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Fun With Chess

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2025-08-11 19:00:00 2025-08-11 20:30:00 America/New_York Fun With Chess The Fun Chess Instructor, Damon Rucker, will teach the fundamentals of playing and mastering the game of chess. There's a lot to learn for EVERY level of skill. Brooklyn Branch - Classroom (45)

Monday, August 11
7:00pm - 8:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-08-11 19:00:00 2025-08-11 20:30:00 America/New_York Fun With Chess The Fun Chess Instructor, Damon Rucker, will teach the fundamentals of playing and mastering the game of chess. There's a lot to learn for EVERY level of skill. Brooklyn Branch - Classroom (45)

Brooklyn Branch

Classroom (45)

The Fun Chess Instructor, Damon Rucker, will teach the fundamentals of playing and mastering the game of chess. There's a lot to learn for EVERY level of skill.

This workshop will teach you to love and excel at the game of chess. This program involves teaching the rules, strategies and tactics of the game.

National chess expert Damon Rucker (pictured) has a unique background of 22 years of chess coaching and decades of entertainment experience with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Limited seated. Registration required

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Brooklyn Branch
bklmgr@cuyahogalibrary.org
Phone: 216.398.4600
Fax: 216.398.1545
Branch manager
Mary Schreiber
Hours
Mon, Jul 14 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Jul 15 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Jul 16 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Jul 17 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Jul 18 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Sat, Jul 19 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Sun, Jul 20 1:00PM to 5:00PM
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About the branch

CCPL’s popular toy collection got its start as a special collection located in the Brooklyn Branch. The collection was housed exclusively at the Brooklyn Branch from 1992 until 2007, when access was expanded throughout the county. Today, anyone with a CCPL library card can request toys from the collection and have them delivered to the CCPL branch of their choice for pick-up.

This branch is a Student Success Center and a Greater Cleveland Food Bank Kids Café location.

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