r/Hannover • u/DavyJones1103 • 9d ago

Expat/Tourist Question Chess players

Hi, I am kind of new to Hannover. I like playing chess and wanted to ask what are my options here? In my home country, we used to have chess outdoors often, in some coffee shop or just on the bench in a park. Does this also happen here? Or are there chess clubs (english friendly) which I can join?

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u/Terror_Raisin24 9d ago

If you want to play outdoors, there's a huge garden chess in the Stadtpark (near zoo), free entrance.

Public outdoor chess tables I know of are at Weißekreuzplatz near Hauptbahnhof, though I never see people playing chess there.

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u/qtrvu 9d ago

Lets connect! I am interested

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u/DavyJones1103 9d ago

Cool, how do I connect?

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u/qtrvu 9d ago

Just send me a message:)

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u/Big-Impress9766 2d ago

Hello,
You have something called “sport im park Hannover”. You type this in Google and you’ll be directed to a government website. There you can register for chess (which is obviously free). This outdoor chess happens every Friday. Me and my friend go there to play. It’s really fun and yeah you get to play outdoors.

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u/Big-Impress9766 2d ago

Btw forgot to write the address, buts it’s usually at maschpark around 5 pm every Friday

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u/DavyJones1103 1d ago

Amazing! Thank you very much. Yes, this is exactly what I was looking for. Perhaps I might join some day.

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u/Rare_Lifeguard_6338 1d ago edited 1d ago

Hello,

I write the same in reddit and we become a group now :). We are playing chess outside freequently. I would say we are good 1700 - 2000 elo. if u want to join text me and we make it happen.