#ChessTuesday #WomensHistoryMonth: in 1994-95 Hastings elite #chess event had 5 women & 5 men. A genuine milestone & a rare moment of what seems to be balance at the top. But ony Lalic was a full GM, highlighting the structural gap & limited opps for women at the time. @englishchess.bsky.social #IWD
🍀 For #WomensHistoryMonth & #ChessTuesday: the fabulously ornate British Ladies’ Chess Champion Trophy, engraved with winners from 1904–2022. And its 1st winner, Kate Finn (Ire). From the @englishchess.bsky.social collection. #IWD #chesshistory #StPatricksDay #irishhistory
🏆️ ♟️ Flipping the board! At just 15 years old Judith Polgar made history at Hastings Tournament 1992 as the youngest player ever in the elite #chess event. She took 1st place with Evgeny Bareev. From the @ecfchess Library and Stewart Reuben Collection.
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♟️ Local #chess news from the The Chess Bulletin 1949 for #ChessTuesday when V. Russ won the Leicestershire League.
Check out the stats:
Then: the L. League had 3 divisions with 20 teams
Now: the Leicestershire & Rutland Chess Association has 5 divisions with 40 teams!
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#ChessTuesday: At first glance this looks like a programme for the 1939 Bournemouth #chess tournament, but it’s actually the Argentine newsletter Enroque, featuring Max Euwe’s title win. From the @englishchess.bsky.social Library #chesshistory #chessliterature @richardjameschess.bsky.social
A fun bit of #chess press from the London & Midland Chess Bulletin 1949 for #ChessTuesday! ♟️📻 It reports on an informal radio match between Margate & Danish players after signals were accidentally picked up from Danish amateur Mr S Hasselbach. #chesshistory #chessliterature @englishchess.bsky.social
♟️ Check out this brilliant envelope design & stamp from the 1985 Prague zonal tournament, where József Pintér (Hungary), Mihai Suba (Romania) and Vlastimil Jansa (Czechoslovakia) took the top 3 spots. From the Papers of Stewart Reuben for #ChessTuesday. #chesshistory @englishchess.bsky.social
The 1976 #chess calendar says that OTD in 1973 Danish grandmaster Larsen won the 48th Hastings Congress, beating Hartston, Hort & Ulmann. From the @englishchess.bsky.social Library for #ChessTuesday. #chesshistory #chessliterature @richardjameschess.bsky.social @librarydmu.bsky.social
♟️ This programme cover from the 50th Hastings International Chess Congress 1974–75 for #ChessTuesday. A round-robin tournament won by Vlastimil Hort, it captures world-class chess played over the #NewYear. From the @englishchess.bsky.social Library. #chesshistory #chessliterature
What’s a chess player’s favorite holiday? Chessmas! The pocket-sized 64 Chess Jokes by Max Weiss c 1920 for #ChessTuesday. Perfect to take to a #newyear party? From the @englishchess.bsky.social Library. #chesshistory #chessliterature @richardjameschess.bsky.social @librarydmu.bsky.social
Discover arbiter Stewart Reuben’s #chess-themed stamp collection this #ChessTuesday. A hobby often enjoyed around the festive season here we have a World Chess Champions set, Yugoslavia c 1995 & Hungarian stamps saved on an envelope, C 1980. #chesshistory #chessliterature @englishchess.bsky.social
A perfect pocket-sized #Christmas stocking filler this #ChessTuesday: a Polgar Tactics book signed by the legendary #chess sisters, marking their remarkable 1991 performances in Budapest. From the @englishchess.bsky.social Library. @richardjameschess.bsky.social #chesshistory #chessliterature
Founded in 1867, A History of the Dublin Chess Club for #ChessTuesday with a group pic of members in its centenary year. DYK women players were admitted to the club in 1919. From the @englishchess.bsky.social Library. #chesshistory #chessliterature @richardjameschess.bsky.social
This beautiful pocket-sized 'biographical portrait of two brilliant young chess masters' Harry Pillsbury (US) & Rudolf Charousek (Czech/Hungarian), 1914 for #ChessTuesday From the @englishchess.bsky.social Library. #chesshistory #chessliterature @richardjameschess.bsky.social @librarydmu.bsky.social
Get training like Gary Kasparov this #ChessTuesday! 🗡️ Nothing says 90s like this chess-meets-samurai guide by Michael Gelb and Raymond Keene: Openings are ‘Drawing the Sword,’ endgames ‘The Cleanest Kills. From the @englishchess.bsky.social Library @richardjameschess.bsky.social #chesshistory #chess
♟️ This #ChessTuesday we have a #throwback to the 83rd @englishchess.bsky.social Championships held at the University of #Nottingham & a great shot of the Notts #Chess Association. See anyone you know? FRom the ECF Library.
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#Chess and music have long shared a connection, the game often called silent music or a mental dance. For those curious to try all at the same time this #ChessTuesday, here’s the Caïssa Waltz, by Walter Pulitzer, 1897. From the @englishchess.bsky.social #chesshistory #chessliterature
The Mystery of the Missing Piece for a #Halloween themed #ChessTuesday. Prime suspect: the shadowy relam aka down the side of the sofa? From The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes, 1992 in the @englishchess.bsky.social Library. #chesshistory #chessliterature @librarydmu.bsky.social
'You can't dance at two weddings at the same time' From trophies to cha cha #chess wisdom this #ChessTuesday with The Wisest Things Ever Said About Chess, 2008. From the @englishchess.bsky.social Library @richardjameschess.bsky.social
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#ChessTuesday 🏆 Trophies from the 1997 European Chess Championship where the England men’s & women’s teams claimed 1st & 3rd place! Standing an impressive 2ft tall, they’re not easy to lift or to win! 💪 From the @englishchess.bsky.social. #chesshistory #chessliterature @richardjameschess.bsky.social
#ChessTuesday insight: Krogius reminds us it’s far more valuable to reflect on our own play than to just study the board and others 🧠♟️ 1976. #ChessPsychology from the @englishchess.bsky.social Library. @richardjameschess.bsky.social ecfchess Library. #chesshistory #chessliterature #garylanechess
The Story of the Dundee Chess Club (1984) for #ChessTuesday from its foundation in 1847, to its win of the Richardson Cup and a visit from Alekhine and beyond. Plus a gorge cover! From the @englishchess.bsky.social Library.@richardjameschess.bsky.social #chesshistory #chessliterature @garylanechess
#ChessTuesday & the Game of 3 Kingdoms! Not a TV series, a 3-player #chess variant played on a hexagonal board. Inspired by the clash of Wei, Shu, & Wu after the fall of the Han dynasty in China, it’s checkmate C3rd AD style ⚔️ From the @englishchess.bsky.social Library #chesshistory #chessliterature
#ChessTuesday With 4 Yearbooks spanning 1945-1950, these pocket-sized publications by The Chess Education Society relay the rise in membership following WWII; girls and boys' tournaments & establishing chess in youth clubs. From the @englishchess.bsky.social Library. #chesshistory #chessliterature
For #ChessTuesday, the cover of International Chess, 1979, and the East European zonal results of the qualifying tournament held in Warsaw, Poland. From the @englishchess.bsky.social Library. #chesshistory #chessliterature @richardjameschess.bsky.social
colour image of booklet cover with stylised design of the queen, king and new piece, the prime misinster which is similar to a knight on a podium.
Black and white image of Vicente holding the 81 squares chess board.
This lovely lil booklet on Modern Chess (1972) by Gabriel Vicente Maura for #ChessTuesday. The variant includes the invention of a new piece, the Prime Minister, with the powers of a bishop and a knight. From the @englishchess.bsky.social Library. @richardjameschess.bsky.social #chesshistory #chess
Image of a handwritten scorecard where Golombek plays white and resings on turn 37
#ChessTuesday Grandmaster Harry Golombek visited Norwich for a simul vs 26 club members: he won 24, drew 1, and lost 1 to secretary H.C. Hughes. Scorecard from @ecfchess Library. My son’s already trying to work out the moves! @englishchess.bsky.social @richardjameschess.bsky.social #chesshistory
inside cover with handwritten inscriptions in english and german
A paleography challenge this #ChessTuesday with 3 inscriptions in the Kleines Lehrbuch des Schachspiels (Little book of Chess). 1902? From the @englishchess.bsky.social Library. Looking forward to the replies! #chesshistory #chessliterature @richardjameschess.bsky.social @librarydmu.bsky.social
Connecting collections with a perfect match for #ChessTuesday: the cover of the Islington Chess Congress, 1970, organised by Stewart Reuben (@englishchess.bsky.social Library), paired with photos of the same event from the arbiter’s own collection, this one from 1968. #chesshistory #chessliterature
#ChessTuesday: I ❤️ looking through chess programmes and club histories. Opening this History of the Norfolk & Norwich Chess Club 1936 revealed press cuttings and a letter to grandmaster Harry Golombek regarding his simul there in 1948. From the
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