Chess at the library
Asher likes going to our local library, the State Library of Victoria. We have another library near us, the City Library. Anyhow, the cool thing about the State Library is that it has chess boards and a large collection of chess books.
I quote in full from The Oxford Companion to Chess, pages 225-6, the entry on “libraries”:
Three outstanding collections exist in libraries open to the public. The J.G. White collection in Cleveland, Ohio, and the van der Linde-Nieijer collection in the Royal Library at the Hague are of comparable size and have no rivals. The Anderson Chess Collection in Melbourne, Australia, donated by M.V. Anderson, is probably the largest chess library in the southern hemisphere. The chess library of Grandmaster Lothar Schmid is the largest and finest in private hands, with more than 15,000 items.
This Anderson Chess Collection is housed in the State Library of Victoria, abovementioned.
Hey James… just googled you hehe - not sure why but you came to mind! Asher is very cute! Am married & we have a daughter, Olivia who will be 3 in Oct. We still live in the Macleod area. Hope you are and your family are well
Rach.
Hi Rachel,
Great to hear from you!
Are you in the Youth Work field these days?
Anyhow… enough about work. I’m actually tired of it being the first thing everyone asks about.
Macleod. Rosanna Christian Church meets there on Sundays still. That was my first Church! They share the hall with the Baptist Reformed Church.
Just 2 stations out of zone 1, what a bore!
Blessings,
James