In the past few years, chess has made a real comeback. Between The Queen’s Gambit  effect, online platforms like Chess.com , and the rise of casual tournaments in cafés and pubs around the world, the game has found a whole new generation of players. Gone is the old-fashioned image: today, chess is seen as smart, social, and seriously fun. People are playing everywhere: on their phones, in parks, in clubs, and more and more, in bars. These hybrid spaces, where people come to c

In the past few years, chess has made a huge comeback. Between the lockdowns that pushed everyone behind a screen and Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit  inspiring a whole new generation, we’ve never seen so many players signing up on Chess.com or Lichess. Maybe you also (re)discovered the game during that time…but after a while, playing alone against your computer starts to feel a bit flavorless, right? The good news is, chess doesn’t only exist online. On the contrary, the magic