Chess tables to be removed in Wicker Park

Story at DNAinfo.com.

Quoting from Alisa Hauser's article:

New tables without chess boards will be installed in various spots around the park, rather than clustered as they are now — a grouping that had led some to complain they were a magnet for people drinking, gambling and dealing drugs.

Spread the tables around the park, fine.  But are chess boards the gateway to dealing crack and heroin?