Homeless ‘tramp chess champion’ challenges Cambridge’s best minds with dogs Check and Mate Accompanied by his pet dogs Check, 14, and Mate, 4, Slide has found a loophole in begging laws by challenging the world’s cleverest students to matches – and winning BYRAYMOND BROWN 12:00, 8 NOV 2016 UPDATED 10:37, 8 NOV 2016 A “tramp […]
Varsity Chess Match 2016, Oxford vs Cambrige LIVE!
The never ending battle, the Varsity Chess Match between Oxford and Cambridge, is going to take place today March 5th 2016. Games start at 13:30 CET (12:30 local time) and will be live on Chessdom.com with triple engine computer analysis. This is the 134th edition of the event! Last event finished draw and you can […]
Homeless man checkmates students and locals at Cambridge
Your move, officer: homeless ‘knight of the road’ finds novel way round begging laws – playing ‘tramp chess’ with students and locals on the streets of CambridgeWritten by RAYMOND BROWN A homeless man has found an inventive loophole in begging laws – playing “tramp chess” on the streets of Cambridge. Slide Martins, a self-proclaimed ‘knight […]
Cambridge wins 131st Varsity Chess Match 2013
The 131st Varsity Match between Oxford and Cambridge Universities took place in the RAC Club, Pall Mall, London. Cambridge won 4.5-3.5, drawing the final game on board five which the Cambridge would almost certainly have won had he played on. Cambridge have now won 58 matches to Oxford’s 53, with 20 matches drawn. The match […]