Chess and Politics
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2026 3:21 pm
I am indebted to the Government Chemists' Chess Club Bulletin of 5th August 1974 for the following,
Lord Hale: "My Lords, would my noble friend agree that if he were to set up clinics to teach people that chess was more fun than fornication he would make a notable contribution to the Population Year, reduce the incidence of venereal disease, increase the output of the British rubber industry and perhaps bring the world chess championship to Britain for the first time in our history."
House of Lords 1 May 1974
I checked Hansard, https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/197 ... ingClinics
Lord Hale: "My Lords, would my noble friend agree that if he were to set up clinics to teach people that chess was more fun than fornication he would make a notable contribution to the Population Year, reduce the incidence of venereal disease, increase the output of the British rubber industry and perhaps bring the world chess championship to Britain for the first time in our history."
House of Lords 1 May 1974
I checked Hansard, https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/197 ... ingClinics