Place to play chess?

Post by **Yung** » Mon May 23, 2005 12:01 am

Are there any bars or cafes in Hua Hin that have chess boards and clocks?

Post by **Jockey** » Mon May 23, 2005 4:49 pm

Not that I know of - but I think it would be a good idea. How about setting up a chess club? Any bar owners looking for trade wish to consider this?

Post by **Bamboo Grove** » Mon May 23, 2005 7:27 pm

These people might have visitors from HH/CA area and could probably give you some contact numbers. I remember there used to be a chess club some years ago at a place called Domino here in Hua Hin. Don't know if it exists any more.
http://www.bangkokchess.com/

Post by **Yung** » Mon May 23, 2005 7:32 pm

What i'm looking for is an unformal setting where you could just drop in for a beer or 10 and play some blitz games (they tend to get funnier the larger your beer handicap until the point where it's just a mess). Would think that one or two boards/clocks would be a cheap investment for any bar.

A backgammon board would be nice too.

Post by **Bamboo Grove** » Mon May 23, 2005 7:42 pm

I don't know how the situation has changed now. When that club in the link started to play in my place in Bangkok in 2000, we had our sets and clocks brought in from Finland. I there are players here they might have their own clocks. I really don't know much else as I'm not a player myself.

Post by **Lev** » Mon May 23, 2005 8:05 pm

Yung,

You may want to resize your avatar!

Cheers.

L

Post by **Yung** » Mon May 23, 2005 8:09 pm

I know... Why is it not possible to UPLOAD pictures??? That would make things easier, then i could just edit it and -> Can't find this in right size on the net, will have to upload it to a page and then link it...

Post by **Lev** » Mon May 23, 2005 8:23 pm

Why is it not possible to UPLOAD pictures???

Because we're on limited bandwidth as it is. If we allowed all of our members to upload whatever they liked you'd soon be seeing the "exceeded bandwidth" message instead of this forum.

Post by **buksida** » Tue May 24, 2005 10:12 am

Yung wrote:Are there any bars or cafes in Hua Hin that have chess boards and clocks?

I'd also be interested in this though you'll have a hard time finding chess sets in Hua Hin, I eventually found one in a shopping mall in Kanjanaburi.

.

Post by **Yung** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:48 pm

I eventually found one in a shopping mall in Kanjanaburi

Where is that?

Dont think I'll be going on any trips out of Hua Hin this time as my stay might be short. Will be back on the 27th and thinking I'll buy a chess board to bring down there. Or has anybody seen chess boards for sale in Hua Hin lately?

Post by **Guess** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:05 pm

I also imported a chess board from Finland but all the peices were mounted on skis and very dificult to manouvre in this climate.

Wed Aug 10, 2005 12:21 am

I think Guess should start a comedy club rather than a chess club as he seems to be obviously quite good at it !

Post by **Bas** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 12:40 am

What i'm looking for is an unformal setting where you could just drop in for a beer or 10 and play some blitz games (they tend to get funnier the larger your beer handicap until the point where it's just a mess).
Yung,

The game of chess can be played for this reason at the Nung bar, but forget about the clocks. Don't know about the backgammon over there, but played it at the Nice and Easy before.

Greetings and have fun,

Bas

Post by **Yung** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 3:25 am

OK, thanks. Will drop in there to see if there are any challengers

Post by **Guess** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 4:59 am

Many thanx Dr. Dave for the compliment (I hope).

I actually do have a backgammon set here in Hua Hin, which is itching to be used again. As for Chess I will e-mail my next door neighbour who is due to be returning from UK very soon and get him to pick up a couple of cheap ones from Smiths. Clocks are a bit more specialist. I will ask my brother who, very saddly for him lives in London. Maybe I can get a couple sent over. (probably manufactured in China). Most modern mobile phones have a stopwatch function whic may be usable. In Thailand improvisation is next to godliness.

The subtle way to do this is to email me and we can arrange something.

Additionally you might want to check out All in Hua Hin. There used to be a notice on the wall by someone who was loking for a Chess partner.

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