OLD SLAUGHTER’S COFFEE HOUSE

The centre of London chess from 1692 until 1770 was situated in St. Martin’s Lane in London. It was a meeting place for groups of artists. The building was demolished around 1843. [singlepic id=2589 w=320 h=240 float=center]

Old Slaughter’s before 1843 by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd

(pen, ink and watercolour)

There is no room for gallantry in chess. Irving Chernev
Sport can make girls feel more stronger, more stable and you can fight in the future when you enter the society. It is a really good quality for a girl and I think sports are a good way to generate your personality which is really important. Hou Yifan
2016
Tal develops all his pieces in the centre and then sacrifices them somewhere. David Bronstein
After the 2nd game I could have returned to Moscow. There was only one way I could have won this match. Boris Spassky (1974)
I have often written that Karpov is like an iceberg. Well, Kasparov was the Titanic. Alexander Roshal

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OLD SLAUGHTER’S COFFEE HOUSE

OLD SLAUGHTER’S COFFEE HOUSE

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