Coffeehouse Chess Aruba

Coffeehouse Chess News
Sunday, May 24, 2026:

Last week Sunday and today the chess boards were on fire again.

Lots of chess games played and art created on the chess boards.

Today Ferdinand John Levy was present again after being absent for some time.
We hope to see him soon again.

Gustave Nouel came both Sundays and will be travelling back to the Netherlands this Saturday.
We wish him a safe flight and hope to see him again in August.

Three players were the Players of the Day, winning 2 games.
Congratz, Kevin Trevor Yee, Lothar Irausquin and Patrick de Roo.

Pictures: Courtesy of Maurits Dijkhoff

Coffeehouse Chess News
Saturday, May 16, 2026

Last Sunday the chess players were in full swing creating art on the chess boards.

Playing chess non-stop for three hours.
Creating interesting positions, with nice tactical combinations and some games ending in check mate.

Retired professional artist-painter Gustave Nouel came to play chess.
On April 30 he won a chess tournament in Deventer, the Netherlands. Now Gustave has more time for chess and will be staying in Aruba until June.
This could mean that we'll see him again in the coffee room. We sure hope so!

Dimitri and Joscar are back for more chess.

Tomorrow the doors of the coffeeroom at the Protestant Church, in Oranjestad, will be open for chess from 1:00 - 4:00 pm. Be there!

Pictures: Courtesy of Lothar Irausquin and Maurits Dijkhoff

Coffeehouse Chess News
Saturday, May 9, 2026:

Last Sunday we were almost full house again at Coffeehouse Chess Aruba.

Chess players with different backgrounds play chess for pleasure in the coffee room:
casual players, online players, club players and former club players.

Terrence, our young chess player, loves to play chess and is improving.

David is also improving and has won different games already.

Colin Koolman, Scholastic Interinsulair Champion, came to play and win a couple of games.
We hope to see Colin again behind the chessboard.

Lothar Irausquin celebrated his birthday this week.
Hope you had an amazing day.

Brian playing his first game.

Randy Tromp came to play in preperation for his official chess game, on Thursday, at Schaakvereniging Aruba.

All chess players at Coffeehouse Aruba love the good vibes and create a lot of art on the boards when playing and enjoying chess.

Tomorrow the doors of the coffee room at the Protestant Church, in Oranjestad, will be open for chess from 1:00 - 4:00 pm.
Be there...

Pictures: Courtesy of Maurits Dijkhoff