Surrey Hundreds - Making grandmasters from the bottom-up. Run by International Master Mike Basman. This is based on the division of society around 1086. Players are allocated titles and ranks in accordance with their performance in the field of battle - i

The UK Chess Challenge began in 1996 and was an immediate success, with 700 schools entering, involving approximately 23,000 children. By 2002 numbers competing had risen to 56,000. The structure of the tournament is simple, allowing the most inexperience