Chess

Chess is elitist? Meet the Glasgow players ensuring everyone has a square go

‘DEAR Sir,” the notice read, “Please attend a meeting of those favourable to the formation of a Chess Club.” The circular, distributed across the south side of Glasgow, drew 26 men keen on the game to found Queen’s Park Chess Club. They went on to respectable success at tournaments in Scotland, despite being somewhat itinerant, moving premises on a regular basis to set up home in local venues including Turner’s Tea Rooms on Victoria Road, the Eglinton Toll YMCA and Queen’s Park Bow