I vaguely remember the beginnings of a chess club at DGS Silvertop (possibly in 1967), in all probability at the initiative of a Maths teacher. Although maths and further maths were 2 of my A-level subjects, I wasn't interested in playing chess at the time (so I didn't play against you). I never got hooked on the game, though I did learn how to move the pieces around in a haphazardly fashion when my father-in-law became president of a club in France in the early eighties and taught me a few moves. I accidentally beat him once (but never again...)