The London Chess Club was founded in 1807 and continued until 1860. The London City Club was founded in 1852 and continued until it merged with the National Chess Centre in 1939.
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Quotes of the Day
I believe that every world champion has a greatness of his own.
Kiril Georgiev 2017
Petrosian-Spassky? To think I could have watched an excellent football match instead!
Mikhail Tal 1966
The competition in the men’s tournament has grown massively over the past 20 years. Chess is becoming more and more popular, and there are no weak teams in the tournament any longer.
Andrey Filatov
There was a moment at the beginning when the machines were a positive, but lately we’ve being passing to the other extreme. Now it seems that a move isn’t good unless the machine says so.
Veselin Topalov 2016
Every chessmaster was once a beginner.
Irving Chernev