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Chess Records

Chess Records was an American record company established in 1950 in , specializing in blues and rhythm and blues. It was the successor to Aristocrat Records, founded in 1947.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: American record company, founded in 1950 in Chicago
  • Also known as: “Chess Studio”
  • Address: 2120 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60616

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wintrust Arena and Soldier Field.

Stadium
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at McCormick Square, previously referred to as DePaul Arena or McCormick Place Events Center, is a 10,387-seat sports venue in the community area of that opened in 2017. is situated 770 feet east of Chess Records.

Stadium
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is a multi-purpose stadium on the of , Illinois, United States. Opened in 1924 and reconstructed in 2003, the stadium has served as the home of the Chicago Bears from the National Football League since 1971, as well as Chicago Fire FC of Major League Soccer from 1998 to 2006 and since 2020. is situated 3,800 feet northeast of Chess Records.

Church
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is a landmark Gothic Revival church located on South in , Illinois, United States. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, some of Chicago's most prominent families attended this church. is situated 770 feet north of Chess Records.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Near South and Bridgeport-Chinatown.

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The is the home of several of 's main attractions: the splendid Museum Campus, with three world-class natural science museums on the lakefront; Soldier Field, home of the NFL's Chicago Bears; and McCormick Place, the city's massive convention center.

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is the South Side at its most dynamic, as the old South Side Irish neighborhood of the Daleys increasingly blends with the old Chinese immigrant community to the north.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Chess Records

Latitude
41.85361° or 41° 51′ 13″ north
Longitude
-87.62422° or 87° 37′ 27″ west
Levels
2
Open location code
86HJV93G+C8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 210537820
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­commercial
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q772494
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Chess Records” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تش ريكوردز”
  • Armenian: “Chess Records”
  • Asturian: “Chess Records”
  • Basque: “Chess Records”
  • Breton: “Chess Records”
  • Bulgarian: “Чес Рекърдс”
  • Catalan: “Chess Records”
  • Chinese: “切斯唱片”
  • Chinese: “切斯录音室”
  • Chinese: “切斯錄音室”
  • Chinese: “西洋棋唱片”
  • Czech: “Chess Records”
  • Danish: “Chess Records”
  • Dutch: “Chess Records”
  • Esperanto: “Chess Records”
  • Finnish: “Chess Records”
  • French: “Chess Records”
  • Galician: “Chess Records”
  • German: “Chess Records”
  • Greek: “Chess Records”
  • Hebrew: “צ’ס רקורדס”
  • Irish: “Chess Records”
  • Italian: “Chess Records”
  • Japanese: “チェス・レコード”
  • Korean: “체스 레코드”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chess Records”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chess Records”
  • Norwegian: “Chess Records”
  • Persian: “چس رکوردز”
  • Polish: “Chess Records”
  • Portuguese: “Chess Records”
  • Romanian: “Chess Records”
  • Russian: “Chess Records”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Chess Records”
  • Slovak: “Chess Records”
  • Slovenian: “Chess Records”
  • Spanish: “Chess Records”
  • Swedish: “Chess Records”
  • Ukrainian: “Chess Records”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Blues Heaven Garden and Reggies Music Joint.

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