Who says you can't play chess at work?

Here is a primer on how to play Desk Chess.

Hip-Hop Chess

After school activities

Tracy Curtis introduces us to carpool chess.

The Next Evolution

There's tactics, there's strategy, and now there is abstraction:

Abstract Chess is a game of collaborative, competitive art-making.

Play consists of two players sitting on opposite sides of a canvas (usually an index or recipe card) taking turns making abstract marks until they are both satisfied with the result.

Chess gets an update

Something had to be done to rekindle excitement in the game. Now it has:

The World Chess Federation today unveiled the new chess piece that they hope will revive flagging interest in the ancient board game....

After much controversy and anticipation, the new piece will be known as 'The Monk'....

"It is very exciting," said [Former Grand Master Uri] Yelanov, "the monk can move three spaces horizontally or diagonally and occupies the starting positions of the middle two pawns... Suddenly chess is [as] exciting as Playstation!"

Read "New chess piece introduced" from NewsBiscuit.

How to Play Chess With Beer

Perhaps the tournament committee could look into this variant for a series of Friday night events?



Update (11/19): This chess and drinking idea seems to be getting some traction in the blogosphere. Here is William Bragg's take.