Chess club craze

The chess club craze is the emerging popularity of chess as a fun social activity of a nightclub variety. Manhattan features at least of these nightclub chess bar and dancing activities.

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“The No. 1 question we get asked is ‘Are people actually playing chess, or is this just a party?’” [Corrine Ciani, 26, a co-founder of Club Chess] says. “I can’t emphasize it enough: They really are playing chess.”

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