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If you reside in Kolkata then you have tasted half of the world’s flavour, we bet. This is a place where anything and everything can be possible. If Mumbai is a city which never sleeps, then Kolkata ought to be the city which will fail to surprise you.
Passion runs high over a chess board below a flyover! Interested to know more? Then read along... You got it righ, a very popular chess club runs under the Gariahat Flyover. It is to be considered that Bengal is the ‘Mecca of Football’ but who knows our love for chess is much more. The city has produced many Grandmasters like Dibyendu Barua.
The Kolkata Police has set up a chess corner under the busy flyover of Garihat which is famously known as ‘Gariahat Chess Club’, with an initiative to popularise the game among dwellers of Kolkata.
Have you ever noticed, every city has different squares? Speaking about Kolkata- it has own chess square. Though the formal inauguration occurred happened recently locals have been playing since it since 2006. Making it one of the most interesting and happening places in South Kolkata. The game continues till 10 pm- 11 pm in the night. Many well know face drop by here and plays few rounds. Not to mention Kunal Chatterjee who has been Bengal Champion thrice visits this club regularly. This place knows only one thing- if the King and Queen can be saved!
