Cocktails and checkmates: the young Britons giving chess a new lease of life

<p>Laid-back clubs proving a hit in London, Birmingham and elsewhere as people look for new ways to socialise</p><p>One of the liveliest spots on a Tuesday night in east London’s Brick Lane isn’t a restaurant or a streetwear brand pop-up, it’s a chess club – or chess club-nightclub hybrid, to be exact.</p><p>Knight Club is the unlikely crossover between chess and London’s fervent nightlife scene. It was started by Yusuf Ntahilaja, 27, who began his first chess club in August 2023 at a smaller bar in Aldgate, not too far from the current location at Café 1001 on Brick Lane.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/nov/04/young-chess-clubs-london-birmingham">Continue reading...</a>