I would think that Los Angeles would be a great place for chess. New York still has to be up there. They still have the most tournaments. But New England has to have the greatest chess.
new york is good washington square park and bryant park has a lot of games durin the week
I was part of a great club in Ventura, CA. Many places I lived in though weren't very good for chess. Miami for example (there was a club but it was way too far from me to get to regularly) & North county San Diego, southern Utah forget about it (though to be fair they weren't many humans there, period, it is one of the most isolated still inhabited parts of the country).
New York City is good for causal blitz chess but terrible for tournament chess. The only club still remaining in Manhattan is the Marshall which is overpriced to the point of ridiculousness (in Ventura you could join a 4-week tourney for $8, at the Marshall it was $30 or $40 for one night of chess).
How would you rate your area in terms of chess?
i have heard that the american city of tegucigalpa is renowned for its chesssss
In Canada there are many scholastic clubs but not any competitive.
Calagry is great
Calgary is great for chess? If so, that's news to me...
/no, it's not
Back around 1995 on the mississippi gulf coast we used to have 20 to 30 players show up now its just me at age 49 an my old chess friend cecil age 51 on most Sundays.Why its the internet now to play a game its just takes a few mouse clicks where to go to a club you have to pick a day an time an it takes time an a bit of trouble to drive an etc.Some sundays i do not feel like going but do so anyway.Think about it used to be if you wished to play a game you were forced to go to a chess club not now if you wake up at 2am feel like play a game pop on the internet an you pick from several sites a lot all for free.To me its sad as wish it was 1999 not 2009.
"The best place is Guantanamo or Haiti , because there is warm"
Actually, the 'detention centre chess' theme maybe nurturing chess play more than realized.
I am (somewhat) involved in a bit of social work/naturalization with convicted US - Caribbean deportees. You know, persons who have spent most of their lives in the US & have practically NO ties to their caribbean birthplace/family. Sent back because they were convicted for some crime.
It is striking how many of them play chess, 80% i estimate; and at a pretty decent level.
Edit: 80% may be an exaggeration actually :)
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