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Let’s play chess !

11 May 2009 6 Comments

In Geneva, whether it is a park, swimming pool, or any other public place.. .. you can find many large sized chess boards painted on the ground and people engrossed in playing chess.
I have seen this in other countries as well but this is about Geneva.

I always wonder why can not we have such playful outlets in our country and more so what will happen if even we have some. How long we are going to enjoy them or maintain them. Your inputs ?

P.S.- I am traveling and away from blogging. These posts are scheduled. Will try to come online for sometime to moderate/reply to comments.

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6 Comments »

  • sandeep said:

    this is interesting. actually, i’ve seen one of those giant boards in a weekend resort near blore

    # 11 May 2009 at 12:29 PM
  • Zhu said:

    We have some in Canada too, I like that. People should play more in the streets… makes a city lively.

    # 12 May 2009 at 7:40 AM
  • Shantanu said:

    Among the many things unique and nice in Europe. While in India, these are luxuries that will never find their way up the pirority list of town authorities, the US cities aren’t built for community interactions.

    # 16 May 2009 at 7:27 PM
  • Shivanand Manthalkar said:

    Nice post…I have seen one in the hotel The Loards at Matheran, a hill station near Mumbai. It’s really fun to play chess outdoors.

    # 19 May 2009 at 7:09 PM
  • Mark H said:

    Chess is so much trickier in this giant form than normal form. A different skill. Popular in Budapest too and lots of other European parks.

    # 7 June 2009 at 1:41 PM
  • Celine said:

    I’ve seen one such life sized chess arrangement….if I recall it well, it was in Matheran.

    # 9 July 2009 at 10:32 PM

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