Owners have embraced the chess club as well. They are planning to incorporate a chess theme in an upcoming renovation later this year.
Knights of the McRound Table
Want fries with that McCheck-mate?
Tuesday, Mar 29, 2011 | Updated 9:58 AM PDT
By Cary Berglund and Scott Weber
McDonald’s is best known for their burgers and fries and is a popular after school gathering space for teens.
But a McDonald’s in Leimert Park has become as well known for something that is not on the menu for guys well beyond their teens. — chess.
The daily chess tournament takes place under the golden arches where guys from the neighborhood gather to outsmart and outwit each other. They spend their afternoons… capturing knights.
“Chess is very addiction,” says one McDonald’s player. “Some guys come in saying they’re going to play a game or two and it’s night before they leave. That happens a lot.”
The cheering section– which is more quiet observation than actual cheering– is made up of guys in line for the next game.
The tournament started out in a nearby park. Then one rainy winter, they moved into McDonalds, trash talk and all. And they never left.
“He’s a nice guy,” one player says of his opponent. “He just can’t play.”
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Now homeless people have a way to loiter at McD’s. Play chess.
Good to see that! The more places like this, the better!!
In his address to the nation yesterday, President Obama cited a military doctrine funded by billionaire philanthropist George Soros as the main justification for U.S. and international air-strikes against Libya.
Aside from directly citing the doctrine, Obama alluded to the Soros-funded military principle four more times in his 28-minute speech explaining why he decided to intervene in Libya.
The origins of the military doctrine cited by Obama yesterday went unreported by news media.
“Mindful of the risks and costs of military action,” stated Obama at the beginning of his address, “we are naturally reluctant to use force to solve the world’s many challenges.”
“But when our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act,” he said. “That is what happened in Libya over the course of these last six weeks.”
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