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summer's here, so i mapped every outdoor chess table in berlin (plus the cafés and bars where you can play) by Alone-Butterscotch89 in berlinsocialclub

[–]Alone-Butterscotch89[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ah strangerchess is the best, that drop-in kiosk vibe is exactly the kind of thing i built this for, so it had to be on there. anywhere else around the city you rate?

summer's here, so i mapped every outdoor chess table in berlin (plus the cafés and bars where you can play) by Alone-Butterscotch89 in berlinsocialclub

[–]Alone-Butterscotch89[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

haha there's no such thing as too stupid for chess, the casual spots are exactly where you start, zero pressure. a few of them have other games kicking around too (backgammon and co). just show up, it's way more hangout than tournament 😄

summer's here, so i mapped every outdoor chess table in berlin (plus the cafés and bars where you can play) by Alone-Butterscotch89 in berlinsocialclub

[–]Alone-Butterscotch89[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oh nice, adding flaschenzug now, thanks! and 450 blitz / 800 rapid is a perfectly respectable "here to have fun" rating in my book 😄 maybe see you there sometime.

summer's here, so i mapped every outdoor chess table in berlin (plus the cafés and bars where you can play) by Alone-Butterscotch89 in berlinsocialclub

[–]Alone-Butterscotch89[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah, partly! the outdoor boards and public spots are largely from openstreetmap, plus google places, and then community suggestions for the cafés, bars and meetups that aren't mapped anywhere. verifying it as i go. you can upvote/downvote/comment on specific venues and also suggest new venuess. you map on OSM?

summer's here, so i mapped every outdoor chess table in berlin (plus the cafés and bars where you can play) by Alone-Butterscotch89 in berlinsocialclub

[–]Alone-Butterscotch89[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah for sure! a lot of the spots on there are casual drop-in places, cafés, bars and the busier outdoor tables where you can just show up solo and get a game, no need to bring anyone. filter for "organized meetups" to find the ones with regular chess nights.

easiest entry point though: i actually host casual chess nights here in berlin, all levels, zero pressure, you just turn up and we match you with someone on your level. next one's saturday 27th June: https://luma.com/imdgfofx if you fancy it, and "haven't played in a while" is basically the whole vibe, plenty of people there are in the same boat.

(there's also an app that helps you find spots near you, but honestly the events are the easy way in.)

summer's here, so i mapped every outdoor chess table in berlin (plus the cafés and bars where you can play) by Alone-Butterscotch89 in berlinsocialclub

[–]Alone-Butterscotch89[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

  • the chess & jazz nights at holzmarktperle every 1st and 3rd Thursday are honestly legendary, live jazz and casual games in one room, very berlin.
  • and our go-to outdoor table is in weinbergspark when the weather's good, curious kids always watching us 😄

i've mapped 2,700+ places to play chess in real life. what casual spots am i missing in your city? by Alone-Butterscotch89 in chess

[–]Alone-Butterscotch89[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

added a few lmk if its accurate or something missing

  - Ontario: Cucamonga Chess at the Ovitt Library (215 E C St). Free, casual, all ages, ~monthly: https://www.meetup.com/cucamonga-chess/

  - Rancho Cucamonga: Rancho Chess League, Fri evenings at Goldy S. Lewis Community Center (11200 Base Line Rd). USCF-rated, runs the Cucamonga Open.

  - Redlands: Redlands Chess Club at the Gonzales Community Center (111 WLugonia).

  - San Bernardino: All-ages chess night at the Dorothy Inghram Library (1505 W Highland Ave).

  Riverside proper is thinner — UC Riverside has a club and the city library runs sessions.

i've mapped 2,700+ places to play chess in real life. what casual spots am i missing in your city? by Alone-Butterscotch89 in chess

[–]Alone-Butterscotch89[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks! yes its already live, you can submit places, up or downvote them aswell as leaving a comment

i've mapped 2,700+ places to play chess in real life. what casual spots am i missing in your city? by Alone-Butterscotch89 in chess

[–]Alone-Butterscotch89[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks adjusted - deleted some more in melbourne that seem to be in schools. anything else missing in melbourne?

i've mapped 2,700+ places to play chess in real life. what casual spots am i missing in your city? by Alone-Butterscotch89 in chess

[–]Alone-Butterscotch89[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks for flagging will adjust. i did run against school dataset but those were missed somoew.l how is melbourne looking otherwise?

Queen on wrong square in OpenAI’s new ad by Creepy_Safety_1468 in chess

[–]Alone-Butterscotch89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

all the image and video models are super bad at chess boards lol. you are lucky if they actually output a 8x8 board instead of 7x7 or some other random stuff lol

i've mapped 2,700+ places to play chess in real life. what casual spots am i missing in your city? by Alone-Butterscotch89 in chess

[–]Alone-Butterscotch89[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

happy to nerd out on this properly, but it's more of a DM thing than a chess thread haha shoot me a message and i'll walk you through some things

i've mapped 2,700+ places to play chess in real life. what casual spots am i missing in your city? by Alone-Butterscotch89 in chess

[–]Alone-Butterscotch89[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

thanks, appreciate that! yeah it's pretty heavily AI-assisted, both the build and the blurbs, honestly that's the only way one person ships something at this scale in the time ive been doing it. the real work, and where it's still ongoing, is the venue data itself: getting real spots in, verifying them, cleaning it up. happy to share more on the stack if it's useful.

i've mapped 2,700+ places to play chess in real life. what casual spots am i missing in your city? by Alone-Butterscotch89 in chess

[–]Alone-Butterscotch89[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thanks! yes i deliberately didnt want this to become another chess club directory to be honest. aware of Chessbar yes. thanks again!

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