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https://www.flickr.com/photos/82698797@N00/favorites Various different photos of chess personalities, playing sites, and outdoor chess tables.
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 Jude Acers in New Orleans (at least 35 years). World's most famous street chess player.
Photo credit: Derek Bridges  Joe Smolij, Toronto's most famous street player (from the 1960's to the 1980's) Many stories about Joe Smolij at some point I'll add one or tell me yours.
Photo credit: Norman Bolduc  These are the most basic form of outdoor chess "tables" basically just chess boards attached. There are several of these, most of them graffitified, outside OISE (teacher's College) at the corner of Bloor and Spadina.
  The tables in Brampton Ontario (on Vivian Lane which leads to the Rose Theatre off Main street). Ten years after the grand opening. They are in immaculate shape but have not very much pedestrian traffic or players.
 Kitchener outdoor chess regulars Draga (20+ yrs) and Joe (20 yrs) two of the most faithful attendees at the tables at Kitchener City Hall.
Photo credit: spaceamoeba I know the readers all have favourite chess terms. In street chess we have an additional vocabulary, for example, a few that come to mind:
Just to get a general idea of how many outdoor chess tables there are in North America I'm going to start by sharing a link about a listing I found of Toronto chess tables. I only started with Toronto because it's familiar to me and I happen to know this list is not complete.
List of Toronto Outdoor Chess Tables |
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