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Shimokita Street Chess

シモキタ Street Chess

tournament in Setagaya

  • anyone may come
  • free
  • beginners
  • free play
  • simuls
  • lessons

Place: no fixed place of its own

Chess: confirmed by a trace dated

When to go

None of the pages behind this card names a fixed day or hour.

Key facts

Access
anyone may come 5
Cost
free 5
Equipment
not stated by sources
Who for
beginners welcome 4
Season
not stated by sources
Federation
not stated by sources

Latest trace

The federation runs a chess corner at the yearly Shimokita Meijinsen street event: the 14th was dated 27 April 2025 and the 15th is listed on the federation calendar for 26 April 2026 (12:00 to 17:00, a special site near Shimokitazawa station), with simultaneous exhibitions and a beginners' puzzle corner. The 2026 notice prints the year 2025 in its date line; the calendar and the weekday point to 2026.

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Sources

  1. japanchess.org/2026/04/13/simokita-2026 · chess federation
    • [1] official · read · シモキタ名人戦に今年もチェスのコーナーを出展します
    • [3] official · read · 会場：下北沢駅近くの特設会場
  2. japanchess.org/tournament-information-2026 · chess federation
    • [2] official · read · 第15回シモキタ名人戦
  3. japanchess.org/2025/04/05/shimokita-2025-2 · chess federation
    • [4] official · read · 毎年4月下旬に開催され今年で14回目を迎えるシモキタ名人戦
    • [5] official · read · どなたでも無料で参加できます