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This sub-series focusses on press cuttings, magazines and other publications reporting on chess tournaments at Oakham School, on Oakham School Chess team competing in National Championships, and the development of chess at Oakham School.

A series of press cuttings concerning chess at Oakham School. Including features on 'Oakham Masters', 'Oakham Millenium Masters', 'Defending Champs make quarters', Zhanna Lazhevskaya, Alex Yastrebov, hosting of the European Chess finals (including the best junior championship in the world), and many smaller clippings about chess and the school.

This series focusses on Chess International tournaments at Oakham School and School teams competing in National Championships. A large sub-series relates to Garry Kasparov visiting the School in 1997.

A photocopy of a newspaper article which talks about Stephen Moss, a grandmaster, being beaten by an 8 year old. David was applying for a chess scholarship at Oakham.

A photocopy of an article from The British Chess Magazine, volume 121 reporting on the Oakham Masters, including the cover of the magazine and pp.229-239. Seven pages A to G.