Where to play chess in Berlin

Berlin has 86 places where people play chess over the board, as listed by Berlin Chess on 23 Oct 2026: 44 chess clubs, 9 cafés and bars, 31 parks and public boards, and 1 Späti, plus 1 other tournament venue. They are spread across all twelve of Berlin’s districts, with 3 just outside the city. There is a regular chess evening somewhere in the city on every night of the week.

As of Fri 23 Oct 2026 · Berlin Chess

Every night of the week

Regular evenings, as currently listed: each meets on that weekday at least three times in the next five weeks. Times are when it starts.

Day	What and where
Monday	Daily Meetup — StrangerChess, 19:00
Tuesday	Spielabend — SV Berlin-Friedrichstadt, 18:30 Daily Meetup — StrangerChess, 19:00
Wednesday	Daily Meetup — StrangerChess, 19:00 Schach Tach — Späti am Park, 19:00 Freier Spielabend — SF Berlin 1903, 19:50
Thursday	Daily Meetup — StrangerChess, 19:00 Chess Grinder — Belushi's Mitte, 19:30
Friday	Spielabend — SV Berolina Mitte, 18:00 Daily Meetup — StrangerChess, 19:00
Saturday	Daily Meetup — StrangerChess, 19:00
Sunday	Chess For Fun — Café la Tienda, 15:00 Daily Meetup — StrangerChess, 19:00

By district

District	Places to play
Mitte 14	100 Gramm Bar & Lounge, Belushi's Mitte, Bode Museum Café, BSC Rehberge 1945, Chess Boxing Club Berlin, Chess tables at Waldstraße, Gleim-Oase, Leopoldplatz, Rathaus Mitte, SK International Berlin 2010, SSV Rotation Berlin, StrangerChess, Volkspark am Weinberg, World Chess Club Berlin
Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg 11	Böcklerpark, Café la Tienda, Çetin-Mert-Park, Chess tables at Persiusstraße, Chess tables at Rudi-Dutschke-Straße, Holzmarktperle, Hopfenreich, Queer-Springer SSV Berlin, SC Kreuzberg, SG NARVA Berlin, Späti am Park
Pankow 11	BSV 63 Chemie Weißensee, Humannplatz, Mauerpark, SC Zugzwang 95, Schachcafé en passant, SF Nord-Ost Berlin, SG Weißensee 49, Spielplatz Thomas-Mann-Straße, SV Berlin-Friedrichstadt, SV Berolina Mitte, SV Empor Berlin
Neukölln 8	Britzer Garten, Chess tables at Buchsbaumweg, Freundschaftsplatz, Naturerfahrungsraum Tempelschlucht, Park am Buschkrug, Schwarz-Weiß Neukölln, Tempelhofer Feld, Volkspark Hasenheide
Tempelhof-Schöneberg 7	Cheruskerpark, SC Freibauer Schöneberg, SC Schwarz-Weiß Lichtenrade, SF Berlin 1903, SK Tempelhof 1931, Tempelhofer SV Mariendorf 1897, TuS MAKKABI Berlin
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf 6	BSG 1827 Eckbauer, Chess tables at Pulsstraße, Lietzenseepark, SC Weisse Dame, SF Siemensstadt, Volkspark Wilmersdorf
Lichtenberg 6	Berliner Gehörlosen-SV 1900, Mellenseepark, SC Borussia Lichtenberg, SC Friesen Lichtenberg, SC Rochade, SG Eckturm
Reinickendorf 5	Freizeitpark Malche, Letteplatz, SK CAISSA Hermsdorf-Frohnau, SK König Tegel 1949, Svg. Läufer Reinickendorf
Spandau 4	Chess tables at Gartenfelder Straße, SC Zitadelle Spandau 1977, Spandauer SV, Südpark Spandau
Steglitz-Zehlendorf 4	Chess tables at Waldtreppe Süd, SG Lasker Steglitz-Wilmersdorf, SK Zehlendorf, SV Königsjäger Süd-West
Treptow-Köpenick 4	SF Friedrichshagen, SV Mattnetz Berlin, TSG Oberschöneweide, Waldspielplatz Plänterwald
Marzahn-Hellersdorf 3	Gärten der Welt, SC Eintracht Berlin, Wiesenpark Marzahn
Just outside Berlin 3	SG Rot-Weiß Neuenhagen, SV Motor Wildau, TSG Rot-Weiß Fredersdorf/Vogelsdorf

By kind of place

44 chess clubs — clubs with a regular club night, most of them members of the Berliner Schachverband
9 cafés and bars — places where people sit down to a casual game
31 parks and public boards — outdoor chess tables in public parks and squares

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Places and evenings that mention beginners

Their own descriptions mention beginners. Nothing here is inferred — read the page before you go.

Café la Tienda · Café or bar
SG Rot-Weiß Neuenhagen · Chess club
Anfängerkurs für Erwachsene · SC Kreuzberg
Chess For Fun · Café la Tienda

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