Hull and District Chess Association

View article Check it out! You can now play outdoor chess in Trinity Square

Check it out! You can now play outdoor chess in Trinity Square

9th August 2022

Keen chess players can now meet for an open-air game in the spectacular setting of Trinity Square. Visit Hull has installed four outdoor chessboards on existing picnic benches in the square, providing a pleasant location to meet and enjoy a leisurely game, overlooked by Hull Minster and the statue of Hull poet Andrew Marvell. The […]

View article Young Ukrainian chess player leads Hull team to victory after fleeing war

Young Ukrainian chess player leads Hull team to victory after fleeing war

19th July 2022

A Ukrainian chess prodigy who fled the war in his home country has led Hull’s finest young players to victory at a national event. Maksym Larchikov, 12, displayed his remarkable talent as part of Chess Fest, the sport’s biggest public-facing event in the UK, after the event’s organiser, Chess in Schools and Communities, invited a […]

View article Find out why divers at the Deep have been playing chess

Find out why divers at the Deep have been playing chess

2nd August 2021

Divers at the Deep in Hull today (Monday 2 August) were locked in a game of underwater chess. Surrounded by sharks, fish and stingrays, the divers sat down for a quick game to celebrate the launch of the city’s first Play Chess Festival. Starting this week, there is a huge programme of chess-inspired events taking […]

View article Checkmate! Hull set for huge chess festival this summer

Checkmate! Hull set for huge chess festival this summer

26th July 2021

Hull will be going chess crazy this summer with the city’s first Play Chess Festival. The programme will last for three months and will take place across the city in parks, squares, libraries, shops, markets, cafés and pubs. It will be open to all ages, existing chess-players and those who just want to learn. Events […]