last post by Matt Mackenzie
    Sun Jan 08, 2023 4:48 pm
  • Hampshire Chess History
    by GrahamStuart » Wed Dec 22, 2021 3:32 pm
    4 Replies
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    Last post by GrahamStuart
    Wed Jan 04, 2023 5:35 pm
  • Bobby Fischer Miscellanea
    by John Townsend » Tue Jan 03, 2023 3:32 pm
    2 Replies
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    Last post by John Townsend
    Tue Jan 03, 2023 4:53 pm
  • History of the Edinburgh Chess Club
    by Geoff Chandler » Wed Dec 21, 2022 11:57 am
    8 Replies
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    Last post by John Townsend
    Fri Dec 23, 2022 11:42 am
  • Old Congress leaflets
    by Mike Gunn » Fri Dec 09, 2022 2:33 pm
    7 Replies
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    Last post by SeanCoffey
    Sun Dec 18, 2022 11:36 pm
  • Interesting Books Auction
    by John Upham » Tue Oct 25, 2022 10:51 am
    23 Replies
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    Last post by Kevin Thurlow
    Fri Dec 16, 2022 7:26 pm
  • Whatever happened to R. Chernikeeff?
    by Gerard Killoran » Tue Jan 12, 2016 3:04 pm
    23 Replies
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    Last post by Richard James
    Thu Dec 01, 2022 2:39 pm
  • Capablanca in Newcastle 1931
    by Gerard Killoran » Thu Nov 24, 2022 3:18 pm
    5 Replies
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    Last post by John Townsend
    Tue Nov 29, 2022 5:16 pm
  • Special Britbase updates from the 1930s
    by Gerard Killoran » Sat Nov 26, 2022 11:28 pm
    3 Replies
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    Last post by Matt Mackenzie
    Sun Nov 27, 2022 4:24 pm
  • Game reconstruction, help needed
    by Gerard Killoran » Thu Nov 24, 2022 1:00 am
    3 Replies
    1173 Views
    Last post by Gerard Killoran
    Thu Nov 24, 2022 2:06 pm
  • Graham Chesters
    by Gerard Killoran » Thu Nov 10, 2022 12:52 pm
    0 Replies
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    Last post by Gerard Killoran
    Thu Nov 10, 2022 12:52 pm
  • Alan Charlton
    by Neil Graham » Wed Nov 02, 2022 9:57 am
    1 Replies
    1213 Views
    Last post by Michael Farthing
    Wed Nov 02, 2022 4:10 pm
  • Le Café de la Régence
    by John Townsend » Tue Oct 25, 2022 5:27 pm
    6 Replies
    1483 Views
    Last post by John Townsend
    Sat Oct 29, 2022 11:26 am
  • Vjollca Veli, women's champion of Albania
    by JustinHorton » Tue Oct 25, 2022 3:37 pm
    3 Replies
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    Last post by Chris Goodall
    Wed Oct 26, 2022 5:00 am
  • What happened in Weenink v Kmoch?
    by JustinHorton » Fri Oct 21, 2022 3:02 pm
    7 Replies
    1589 Views
    Last post by David Williams
    Sun Oct 23, 2022 8:47 pm
  • Richmond Junior Chess Club 1975 - 2006: Part 1
    by John Upham » Tue Sep 27, 2022 3:32 pm
    1 Replies
    1319 Views
    Last post by Neil Blackburn
    Sat Oct 01, 2022 8:04 pm
  • Looking for Nottingham Museum's Checkpoint exhibition organiser?
    by Xavier White » Mon Sep 12, 2022 2:06 pm
    0 Replies
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    Last post by Xavier White
    Mon Sep 12, 2022 2:06 pm
  • Unusual Chess Openings
    by John Townsend » Sun Sep 04, 2022 5:42 pm
    15 Replies
    2411 Views
    Last post by Jonathan Rogers
    Thu Sep 08, 2022 3:42 pm
  • Worcester & District Chess League
    by raycollett » Sat Sep 03, 2022 5:28 pm
    0 Replies
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    Last post by raycollett
    Sat Sep 03, 2022 5:28 pm
  • Louis de Veauce
    by John Collins » Fri Mar 29, 2013 7:04 pm
    15 Replies
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    Last post by Kevin Thurlow
    Wed Aug 31, 2022 5:59 pm
  • Peter Markland.
    by Neil Blackburn » Sun Aug 28, 2022 2:26 pm
    5 Replies
    1617 Views
    Last post by Nick Ivell
    Mon Aug 29, 2022 1:13 pm
  • Battle of Britain Trophy
    by Colin Patterson » Mon Aug 22, 2022 7:15 pm
    12 Replies
    2113 Views
    Last post by John Townsend
    Sat Aug 27, 2022 10:41 am
  • Battle of Britain Tournaments?
    by John Upham » Sat Dec 12, 2020 1:15 pm
    33 Replies
    5600 Views
    Last post by James Pratt
    Tue Aug 23, 2022 10:11 pm
  • Dragon
    by Joseph Conlon » Wed Aug 17, 2022 10:42 am
    12 Replies
    2102 Views
    Last post by Christopher Kreuzer
    Sat Aug 20, 2022 10:27 pm
  • Leon Rosselson
    by Gerard Killoran » Wed Dec 18, 2019 2:17 pm
    6 Replies
    2722 Views
    Last post by Kevin Thurlow
    Tue Aug 16, 2022 11:10 am
  • London v Edinburgh (Game 5) The Crafty Scots.
    by Geoff Chandler » Sun Aug 14, 2022 1:53 pm
    2 Replies
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    Last post by Geoff Chandler
    Sun Aug 14, 2022 3:34 pm
  • Previously unseen Blackburne photographs?
    by Gerard Killoran » Sun Feb 20, 2022 7:52 pm
    11 Replies
    3059 Views
    Last post by Richard James
    Thu Aug 11, 2022 9:49 pm
  • The London - Edinburgh Chess Match (game 2)
    by Geoff Chandler » Sat Aug 06, 2022 1:00 pm
    4 Replies
    967 Views
    Last post by Geoff Chandler
    Sun Aug 07, 2022 12:21 pm
  • 1884 1st Scottish Chess Championship
    by Gerard Killoran » Thu Aug 04, 2022 8:11 pm
    0 Replies
    1166 Views
    Last post by Gerard Killoran
    Thu Aug 04, 2022 8:11 pm
  • Alekhine Simul Leeds 1938
    by Gerard Killoran » Thu Nov 05, 2020 10:00 am
    12 Replies
    1882 Views
    Last post by John Saunders
    Mon Aug 01, 2022 6:08 pm
  • English chess players by sight.
    by MJMcCready » Fri Jul 01, 2022 2:24 am
    24 Replies
    2797 Views
    Last post by MJMcCready
    Mon Jul 25, 2022 6:04 am
  • Hastings 1957/8
    by Gerard Killoran » Tue Jul 19, 2022 9:12 am
    10 Replies
    1605 Views
    Last post by MJMcCready
    Fri Jul 22, 2022 10:45 am
  • Soviets by sight
    by MJMcCready » Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:00 am
    17 Replies
    2187 Views
    Last post by MJMcCready
    Mon Jul 18, 2022 9:12 am
  • Remarkable chess career of GPS Coy
    by Kevin Thurlow » Thu Nov 02, 2017 4:35 pm
    9 Replies
    3493 Views
    Last post by John Saunders
    Thu Jun 30, 2022 9:23 am
  • The Southern Counties Chess Union - a retrospective
    by GrahamStuart » Thu Jun 16, 2022 6:40 pm
    0 Replies
    1076 Views
    Last post by GrahamStuart
    Thu Jun 16, 2022 6:40 pm
  • Chess in French newspaper columns
    by Christopher Kreuzer » Sun Jun 12, 2022 1:10 pm
    6 Replies
    1452 Views
    Last post by Gerard Killoran
    Wed Jun 15, 2022 1:51 pm
  • Cochrane's
    by James Pratt » Tue Jun 14, 2022 8:59 pm
    0 Replies
    1085 Views
    Last post by James Pratt
    Tue Jun 14, 2022 8:59 pm
  • Quiz Question (Capablanca)
    by Geoff Chandler » Sat Jun 11, 2022 1:17 pm
    5 Replies
    1130 Views
    Last post by John Townsend
    Sat Jun 11, 2022 5:29 pm
  • Who is Bob Wade Talking About?
    by Geoff Chandler » Mon May 23, 2022 4:12 pm
    15 Replies
    2581 Views
    Last post by Geoff Chandler
    Sun May 29, 2022 9:16 pm
  • Nigel Short radio game 1991
    by MSoszynski » Thu May 05, 2022 11:03 am
    3 Replies
    1317 Views
    Last post by MSoszynski
    Fri May 06, 2022 8:37 pm
  • Remembering Norman Littlewood (31-i-1933 29-iv-1989)
    by John Upham » Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:10 am
    0 Replies
    976 Views
    Last post by John Upham
    Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:10 am
  • Howard Staunton in Birmingham, 1852
    by Gerard Killoran » Wed Apr 27, 2022 4:10 pm
    4 Replies
    1187 Views
    Last post by Matt Mackenzie
    Thu Apr 28, 2022 3:05 pm
  • Remembering George Walker (13-iii-1803 23-iv-1879)
    by John Upham » Sat Apr 23, 2022 9:32 am
    3 Replies
    954 Views
    Last post by Tim Harding
    Sat Apr 23, 2022 12:32 pm