The Hamilton-Russell Cup: 100 Years of Convivial Chess and the Man Behind It Hardcover – September 16, 2023

"Wonderfully presented, this would make a great addition to any chess library, and could also be a fantasticChristmas present for anyone who enjoys the game." Ben Graff, ChessMoves (the magazine of the English Chess Federation) in the November issue."A good year for contributions to chess literature... first of three recommendations,,, " GM Raymond Keene on his Christmas Chess Books as recommended in The Article (November 11, 2023).Published to mark the 100th anniversary of the Hamilton-Russell Cup, the book shines a light on one of the chess world’s most important but least known figures, Frederick Gustavus Hamilton-Russell. It also provides an authoritative history of the competition he founded - the Hamilton-Russell Cup.The book has many layers and as well as being a chess biography is in many ways also a social history. Additionally, there is a foreword by Viscount Boyne (Gustavus Michael Stucley Hamilton-Russell); and there are games annotations by GM Matthew Sadler.The Authors: Norman Britten is social secretary of the RAC’s chess circle and a regular player in the Hamilton-Russell Cup; and Danny Rosenbaum is social media manager of the English Chess Federation and is a former editor of their magazine ChessMoves. He is secretary of the Hamilton-Russell Cup. Read more