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Chess Tournament, 1990

This file contain various photographs of chess tournaments and events in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Roger Blackmore

A Chess event, 1992

This file contains photographs and negatives of a chess event in the Barraclough Dining Hall in 1992.

Roger Blackmore

Tournaments

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

Oakham School

Publications

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

Various press cuttings

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

The Guardian

Activities and Societies

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  • 1905 - 2024

A collection which charts the various societies and activities available to pupils at Oakham School. Documents include photographic records and correspondence for different societies. Topics include chess, CCF/OTC, scouts, Duke of Edinburgh Award, Oligoi , Exploratory Society, and trips and expeditions.

The multiple series contain administrative documents for the various societies and certain series, such as Duke of Edinburgh Award and CCF/OTC have excellent photographic record of formal or informal events.

There is a particularly detailed series on Chess and the event of Gary Kasparov's visit to the school.

There is a good collection of shooting medals and trophies, kindly donated by Henry Blagg.

Oakham School

Various press cuttings

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

The Daily Telegraph

Various press cuttings

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

The Guardian

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