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Thumbnail for A meeting of the Berkshire and Reading Chess Club at The New Hall, Reading, in 1851. Games are in progress at several tables, and at the far end of the hall is a dais with an organ on it. The hall is that of the Reading Literary, Scientific and Mechanics' Institution in London Street. 1850-1859 : engraving from "The Illustrated London News, " 8 March 1851, with the caption: "The Berkshire and Reading Chess Club Soiree, in the new hall, Reading."

A meeting of the Berkshire and Reading Chess Club at The New Hall, Reading, in 1851. Games are in progress at several tables, and at the far end of the hall is a dais with an organ on it. The hall is that of the Reading Literary, Scientific and Mechanics' Institution in London Street. 1850-1859 : engraving from "The Illustrated London News, " 8 March 1851, with the caption: "The Berkshire and Reading Chess Club Soiree, in the new hall, Reading."

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