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Become Cool at Fordham Fast: Join the Chess Club | October 14, 2016

The evening before our interview, Charlie Shea, Director of Public Relations for Fordham’s Chess Club, gave me explicit instructions to arrive at his apartment at 10 AM. I questioned the earliness of the meeting, but Charlie insisted that Friday morning worked perfectly.

That morning, in my state of exhaustion, I assumed I must have misread his latest message. He wouldn’t have texted at 2:45 AM to tell me that my arrival would most likely serve as the entire apartment’s alarm clock. That’s absurd, I told myself. But as my thoughts regained clarity I realized that Charlie had in fact modified the plans for the interview: “So there’s a decent chance none of us will be awake when you come over in which case buzz #2 nonstop for like a half hour until we get annoyed enough to respond,” his message read. I imagined myself outside of their apartment, hopelessly and awkwardly holding down all of the buzzers at once until someone I didn’t know emerged to let me inside. And yeah, that’s pretty much exactly what happened.

Finally, a disheveled Charlie Shea sporting form-fitting boxers slowly emerged from his room. He told me that he’d assemble a group of chess club members and we would then congregate on “the brickyard.” I had been to the chess house plenty of times at night, but had yet to experience the illuminated “brickyard” in all its glory. In the backyard, beneath hundreds of beer cans and disintegrated mounds of paper that looked like vomit, was a freshly laid red brick patio. The beer cans suggested that the chess club is clearly a rowdy (and thirsty) group, but the bricks revealed their air of true elegance and class. And their sense of domesticity has been solidified by their landlord's recent installation of a grill to make any suburban dad jealous. If you’re looking for a nice home-cooked meal, a visit to the brickyard might be just what you need.

Once the rallied members had congregated near the chessboard themed beer pong table, I began the process of finding an answer to the question that many might be wondering: what the fuck is chess club?

Jonathan Chen, founder and president of the Fordham University Chess Club (F.U.C.C.), explained that the club was created not only to improve his resume, but because he “missed playing competitive sports” and “wanted to help Charlie Shea meet girls.” With less irony, he went on to describe the mission of the club:

“The chess club fosters camaraderie and intellectual development through the timeless tradition of chess.”

The pieces were slowly coming together. Jo Chen realized his previous position blending smoothies was not as fulfilling as he had wished. He needed something invigorating, something...revolutionary. He established the chess club and convinced his friends to join in his worthy endeavor. They all live together, calling their building “the chess house”, and now, with its newly renovated backyard, “the brickyard at chess house.”

But I still wondered…do they actually play chess? Julian DiFiore, self-proclaimed “Vice President—and good at chess,” shed light on the logistics behind the club’s bi-weekly meetings. Chess club convenes every other Sunday from 7 PM to 9 PM in Dealy 302. A “chess music” playlist consisting of strictly Waka Flocka pulsates through the classroom while members play, converse, and spectate the games. The club is currently limited to four chessboards, so they follow a BYOCB (Bring Your Own Chess Board) policy.

The executive board is exceptionally passionate about the game of chess and how it unites people. Jack McManus, Secretary and “manager of freshmen” described the club as “the family we’ve never had.” The zeal and devotion of the e-board has even caught the attention of various businesses. The D.E. Shaw Group, a global investment and technology development firm, contacted the chess club and offered various job opportunities. Emotions were high when McManus divulged how he felt upon receiving these lucrative offers.

He said, “I told my Mom about the offer right away. She was very happy for me. She actually cried for the first time. It was really sweet. She told me she loved me. I’ve never felt that good about myself in my life. That’s what chess club does to you.”

The chess house residents unanimously expressed their adoration for the club and its loyal members—an adoration which has been shared by many. Among the recent rave-reviews, Fordham President Father Joseph McShane stated at the club fair that the Fordham Chess Club “is the least promising chess club [he's] ever seen.”

The chess club welcomes all Fordham students who are interested in playing or spectating the game of chess, attending BYOM (Bring Your Own Meat) cookouts, and participating in philanthropic events. The chess club cultivates both recreation and altruism; at a Kegs for a Cause party, F.U.C.C. raised three thousand dollars for a student-lead service trip to Haiti and plans to extend their charitable initiatives in the months to come.

If the club's chic t-shirts (to order call Charlie Shea at 908-256-4392 (or just call if you're lonely)), the brickyard’s beer and bee infestation, or the fact that someone once called the chess house “a house of abandoned orphans” is not enticing enough, know that the chess club, as President Chen later added in follow-up, is extremely “pro-consent." Although they have added people to the club’s email list without their knowledge, they want all prospective members to know they are all about consent. And chess. According to them, “Chess is all we know.”

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Published by The Rival at Fordham University on October 14, 2016

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