I’m very sad to hear that Chess Park will be closing. I’m writing this letter because I have a proposal to relocate the chess boards to another place in Santa Monica, perhaps Virginia Park. I’ll tell ...

It’s endgame for chess enthusiasts at longtime player haunt Chess Park. After five years of unsavory behavior and issues around homelessness, Recreation and Parks Commissioners have voted to remove ...

The once iconic Chess Park on the Santa Monica Boardwalk may soon be shut down due to problems with homeless, drugs, and prostitution. Neighbors have been documenting the problems at Santa Monica’s ...

A special groundbreaking was held Sunday in Seattle’s Rainier Valley neighborhood for a first-in-Seattle Chess Park. The Chess Park is a dream come true for the woman whom the park will be named after ...