Washington Square Chess Simul Returns for Our 4th Year
Saturday, May 31, 2025, 12PM - 4PM
Rain Day: Sunday, June 1
Washington Square Park Chess Plaza
This afternoon immersion in chess strategy in the Washington Square Park Chess Plaza will begin with a lecture by International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) Rusudan “Rusa” Goletiani, a Georgian-American chess player who was a three-time champion in her age category at the World Youth Chess Championship, won the American Continental Women’s Championship, and earned bronze and silver medals at the Women's Chess Olympiad. We will then host a simultaneous exhibition during which Goletiani will play 23 players at once.
Free to the public, all ages are welcome to participate in the simul, and five spots will be reserved for players 12 and under.
Players must bring their own chess set (pieces and board)
IM/WGM Goletiani won will donate a free lesson to anyone who draws, and two lessons if checkmated.