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Front yard chessboard brings 12-year-old Ukrainian immigrant peace, community
3+ week, 2+ day ago (375+ words) On summer weekends, Max Tserbii sets up a table, two chairs, and a chess board and invites anyone to play. Garvin Thomas reports. Like many talented young chess players, 12-year-old Max Tsebrii started playing at an early age. "I started…...
Checkmate: North Brooklyn Chess Club Sets Up Summer Residency at the McCarren Parkhouse
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (123+ words) Greenpointers It's the summer of chess at the McCarren Parkhouse. Born out of the pandemic, the North Brooklyn Chess Club got its start as a pre-party fixture at the Greenpoint bar Ponyboy, where neighbors gathered around chessboards before the evening…...
Board game brings long-gone names back to life
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (367+ words) Long-gone names and places that helped shape an area's industrial heyday are being brought back to life with a board game. Now a nine-mile (14km) nature trail, the Tyne Derwent Way, which connects historic sites between the National Trust's Gibside estate…...
Chess match pits politicians against prisoners – Inside Time
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (279+ words) When I heard that the Parliamentary Chess Club were going to visit HMP Wormwood Scrubs to play chess against the men in the prison, I was keen to join them. Such an imaginative idea. So, when the Governor contacted me…...
Nada Debs & TRAME's Interplay Backgammon Board Reimagines Marquetry
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (244+ words) Nada Debs, TRAME Creative Studio and creative coder Anna Lucia developed a custom algorithm that studies marquetry's structural logic to generate unique patterns, each handcrafted by artisan Nabil Haswani. Marquetry has been a craft of fixed patterns, repeated by hand…...
The Secret Gay Agenda in the Art World? Backgammon
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (154+ words) It's hard to say who started the Lesbian Bisexual Backgammon League. An invite to the LBBL is a hot ticket, since newcomers can only attend if they're brought in by a current member. This offline and friends-only dynamic has only…...
This free board game club directory is spreading across the world - it's independent, too
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (171+ words) In an example of internet community building at its best, work on a free board game club directory has snowballed into an impressive international project. The directory itself also includes numerous tags to help you find a board game club…...
The Chess Players - The Chess Players (1977) Trailer
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (95+ words) Wazed Ali Shah was the ruler of one of the last independent kingdoms of India. The British, intent on controlling this rich country, had sent General Outram on a secret mission to clear the way for an annexation. While pressure…...
(POSTPONED) Chess and Revolution
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (125+ words) Whether you’re a seasoned player or just learning, enjoy a lively and welcoming atmosphere. Drinks will be available at the Park View Bar, with light bites included in the ticket price. Prizes will be awarded to the top three finishers....
Chess, blunders, the art of getting back in the game
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (944+ words) I LEARN one of the most useful lessons in chess, not from a beautiful win, but from the discomfort of a bad move. Once a piece is misplaced, the board does not care about intention; it only shows the new…...