Wake Forest Chess Club

09/02/2021

On this day in chess history, Bobby Fischer was named the 11th World Chess Champion after his triumph against Boris Spassky in 1972.

05/16/2021

Tani Adewumi has gone from being a 7-year-old living in a homeless shelter to a national chess master. Tani Adewumi's family fled Nigeria in 2017 when their lives were threatened and eventually settled in New York. The family was given temporary housing in a homeless shelter located above a hotel. T...

02/15/2020

"Of all the imaginable things that could have happened during my time in space, I had no idea that a chess match would be the most historic." —Greg Chamitoff

02/05/2020

The Lee Family and their guests were known to enjoy chess sets, like this one!

The style of chess popular in the 17th and 18th century was called Romantic Chess, and it focused on quick, tactical moves rather than long, drawn out strategies. More than just a fun way to pass time, Chess was a way to show off one’s strategic abilities.

Anne Hill Carter Lee, Robert E. Lee’s mother, taught her sons how to play an impressive game of Chess. She kept moral principles at a high standard, however, as she is reported to have required her son Carter to return the money he won in a bet to his paying rival.

Visit Stratford Hall to see and learn more about chess and activities enjoyed during leisure time in the Great House!
Stratford Hall is open daily from 10am - 4pm.

11/23/2019

A small object that was discovered in what's now southern Jordan seems to be the world's oldest known chess piece.

06/16/2018

Visit our show to learn more about this English ivory playing set, on loan from the prestigious collection of Jon Crumiller. Free admission.

05/24/2018

08/02/2017

A new study is recruiting people with mild cognitive impairment and teaching them chess. Smart move.

06/22/2017

The Lewis Chessmen are some of the most well-travelled objects in the whole of the British Museum’s collection. Many museums request them for loan to their exhibitions. Since 1995, various pieces have been shown in over 20 exhibitions, so hundreds of thousands – possibly millions – of people have be...

06/16/2017