Game Collection: New York

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History

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The Brooklyn Chess Club.—The second annual reunion of this flourishing society, took place last Thursday evening, when the following officers were chosen for the ensuing year:—Walter K. Paye, President; Robert M. Jenkins, Secretary. The President, in the course of a few remarks, alluded to the attention bestowed upon chess within a few years past throughout Europe. He also commented upon the advantages conferred upon members in the cultivation of a taste for this refined recreation; in view of which he was exceedingly happy to refer to the prosperous condition of the club; and if the past was a guarantee for the future, he felt assured that the society would soon take its place as one of the institutions of our city.

A committee was appointed to select a suitable room for the accommodation of the club, which will be furnished in the neatest manner and provided with the proper requisites. We understand that it is their intention to have it open to members, upon one evening in every week, for contests.

Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1853.05.31, p2
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Game Collection: New York