Hot chocolate and bughouse
Sunday, 18 October 2026 · Kava Social Club, 540 13th St W, Bradenton
“A full house, a cold breeze, and two dates for the calendar.”
Harold Gonzalez · Club director
Full house on the patio, and the first properly chilly night of the season. 🧣 Cool breeze, clear sky, hot chocolate on the tables.
Social Sunday means anything goes, so we went for chaos: hand and brain bughouse. Two boards, captured pieces passed to your partner to drop back in, and on every board one player calls the piece while the other has to find the move. Nobody is fully in control, and everybody is talking. ♟️🔥
Then the announcements. 🎃 Sunday 1 November is Costume Chess Night: come dressed up and play. ⚔️ Sunday 15 November is Battle for the Bay 2, and this time Tampa Knights come to us.
Tuesday is study night, with five chapters left before the rematch. See you on the patio. 🌴
Got a take? The conversation is on the club Discord.
Every Sunday and Tuesday at eight. Say it's your first night.
About the club
Kava Social Chess Club is a chess club in Bradenton, Florida, meeting Sundays and Tuesdays from 8PM to midnight on the back patio at Kava Social Club, 540 13th St W in downtown Bradenton. It is the most active chess club in Manatee County and half an hour from Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch, Palmetto and Ellenton. Every level plays here: beginners, casual players, adults who have not played since school, and US Chess rated tournament players. An in-house chess league every other Sunday, study night on Tuesdays, US Chess rated tournaments a few times a year. 21+, no dues, alcohol-free, in English and Spanish. Established 2021, 600 club nights on record.
If you are looking for where to play chess in Bradenton, or a chess club near you on Florida's Gulf Coast, this is your first night.