English Chess Forum

Thanks Adam -- The Forum sounds particularly promising (there is a chess club in NYC of the same name, but no apparent relation).

I think our US friend means places where you can drop in for casual blitz. Long ago we had the Gambit (see separate thread) , in the 1970s Centymca in Endell Street, in the 1990s the King's Head. They have all gone as daily venues. There also used to be the Prompt Corner coffee house in Hampstead, ...

What kind of chess background or strength do those guys usually have ? Hi Peter -- the profile is typically either that they are foreign, and have been playing since childhood, or they are border-line homeless, and have been playing for the last 2-7 years. For the most part they are very strong at ...

Thanks for all the responses, gents. At the moment, I doesn't sound like there is a 'yes,' but it is nice to know that at least one or two places have weekly games. It seems curious, given the number of pubs in this city, that not a SINGLE one has decided to try to appeal to the chess community (I g...

Hi guys -- I am new to the board, and was hoping someone might kindly direct me to a regular blitz game in London. Frankly, I'm a bit shocked that there aren't more public venues for chess (they're all over the place in my native NYC).

Thanks for your help!

J.W.