The 1972 World Chess Championship between challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States and the defending champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union for the World Chess Championship caused a worldwide sensation. . The match took place in the Laugardalshöll arena in Reykjavík, Iceland and generated a huge boom in chess playing. The impact was event felt in Borehamwood UK, where a new club was born
Borehamwood Chess Club plays in the Hertfordshire league. Club nights are some Tuesdays at:
The Manor House or Allum Hall,2 Allum Lane, Elstree, Hertfordshire. WD6 3PJ.
Please contact us via this website or borehamwood@hotmail.com or @borehamwood in twitter
We are few in number, and don’t bite. The more people that join, the more club nights we can hold and spread the chess gospel wider.
Borehamwood Chess club 