Nola Chess Club is currently looking for
a chess club coordinator.
We are always looking for players and all levels are welcome.
![]() Wilhelm Steinitz (seated right) and New Orleans Chess Amateurs, photographed in New Orleans in January, 1883, by Theo. Lilienthal. | About UsNOLA Chess Club is open to all who play chess and to those that are just interested in chess. The club is free and open to the public. Bring your chess sets and clocks. |
Check out pics from the club. More coming soon...
INTERESTING (YET OLDER) NEW ORLEANS CHESS NEWS
Nice article on the club by the Times Picayune
American Chess Magazine Volume One
Chess Club of New Orleans, from the book of the first American chess congress (1857)
Lasker's Chess Magazine, July 1905
British Chess Magazine Vol 11, Obit of Maj. Edmund Halsey, (1891)
Paul Morphy the Chess Champion (1859), By William Lay
The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion (1859), D. Appleton
Historical Sketch Book and Guide to New Orleans and Environs (1885), Coleman
A great article was sent to me by the Simons about Bobby Fischer's visit to the Crescent City in 1964. I've posted it as a pdf below.
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