Caergwrle Chess Club

Chess Articles

• Bobby Fischer Remembered
• Come To Caergwrle For Your Holidays
• Women In Chess
• History Of Rhyl Chess Club
• Colwyn Bay and Llandudno's articles page.

About World Chess Champions From Wikipedia

• Wilhelm Steinitz
• Emanuel Lasker
• Jose Capablanca
• Alexander Alekhine
• Max Euwe

After the second world war the reigning world champion Alexander Alekhine died. FIDE(international chess federation) took control of the world championship and so began the Soviet domination of the title. In 1948 a tournament was organised to find a new champion, click here to find out about that.