Haringey Chess Club

All Levels and ages are Welcome. If you don’t know how to play, don’t worry, we will teach you. “It helps to fight loneliness. This is a great social opportunity for many people, some of whom may have friends, but want someone who can stimulate the intellectual thought processes that chess requires. Chess is strong exercise for the brain, which teaches you to problem solve, think outside the box and to focus for long periods of time. Particularly in the modern World with bitesize programs, articles and social media, replacing traditional books and long documentaries, we are finding it hard to concentrate on something for a long period of time. Chess would help counter this.”