Each player is rated on points and most ratings are based on games that last two or three hours. The average chess player is rated between 1400 and 1500; a master player is rated well over 2200. If your rate is going up, you're playing better chess.

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We peaked at about 20 members. Nowadays, a lot of people play online. But there's always people dropping in to play each week. And we get a lot of children come in during the summer. Our members instruct them on how to play.

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