Chess has been played competitively in the university since at least 1873, the date of the first blues match against Oxford. The precise date of the club's foundation is unknown. It promotes chess both within the university and in the surrounding area. The club initially organised a championship for individual players and matches against a variety of other teams. It later developed an inter-collegiate league and a ''Cuppers'' competition. The club also holds social events, including an annual dinner, and publishes its own magazine. Mathematician M.H.A. Neumann (later Newmann, St John's College) was a member 1915-16 and 1919-22, as was physician Lionel Penrose in the years 1919-22 (St John's College) and mathematician, poet, and humanist Jacob Bronowski (Jesus College) in the late 1920s. Further information about the club's activities is on its website at http://www.srcf.ucam.org/chess/.