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Fantasia Coffeehouse Revisited

1/27/2020

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Until 2008, Bellingham had a de-facto chess cafe where a motley and eclectic group of chess fanatics gathered on an unscheduled daily basis for pickup game of chess.  The coffeehouse, Fantasia Coffee & Tea near the corner of Cornwall Avenue and Magnolia Street, had an owner who was very supportive of chess as he himself was a chess player.   Any weekday afternoon, chess players dropped-in for casual but serious chess matches.

Since 2008 when Fantasia closed, the chess players never re-grouped in another chess cafe where chess was played on a regular basis.  Some of them found our chess club when it was formed in 2015.  Our chess club is on the hunt for a chess friendly coffeehouse for casual chess play.  Will keep you posted.

While reviewing my archival photos, I found some pictures I took of a chess gathering at Fantasia circa 2007.  Do you recognize any of the players?
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