Cafés with chess in Hà Nội 5

Coffee is everywhere in Hà Nội, but only a handful of cafés show up in chess records. Chess Coffee Thanh Hà, in the Thanh Hà urban area of Hà Đông, carries its name in the titles of ST Chess Club’s weekend rapid and blitz tournaments. P Kafe, down a lane off Nguyên Hồng in Láng Hạ, lent its name to a series of amateur tournaments run by Kiện Tướng Tương Lai.

Nona Cà phê on Chùa Bộc has hosted blitz of Hanoi Chess Village and try-outs of a youth team. Look Board Game Station on Chùa Láng is a board-game café where a guide names chess among the games most played. Army Chess Cafe in Định Công is known only from old reviews, so its card stays unconfirmed. Ordering a drink is the usual way to sit down.