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Tournaments

This sub-series focusses on tournaments held at Oakham School, in particular reports on games and results.

Oakham School

Press Cuttings

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.

British Chess Federation

Press Cuttings

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.

Chess Magazine

Oakham's time at last

A copy of ten newspaper articles reporting on the Oakham School International Chess Tournament held in March 1994.

The Guardian

Miscellaneous chess photos - 14 items

A selection of photographs (colour and black and white) including group photos, annual Jerwood International Youth Chess Tornament, Sports Hall and a selection of pupils playing chess.

Roger Blackmore

Chess

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.

Oakham School

Board Meeting

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.

The Guardian