MONDAY night Winter Chess group, INSIDE at the Hastings Library, 7 Spring St

Great. Thanks for finding us. We play every Monday.

We meet EVERY week, at the Hastings Public Library. 5:30 to 6:50. MONDAYS
(watch for holidays though when public libraries are often closed or closing earlier than usual) (additionally, the librarians have asked me to note that this is not an official library activity and is not part of their programming events)

It is a meetup at the village library, completely free, and with no specific requirements!!
If you have ever played chess and enjoyed it win or lose, then please join us.
Bring a board, pieces, and a friendly attitude.
Email us at [email protected] with any questions.
Not the most original chess name... but the Hudson Fish was taken way back in 1982 by the Hastings Elementary School club.
WHERE ARE WE GOING TO BE....
during summer, we often play right outside, in the front picnic tables on the grass overlooking the river, the city, the train station... No end time, since its outside the library.
IF ITS REALLY HOT, we might be inside the library. read below for regular winter location inside the library.
IF IT LOOKS like RAIN, we might be located outside the library on their front patio, with small round metal tables. Not ideal for a chess board and clock...
Hope to see you there.

5:30 to 6:50 pm we play inside the library, in a back corner room with big glass windows looking in all directions. When the weather is nice, Stu usually continues to play with the light of a battery lantern, for another hour or so, outside in the front area of the library (picnic tables and concrete chess boards)

Its been a nice meetup for 8 years now... usually 5 people show up.... as few as 3 of course, and once we had 12 people at once.... Hope you can make it over to the library and see if it is a nice fit for your chess habit.... -Jeremy

In winter months, and when the sun goes down early in late fall.....
We are back inside the library, usually in the private windowed room on the left side with a nice view of the terrace and Hudson River.
Wide long tables allow for 8 players to be comfortable and safely spaced apart.

Friendly banter and analysis and competition.
Most play blitz, 5 minute. But we can happily accommodate a beginner who wishes to play without time controls, and of course an experienced player who wants a 10 or 15 minute game will never be turned away.

Its quiet conversational chess but definitely not a silent tournament style club... FEEL FREE to come play and/or watch, and talk, and ask questions...

Hopefully, you can join us on a Monday night soon....
(THIS IS NOT an OFFICIAL PROGRAM of the Hastings Library. They do let us reserve some time and space for our group to meet up, for which we are lucky and grateful.)

Bring a board if you have one... No need to RSVP. just show up when it fits your schedule...

See you soon,

Jeremy and Stu

(Its been between 3 to 5 people most nights, over the last 6 months... drawing from a group of 12 different people.... mostly adults, 2 high school ringers, and one 7th grader... OF COURSE, open to anyone who can play...)