Rainy chess day

Rainy chess day

Today it rained again in Beijing, the sky was grey, but once we entered the Cafe Bossa Nova music welcomed us and once we set up the chess boards the games started.

New chess boards

New chess boards

We received new chess boards, chess pieces and chess clocks. Thanks to the Cafe de la Poste for sponsoring us with the professional equipment. Check out the pictures with us playing on the new chess boards.

Come and join our chess games

Come and join our chess games

Here are some pictures:

Our great chess poster

How we started

Chess in Beijing started out in the bar Cafe de la Poste, where a group of players began gathering spontaneously, often ending up in intense combat until the early morning hours. As more players began showing up, we started to…