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Clubs and Teams

 * New York Chess Club at 19 East Twelfth Street (as of 1857)
 * Manhattan Chess Club (1877–2002)
 * Brooklyn Chess Club (original from 1950s)
 * Brooklyn Chess Club (Canarsie)
 * Murrow high school team – from Edward R. Murrow High School, Brooklyn, featured in The Kings of New York (2007)
 * Marshall Chess Club (1915 to current)

Events
Several American Chess Congress were held in New York City. The first tournament was held from October to November 1857. . Two more were held in New York: the fifth tournament in 1880 and sixthin 1889.

Hermann Helms helped organize two international grandmaster events held in the city: New York 1924 chess tournament and New York 1927 chess tournament.

Notable Players

 * Fabiano Caruana aka CaruanaChess
 * Isaac Kashdan (1905 – 1985) grandmaster, chess writer, twice winner of U.S. Open champion (1938, 1947)
 * Hermann Helms (1870 – 1963 player, writer and promoter
 * Frank Marshall (1877 – 1944) U.S. Chess Champion from 1909 to 1936
 * Levy Rozman aka GothamChess