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The Bronowski Trophy Competition London Business Chess Inter-League Championship |
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http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/ins.chess/bronowski |
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The Bronowski Trophy In the early 1960s, Dr Jacob Bronowski presented a trophy - a silver knight monted on a plinth - for annual competition by the champion teams of the principal central London business house leagues: Banks, Civil Service, Commercial and Insurance. The first competition was won by Inland Revenue in 1964 and the trophy has been competed for annually ever since. In the 1973/74 season the format changed in that, instead of being competed for by the champion team of each league, matches were played between teams representing each of those leagues. Teams under this new format were initially of 20 boards, so many more players became involved with Bronowski fixtures. The first winner of the silver knight under the new format was Civil Service. The competition rules received a makeover in 1997 and Civil Service dropped out (an unconnected development!), but were replaced by the Legal League. Board numbers were reduced in to 16 2004-05 and to 14 in 2005-06. Recent years' competition details can be accessed by the navigation bar above together with a table giving all the winners of this prestigeous trophy. |
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