Kórnik Library now KWA member >> short notice
We are pleased to welcome The Kórnik Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Biblioteka Kórnicka Polskiej Akademii Nauk) as a new (free) member of the Ken Whyld Association.
The Kórnik Library is familiar to our members as the location (since 1955) of the famous chess collection of Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa and as the venue of the International Conference of Chess Historians in September 2002 as well - the director of the library, Prof. Dr. hab. Stanisław Sierpowski, edited a book on this event in 2003 together with Prof. Vlastimil Fiala.
As the representative of the library, Prof. Sierpowski will be listed by name as a member of the KWA.
You will find more information on the Kórnik Library at its Homepage.