Near the entrance to Presnensky Park in Moscow, Russia, there is a huge chess board with wooden chess pieces on the playground. According to what the director of the park says, now you can rent chess and checkers in the park, and chess players of the famous Moscow chess club, which is called "Presnya", will conduct chess plays for all comers. ( Read more... )

A few days ago I received an invitation from a nice LJ user to join her community called othermoscow

The Comm shares photos and things of places the regular tourist to Moscow wouldn't necessarily think of visiting, nice places, pretty sculptures, etc.   I have never been to Moscow myself, but I would like to some day, and this community helps to give a glimpse ( Read more... )