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Chess In The Thermal Baths

July 11, 2026 · by Zsófia Nagy

Lifestyle

In The Warm Water, A Chess Game Older Than Anyone Watching Continues Its Slow, Steaming March

Steam rose off the water. Two men, chest-deep, contemplated a floating chessboard with the seriousness of grandmasters and the calm of the retired. A crowd gathered. Nobody spoke. The pieces moved slowly, as everything here does.

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