A chess club since 1852, with weekly youth lessons for ages about 5 to 18 and English-language groups for international families.
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Chess club founded in 1852 and still the largest in the city, playing in the historic National Chess Building on Van Speijkstraat. The youth section teaches kids from about 5 to 18 in weekly lessons grouped by level, using the Stappenmethode workbooks, from first moves to 1800+ players. Lower groups are mostly in Dutch, with English-language groups and mostly English instruction at the higher levels.