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SUMMARY:Amsterdam Chess Festival: Checkmate Sessions
DTSTAMP:20261020T232640Z
DTSTART:20260714T170000Z
DTEND:20260714T230000Z
DESCRIPTION:Amsterdam Chess Festival brings you Checkmate Sessions.\nA comm
	unity event where chess and techno unites people and brings the\naccessibi
	lity of chess to another level. No entry fee\, no tournament\, no\npressur
	e\; this one is for everyone.\n\nFrom 19.00 till 01.00\, the Q-Factory Caf
	é transforms into a space where\nready-to-play boards are spread across th
	e room and the dancefloor opens up in\nfront of the chess players behind t
	he decks. Guiding the Checkmate Sessions from\ncunty techno to hardgroove.
	\n\nCome for the music\, stay for the game.\n\nYou don't need to know how 
	to play\, or play at all. Pull up at a board if you're\ncurious\, watch a 
	game over a drink\, or just stay on the floor and enjoy the\nsets. Bring f
	riends. Meet strangers. If you've never touched a chess board\, this\nis t
	he easiest place to start. And if you have\, there's always someone to pla
	y.\nNo ticket is needed for entry.\n\nAmsterdam Chess Festival is a queer-
	safe event\, we don't tolerate any form of\nracism\, sexual harassment\, d
	iscrimination\, homophobia\, transphobia\, ableism and\nviolence.\n\nStich
	ting Amsterdam Chess Open.\n\nLineup:\nYALI HENDRIX\nSamüez\nBleeding Hour
	s\nDJ Puta\nMa Nu
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/amsterdam-chess-festival-checkmate-sess
	ions
GEO:52.357355;4.930383
LOCATION:Q-Factory - Atlantisplein 1\, 1093 NE Amsterdam
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:amsterdam-oost,community,dapperbuurt,festivals,games,music,queer
	,techno
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Amsterdam Chess Festival brings you Checkma
	te Sessions. <br>A community event where chess and techno unites people an
	d brings the accessibility of chess to another level. No entry fee, no tou
	rnament, no pressure; this one is for everyone. <br><br>From 19.00 till 01
	.00, the Q-Factory Café transforms into a space where ready-to-play boards
	 are spread across the room and the dancefloor opens up in front of the ch
	ess players behind the decks. Guiding the Checkmate Sessions from cunty te
	chno to hardgroove.<br><br>Come for the music, stay for the game.<br><br>Y
	ou don't need to know how to play, or play at all. Pull up at a board if y
	ou're curious, watch a game over a drink, or just stay on the floor and en
	joy the sets. Bring friends. Meet strangers. If you've never touched a che
	ss board, this is the easiest place to start. And if you have, there's alw
	ays someone to play. No ticket is needed for entry.<br><br>Amsterdam Chess
	 Festival is a queer-safe event, we don't tolerate any form of racism, sex
	ual harassment, discrimination, homophobia, transphobia, ableism and viole
	nce.<br><br>Stichting Amsterdam Chess Open. </p><p><strong>Lineup:</strong
	><br>YALI HENDRIX<br>Samüez<br>Bleeding Hours<br>DJ Puta<br>Ma Nu</p>
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