Exeter Chess Club: Chess Suppliers
"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?""That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," - Lewis Carroll.
I've probably used nearly every firm here once, and they've all been at least OK. Chess Direct do everything you need, and also run a second-hand book list, although it's not as big as Barrie's.
- British Chess Magazine, The Chess Shop, 69 Masbro Road, London W14, (0171)603 2877,
- London Chess and Bridge Centre (Chess Monthly magazine), 369 Euston Road, London NW1 3AR, (0171)388 2404
- The London Chess Center and Chess Monthly Magazine Web Site
- Popular Chess, 235 Hackney Road, London E2 8NA, (
&163; 2 for sample)
- Kingpin Magazine, 45b Empress Avenue, Ilford, Essex, IG1 3DE, (0181)554 8266 (The Private Eye of chess)
- Barrie E Ellen, The Book Shop, 262 London Road, Westcliffe-on-Sea, Essex SS0 7JG, (01702)338763,
- 'Peel and Stick' Products, Arty-Fax (Les Collard), 6 Winchester Avenue, Tupsley HEREFORD, HR1 1QJ,
- Audio Chess, IM Michael Basman, 7 Billockby Close, Chessington, Surrey, KT9 2ED,
- Batsford Books, 4 Fitzhardinge Street, London W1H 0AH,
- ChessBase Direct, IM Byron Jacobs, 23 Ditchling Rse, Brighton, Sussex BN1 4QL,
- Chess Suppliers, 15 Hope Street, Glasgow, (0141)248 2887,
- Chess Direct Ltd., P.O.Box 18, Mexborough, South Yorks, (01709)87 3653,
- ManCHESSter Supplies, 25 School Grove , Prestwich, Manchester, (0161)773 6294,
- Midland Chess Supplies, 19 Norton Close, Perry Croft, Tamworth, (01827)551 145,
- Chess Sweaters, Karen Diesner, 53 Avondale Road, Edgeley, Stockport, Cheshire SK3 9NY, (0161)480 5381,
- Eureka Electronics Ltd, 26 Castle Street, Brighton, BN1 2HD, (01273) 202 016/202 017,
- Doska Chess Supplies, 16 Carleton Gardens, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, FY6 7PB, (01253)899742
- Countrywide Chess Computers, Victoria House, 1 High Street Wilburton Cambs CB65 3RB, (01353)740323,
- CB Software, IM Malcolm Pein, 37 Marsh Lane, London NW7 4QJ, (0181)959 0670,
- Competence Computers, P.O.Box 759, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 5YH,
- Francis Bowers Chess Supplies, 34 Middle Road, Whaplode, Spalding, Lincolnshire PE12 6TW, (01406)370 166,
- Tournament Chess Supplies, 51 Borough Road, Potters Bar Middx., (01707)659 080, (0181)959 1758,
- Newbury's, 281 City Road, London, EC1V 1LA, (0171) 490 1708
Errors/omissions: please inform me!
Probably the best all-round magazine is Chess Monthly, from Chess and Bridge, Ltd., 369 Euston Road, London, England NW1 3AR. Phone (+44) 0171 388 2404. General manager is IM Malcolm Pein. 12 issues/year; subscription rates are (or were in 1995): UK £ 23.95/yr, £ 45/2 yrs. A4 format, fairly breezy, lots of pictures and light articles.
For myself I currently subscribe only to BCM and Kingpin; I used to subscribe to Barry Wood's old CHESS magazine but didn't resubscribe when I took up chess again.
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