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Ken Whyld Association








Ken Whyld

Ken Whyld
on the title page of CHESS, Nov. 1998



It is our association’s concern to bring together the information scattered worldwide from collectors of chess literature and extensive chess libraries, and thus give the public access to it. Moreover we support book publications and articles in magazines which cover a chess historical background or enlarge the bibliography of chess literature. Our long-term goal is the complete bibliographical recording of the chess literature in an online database.

The Ken Whyld Association was founded at Brunswick in November, 2003, and it was named after the English chess historian Kenneth Whyld (* March 6th, 1926 † July 11th, 2003) who died in the same year.




Ken Whyld

Ken Whyld in Amsterdam, 01-12-2002
- First Meeting of the 'Amsterdam Group'



We organize an annual general meeting in Europe or in the United States (Dresden/Wrocław, 2008; San Francisco/Mechanics' Institute, 2009; Antwerp, 2010; Cleveland Public Library, 2011) and we support additional regional meetings or events of our partner organizations.
New members are always welcome!

You will find more detailed information about the admission to our association on our page Members.










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News of the Month



March 10, 2010
New chess literature

March 9, 2010

Current book projects of our members (in our Member's Area)

March 3, 2010

Italian Episodes
by Luca D'Ambrosio

February 27, 2010
Birthdays of February, see Personalia

February 13, 2010

Michael Negele's business trip ...

January 30, 2010
Michael Negele: Three-round event at Wijk aan Zee

January 24, 2010

Andy Ansel on the KWA Annual Meeting 2009 (pdf file; in our member section)

January 17, 2010

Pictures from the Fiske Library at Reykjavik

January 13, 2010
The Lasker monograph, as mirrored by the press
(updated 26/02/2010)

January 12, 2010

Susanna Poldauf: Spaziergänge mit Einstein at kultiversum.de

January 5, 2010
Michael Negele's report on San Francisco Meeting 2009


 


The chess libraries linked below have joined the
Ken Whyld Association
(please click on the respective logo):




Cleveland Public Library

Cleveland Public Library
John G. White Chess and
Checkers Collection




Biblioteka Kórnicka

Biblioteka Kórnicka
The Kórnik Library of the
Polish Academy of Sciences




KB Den Haag

Koninklijke Bibliotheek Den Haag
Bibliotheca Van der Linde-
Niemeijeriana




Max Euwe-Centrum

Max Euwe-Centrum
Amsterdam




Mechanics' Institute

Mechanics' Institute
San Francisco, CA




SHLB

Schleswig-Holsteinische
Landesbibliothek

Kiel Chess Catalogue online







State Library of Victoria
Melbourne, Australia
Anderson Chess Collection





UVA

Library of the University of
Amsterdam

Alexander Rueb Collection