Embedded Files
Table of Contents
Overview
Overview
The Wilmington Go and Chess Club meets regularly on Tuesday evenings from 6:00 to 9:00pm at Cape Fear Games in Wilmington, NC. We usually meet in associated The Sideboard café next door, depending on where we can find available space. Look for the table with chess and Go boards! We encourage beginners and love to help each other become better players. There is no cover charge, however we ask that you support our host by patronizing their cafe and game store when you attend. We greatly appreciate how they have encouraged our club to grow.
Go is a strategy board game for two players in which the aim is to surround more territory than the opponent. The game was invented in China more than 2,500 years ago and is believed to be the oldest board game continuously played to the present day. It can be played on boards of various sizes (larger boards giving longer and more complicated games). Typical sizes of board are grids of 9x9, 13x13 or 19x19 lines on a wooden board.
Chess is a well known strategy board game for two players. It is played on a board with 64 squares. Each player starts the game controlling 16 pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns. The object of the game is to entrap the opponents king.
Players of all ages and skill levels are welcome, including beginners.
Play is casual. Socializing is encouraged.
Free lessons are available.
Boards and stones/pieces are provided.
Just show up and have some fun while improving your playing skills.
The many benefits of playing Go and Chess
The many benefits of playing Go and Chess
There are many benefits of playing Go and Chess. Go teaches mental skills such as patience, discipline, and open-mindedness. Go also encourages methods of thinking that are not easily learned in other ways. For these and other reasons it is often taught to young children to help mental development early in life. Some of the cognitive benefits of Chess are that it improves planning, increases reading and math skills, improves concentration, improves problem solving, and stimulates creativity. In addition, there are behavioral benefits of playing Chess. Chess playing increases confidence, promotes good sportsmanship, and improves social skills.
Another Chess Club option in the Wilmington area
Another Chess Club option in the Wilmington area
You can play chess on Sundays at the Wilmington Chess Club. Contact Jimmy Sneeden. Phone: (910) 791-6973 or jimmysneeden@gmail.com.
For other clubs in NC and the US
For other clubs in NC and the US
Check out the following websites:
LA Times Bar in Leland Chess night every Monday night from 6-9pm
new.uschess.org/club-search-and-affiliate-directory
Contact us
Contact us
If you have any questions, please contact Geoff Cleary (club president).
Email: info@strategygames.us
Page updated
Google Sites
Report abuse