Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa Message Board - Chess https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/ Information for visitors and locals about Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa, Troncones, Barra de Potosí and the surrounding region of the Costa Grande in Guerrero, Mexico en Chess (reply) I remember playing chess against the "sharks" on Waikiki as a young guy. I thought it was great and always thought some permanent tables here along the beachfront would make sense.

Visit Nomads Camping in Troncones, the boys are always up for a game and they teach chess to the kids out there too. Right on the beach. (You would be practicing your Spanish again)

Here it looks like the Sharks Chess Club has events at Catcha l'Ola in Ixtapa. So I imagine Leo would be up for a game or two if he's not too busy. Just behind the movie theater.

]]> https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/index.php?id=158792 https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/index.php?id=158792 Thu, 17 Mar 2022 21:05:56 +0000 pinche Chess (reply) Zihuatanejo Sharks Chess Club
755 100 4095

they're on FB located downtown.

]]> https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/index.php?id=158712 https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/index.php?id=158712 Thu, 10 Mar 2022 23:14:48 +0000 mexhapati Chess (reply) Thanks Yandosan,
"In the old days," when I used to go to Mexico, it seemed like you could always find a board set up some place with somebody waiting for a game. One of my fondest memories is of an old guy, Enrique, who opened his Dulceria in Puerto Morelos everyday at 4 by first setting up a chessboard on one of his sidewalk tables. We played every day I was there. Often other folks would gather around. Playing chess, drinking coffee, smoking his roll your own tobacco cigarettes. Me practicing my Spanish and him his English. Great fun. I went back the next year because of him and the 3rd year as well, but he had passed on (hit by a bus in Merdida). Yes, I play online but there is something special about an over the board game.

]]> https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/index.php?id=158702 https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/index.php?id=158702 Thu, 10 Mar 2022 06:56:19 +0000 Richard284 Chess (reply) Feel free to challenge me on lichess.org.
Yandosan is my handle.
Warning, my game is a curious admixture of Karpov, Korchnoi
And the 3 stooges

]]> https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/index.php?id=158696 https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/index.php?id=158696 Thu, 10 Mar 2022 01:34:12 +0000 Yandosan Chess Is there a chess club in Zihua--or maybe just a place where a person might casually wander by and pick up a game during some particular time of day? I'm about a 1150-1200 max, so I'm not looking for anything too professional.
Thanks

]]> https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/index.php?id=158689 https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/index.php?id=158689 Wed, 09 Mar 2022 21:05:30 +0000 Richard284