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Cape Town Chess Club

The oldest surviving chess club in South Africa, founded in 1885, meeting at Ellerton Primary School in Sea Point under the leadership of International Master David Gluckman.

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Frequency

Weekly

The community

Leader

IM David Gluckman

Language

English

Founded

1885

Topics

chess competitive history

History

Founded on 19 March 1885, making it 140 years old. It organized the first South African Open Championship in 1892 and initiated the union of clubs that became Western Province Chess in 1907.

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People

IM David Gluckman vezető

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2026-10-08

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