A brilliant Evening of Social Chess - Belfast Culture Night
Enjoying Chess at Caffe Nero
The evening was buzzing with atmosphere. Every 30mins we had live wrestling. There was live music around the corner. Most important of all there was a stream of smiling friendly faces enjoying the evening of culture.
To sit outside a cafe with a warm cup of coffee, chatting about books, films, family with strangers - people who you felt you would like to know more about - and playing the beautiful game - Chess - this was heaven.
Through the evening I played a man from Derbyshire on holiday visiting the Giants Causeway. Another player I learned an ancedote: "Even a blind pig finds an acorn once and a while?". A fantastic teacher from Liecester who made me realise the challenges facing children and teachers and why we should value both so highly
Fliers with five challenging/elegent chess problems and the UCU contact details were handed out.
Towards the end of the evening a large chess set was placed on the floor and the Giants of Belfast chess played - Steve Scannell, John Cairns, Steve Morgan....
Thanks to :
all the members of the public who joined us
the Ulster Chess Union members
the Belfast Culture Night organisers
The Caffe Nero - for hosting our event - brilliant venue and staff
Hornby who setup the chess event.
I went home having had the best day ever, with such a positive belief in the beauty of people - thankyou Belfast.....
