Where to Play Chess
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Downtown Melbourne at Island Root Kava Bar Every Thursday
- Address: 1900 Municipal Lane, Melbourne, FL, 32901
- When: Every Thursday at 6:30PM
- Description: Weekly four to five round Swiss tournament at Island Root Kava Bar (we usually play outside). Ten dollar buy-in. Prizes consist of a combination of cash and gift cards that can be used at the venue. May or may not be rated, depending on if we have enough USCF members.
- Contact: Sean at 321-514-8547 & seanmalone21@live.com
- Check out these photos from recent tournaments at Island Root:
Friendly games at the Cocoa Library on Sundays!
- Where: The Cocoa Library (Catherine Schweinsberg Rood Central Library), 308 Forrest Ave., Cocoa, Florida 32922
- When: Sunday afternoons, starting at 1:00 PM and ending usually around 5:00 PM.
- Free and open to all. For additional information contact the Cocoa library directly (321-633-1792 - ask for the reference desk).
- RSK Chess Academy LLC formed to empower kids and chess lovers to learn and strengthen their skills in the great game of chess!
- You can do individual or group lessons with Sureshkumar Rajamani, board member of the Space Coast Chess Foundation and Expert rated chess player!
- More info at rskchess.com
- Located in downtown Melbourne. Main time for chess used to be Saturday afternoon 1-4 PM, but it appears that chess players are welcome anytime.
- There is no point of contact for this group, but a handful of intermediate to advanced level players gather to play some games there. We do not recommend this event for newer chess players.