One of the best ways to support your local chess club is to play some chess with them! If you are interested in playing chess, the Augusta Maine Chess Club meets on Tuesdays at Barnes & Noble from about 6:00 P.M. to about 9:00P.M. The chess club has a diverse group of people with varying degrees of skill when it comes to the game of chess. All of the club members are easy to talk to and are always looking to better their game. If you enjoy playing in person chess this is the

Chess can be quite a game of position that keeps you questioning your moves on the board. It's a game of strategy and counter strategy and you always have to be watching the pieces in play in order to respond with a good move. A piece on the board may seem doomed at first glance, so it's important not to fixate on the piece getting attacked because you may be able to attack a piece of higher value somewhere else on the board, saving your attacked piece and gaining a better po