Chess in Wales

CHAPTER ONE

Introduction: Sources - Legend - Tawlbrdd - Historical Background - Philidor's Legacy - Captain Evans.

CHAPTER TWO

South Wales Chess Association: Early Clubs - The founding of the S.W.C.A. - Organisation - BCF Congresses - Simultaneous Displays - Individual Championships - Challenge Cup - Representative Matches - Welsh Borders League - Postal Chess - Junior Chess - J. D. Chambers - Mrs. Mary Mills Houlding.

CHAPTER THREE

Welsh Chess Union: Officials - Individual Championships - British Championships - Challenge Cup - Representative Matches - Gradings - Junior Chess - Correspondence Chess - Independence

CHAPTER FOUR

West Wales: League Organisers - Simultaneous Displays - The League - Individual Championships - Congresses - Swansea Chess Club.

CHAPTER FIVE

Monmouthshire: Officers - Simultaneous Displays - League - Individual Championships - Knock-Out - County Matches - Newport & District League - Correspondence Chess - J. W. F. Greenleaf - Newport Chess Club.

CHAPTER SIX

East Glamorgan: Organisers - Simultaneous Displays - League - Individual Championships - Cardiff Chess Club.

CHAPTER SEVEN

Mid Wales: Officers - League - Individual Championships - Quotes and Queries - Aberystwyth Chess Club.

CHAPTER EIGHT

North Wales: Early Clubs - Association 1908-1939 - Simultaneous Displays - Individual Championships - Club Championships - Representative Matches - Officials Interim - A Second Association - Competitions - The Players - Gwynedd - Wrexham Chess Club.