Members of the chess group 64 Squares painted today’s Rock. On its Web site, the group says: “we are dedicated to promoting chess in the Northwestern community by providing a comfortable chess-playing environment. We also present students with the opportunity to play in a chess league and in intercollegiate matches.”

We flirted our way through the past seven days.

Dmitry Gurevich faced a row of opponents in Kellogg on Wednesday.

Photo by Ricky Pai / North by Northwestern.
Chess Grand Master Dmitry Gurevich played several games of chess simultaneously Wednesday night in an event sponsored by 64 Squares, NU’s chess club. A photo gallery of the event can be seen here.