Chess Club

In Rostov Gorky Park, anyone can meet chess lovers of all levels and play. The games are free and for money. The so-called chess benches, or open-air chess club, is a place in the park from the side of Bolshaya Sadovaya Street. Here in good weather every day comes someone who wants to play or chat, playing an ancient game. Most like this kind of leisure Rostov residents of the older generation. On the days of city festive events, tournaments are sometimes held in the park, where people play the roles of chess pieces. These games are loved by young people.

Gorky Park, where chess players meet on chess benches in the open air, is a place of rest that citizens of many generations like. The park appeared in 1813 on the initiative of merchant Yashchenko, on the site of city dumps. At first it was just the City Garden, which was later renamed Gorky Park.