![](/system/files/styles/large/private/art/39129/z.chestnut3_thebig_chair_chess_club_1.jpg?itok=6XuNfmtr)
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.