Sultan Khan : The Indian Servant Who Became Chess Champion of the British Empire : Daniel King “Daniel King (1963) is an English grandmaster, coach, journalist and broadcaster. He has … Continue reading Sultan Khan : The Indian Servant Who Became Chess Champion of the British Empire
Death Anniversary of Malik Mir Sultan Khan (1905 25-iv-1966) From The Oxford Companion to Chess by Hooper & Whyld: Perhaps the greatest natural player of modern times. Born in the … Continue reading Remembering Malik Mir Sultan Khan (1905 25-iv-1966)
Death Anniversary of Malik Mir Sultan Khan (1905 25-iv-1966) From The Encyclopedia of Chess by Hooper & Whyld : Perhaps the greatest natural player of modern times. Born in the … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Malik Mir Sultan Khan (1905 25-iv-1966)
As the British Championships are taking place in Leicester as I write this, it seems appropriate to stay in my father’s home city a while longer and meet one of … Continue reading Minor Pieces 61: Victor Hextall Lovell
Last time we left Alice Elizabeth Hooke in 1914, on the outbreak of the First World War, a member of the London Ladies’ Chess Club and a competitor in the … Continue reading Minor Pieces 49: Alice Elizabeth Hooke Part 2
From the Introduction: Movers and Takers is the 150-year story of Streatham and Brixton Chess Club, and of chess in our neighbourhood. It begins with two separate clubs in Victorian … Continue reading Movers and Takers: A Chess History of Streatham and Brixton 1871-2021
From the publisher’s blurb: In 1930s British India, a humble servant learns the art of chaturanga, the ancient Eastern ancestor of chess. His natural talent soon catches the attention of … Continue reading Game of the Gods
A Great Life with a Tragic Ending Few people know the story of Vera Menchik yet it deserves to be told. She was the first women’s world chess champion in … Continue reading Remembering Vera Menchik (16-ii-1906 27-vi-1944)
(For our biography of William Winter see here) In the “Mid-October” issue of CHESS for 1962, (Volume 27, Number 418) we had the following announcement: WILLIAM WINTER’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY Edited by … Continue reading William Winter’s Memoirs
BCN remembers Sir Theodore Tylor who passed away on Wednesday, October 23rd, 1968. Theodore Henry Tylor was born on Sunday, May 13th, 1900 in Bournville, (at the time) in northern … Continue reading Remembering Sir Theodore (“Theo”) Tylor (13-v-1900 23-x-1968)
