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Drop-In Chess Exhibitions

  • Colonel Palmer House 660 East Terra Cotta Avenue Crystal Lake, IL, 60014 United States (map)

Before “The Queen’s Gambit” was a hit television series, the King’s Gambit was all the rage on chessboards throughout the world in 1858.

Drop in at the Colonel Palmer House on Saturdays from March 6, 13 and 21 anytime from 11am-3pm and learn about chess history, how chess was played, and how people entertained themselves and their guests in 1858.
FREE

Earlier Event: March 13
Festival of the Sugar Maples
Later Event: March 13
Forts on the Courts