Chicago Chess Association

The Chicago Chess Association was founded in 1877, in apparent competition with the Chicago Chess Club. It originally met at Henrici's Café, 174 E. Madison St. (pre-1911 numbering), and by November 1877 had moved to Hansen & Welch's, 150 Dearborn St., opposite the Chicago Daily Tribune building. On June 13, 1880, the Tribune reported that a meeting had been held "for the purpose of reorganization." There was no subsequent mention of the association in the pages of the Tribune.

During the run of the Tribune's Sunday column "The Game of Chess," the Chicago Chess Association's address was listed at the top of the column along with that of the Chicago Chess Club.