Chess Forum
Threesome chess … Booby Fischer underneath
219 Thompson St,
New York, NY 10012
Chess clubs in New York is on the decline. When I first came to New York, there were three major one:
~ 1877, Manhattan Club, closed in 2002; the 2nd oldest chess club in U.S.
~ 1915, Marshall Club by Frank Marshall (1877-1944) @ 23 W 10th Street
~ 1975, chess space
~ 1995, Chess Forum
I’ve visited Manhattan (at 353 W 46th Street on ‘Restaurant Row’), Marshall (in a brownstone [?]), and the predecessor of the Chess Forum in the past. The later two are in Greenwich Village.
Chess Forum is at the same location from the original chess space in New York.
The threesome chess
A few more photos on Halloween night. One man holding down the fort, while two men are playing in the back.
The following article appeared in 2020.11.23 issue of New York Magazine
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