Chess Club: Difference between revisions
(Created page with " '''Name:''' Chess Clubthumb|320x406px|right|Students playing chess in the Student Union Building, (19--). PR; Series 1; Sub-series 2; Item 5557. '''Previous/o...") |
Markmcumber (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''Name:''' Chess Club[[File:Chess club.jpg|thumb|right|320x406px|Students playing chess in the Student Union Building, (19--). PR; Series 1; Sub-series 2; Item 5557.]] | |||
'''Name:''' Chess Club[[File: | |||
'''Previous/other names:''' N/A | '''Previous/other names:''' N/A | ||
| Line 17: | Line 16: | ||
'''Source(s):''' | '''Source(s):''' | ||
* UA Case 173. | |||
* ''The Brunswickan'', vol. 55, no. 6, 1 November 1935, p. 1. | *UA Case 173. | ||
* ''Up the Hill'', 1944, Organizations. | *''The Brunswickan'', vol. 55, no. 6, 1 November 1935, p. 1. | ||
* ''Up the Hill'', 1946, Organizations. | *''Up the Hill'', 1944, Organizations. | ||
* ''Up the Hill'', 1947, Organizations. | *''Up the Hill'', 1946, Organizations. | ||
* ''The Brunswickan'', vol. 119, no. 7, October 1984, p. 10. | *''Up the Hill'', 1947, Organizations. | ||
* ''The Brunswickan'', vol. 142, no. 11, 2008, p. 12. | *''The Brunswickan'', vol. 119, no. 7, October 1984, p. 10. | ||
*''The Brunswickan'', vol. 142, no. 11, 2008, p. 12. | |||
© UNB Archives & Special Collections, 2013 | © UNB Archives & Special Collections, 2013 | ||
[[Category:Pages with broken file links]] | |||
Revision as of 10:06, 26 May 2014
Name: Chess Club
Previous/other names: N/A
Prominent date(s) of activity: 1944 - 2008?
History: The UNB Chess Club was the first official student chess club in the Maritimes. It was hoped that students' interest in the game would continue to grow and that chess would eventually become one of the major activities at UNB. Chess did become especially popular in 1946 with a great number of veterans enjoying the past time.
Activities: The Chess Club met weekly on campus, and competed against other chess clubs that formed at other universities.
Note(s): The highlight of the club's inaugural year was a telegraphic chess match against McGill University, which McGill won by a very close decision after a month of adjudication.
In 1981, UNB student Robert Hamilton, was the the first Atlantic Canadian to win a national chess championship.
The club maintained close contact with the Chess Federation of Canada.
Source(s):
- UA Case 173.
- The Brunswickan, vol. 55, no. 6, 1 November 1935, p. 1.
- Up the Hill, 1944, Organizations.
- Up the Hill, 1946, Organizations.
- Up the Hill, 1947, Organizations.
- The Brunswickan, vol. 119, no. 7, October 1984, p. 10.
- The Brunswickan, vol. 142, no. 11, 2008, p. 12.
© UNB Archives & Special Collections, 2013