Meera Tamaya, right, of Northampton reads the newspaper while her opponent takes a break during an informal drop-in chess session in the sunny south reading room of the Lilly Library in Florence on Saturday afternoon. Deep into their matches at the other table are, from left, Scott Baldwin, Burton Strange, Alan Raczka and Stan Pollack. The informal club, open to all ages, meets regularly on Saturdays from 1 to 3 p.m.
Meera Tamaya, right, of Northampton reads the newspaper while her opponent takes a break during an informal drop-in chess session in the sunny south reading room of the Lilly Library in Florence on Saturday afternoon. Deep into their matches at the other table are, from left, Scott Baldwin, Burton Strange, Alan Raczka and Stan Pollack. The informal club, open to all ages, meets regularly on Saturdays from 1 to 3 p.m. Credit: STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING

FLORENCE – Meera Tamaya, right, of Northampton reads the newspaper while her opponent takes a break during an informal drop-in chess session in the sunny south reading room of the Lilly Library on Saturday afternoon. Deep into their matches at the other table are, from left, Scott Baldwin, Burton Strange, Alan Raczka and Stan Pollack. The informal club, open to all ages, meets regularly on Saturdays from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Kevin Gutting can be reached at kgutting@gazettenet.com.