Chess House

The Big Chair Chess Club attracted local players, young and old, in the Deanwood neighborhood in northeast DC - the club’s founder Eugene Brown was the subject of a 2013 movie “Life of a King” portrayed by actor Cuba Gooding, Jr.

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