Below we have put together the chess set appearances in the news and on the radio.
Please enjoy the stories about the creation of the set!
Published on 17 July 2016: Oxford Today
Oxford and Cambridge’s long rivalry is immortalised in chess
A new chess set, celebrating the longstanding rivalry between Cambridge and Oxford, has been launched….
Broadcast on 5 July 2015: BBC Radio Oxford
Radio interview on “Will Gompertz” with Susie Dent
Susie Dent admires the Oxbridge Chess pieces and discusses the set with founder Matthias Weichert. At the time, we were raising funds to produce the set.
Published on 17 June 2015: Cambridge News
Cambridge and Oxford do battle once more – on Cambridge designer’s new Oxbridge chess set
Cambridge has been doing battle with its oldest foe for hundreds of years, but the UK’s oldest academic rivalry could soon open up on a new front. As well as the Boat Race on the Thames, the ongoing contest for the most Nobel Prizes and the intellectual slug-fest of University Challenge, the contest could soon spill on to the chessboard…..
Broadcast on 16 June 2015: BBC Radio Oxford
Radio interview on “David Prever at Drivetime”
David Prever and Oxbridge Chess founder Matthias Weichert discuss the Oxford pieces and the campaign to fund the project.
Published on 28 April 2015: St John’s College, University of Cambridge
The Red Queen becomes the White Queen
A new chess set has been designed based on the friendly rivalry between Oxford and Cambridge. College foundress Lady Margaret Beaufort has been chosen to represent the White Queen for the Cambridge side. Lady Margaret Beaufort, foundress of St John’s College and mother of King Henry VII, never became Queen in her lifetime. Now, 506 years after her death, she has: in chess form, at least…..
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