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Chess in Barcelona

Chess groups, meet-ups and community events

This list holds 63 entries: 60 confirmed as active by a source and 3 still without a recent dated trace. Municipalities: Badalona, Barcelona, Castelldefels, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Cornellà de Llobregat, El Prat de Llobregat, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Sant Boi de Llobregat, and Sant Cugat del Vallès. Sources read to .

Marks after each entry: ✓ chess confirmed by a source on the date shown, → a date announced ahead or a move elsewhere, ? not confirmed since the date shown, × the chess has ended.

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This page is about people more than rooms. It lists players' groups that meet without a venue of their own, meet-ups announced on event platforms that move between cafés, bars and parks, and the organisers who keep community chess going around Barcelona. Their announcements can be in English, Catalan or Spanish, and a group with an open invitation is often the easiest first contact for a visitor.

Because a group can change venue from one month to the next, its card names the organiser in the sessions table and links the page where the next gathering is announced. Recurring community tournaments are listed here too, since they are where the local scene meets in person. Check the date at the end of each line before you go.