THE CHESS SHOP • THE BRIDGE SHOP
 British
Chess Magazine was established in 1881 and publishes the world's
oldest chess magazine. Our headquarters are in London's West End
where we offer a complete range of chess, bridge, poker, backgammon,
go and other games products in our shop - open Monday-Saturday,
10am - 6pm. What we offer is nothing less than the best chess
and bridge shop in the UK! Our address is 44 Baker Street, London
W1U 7RT, tel. 0044 20 7486 8222, fax 0044 20 7486 3355, email the
Chess/Bridge Shop
 Click
here to receive our complete catalogue of products via snail
mail... the 2006 catalogue is OUT NOW!
Alternatively, you may shop here at the UK's top chess
and games website via our online shopping
cart. You can browse our complete catalogue and shop securely
online. This page takes you through the range of products on offer.
Whichever method you use, service will be equally speedy and efficient
and our skilled staff will be happy to assist you in every way possible.
Check out our trading terms here.
The BCM Chess Shop is not just a shop: we provide
a pre- and post-sales support service that is second to none. You'll
find this particularly important for computer and software purchases
where the range and variety of chess-playing programs and databases
can be quite bewildering. Also, you may want advice on which chess
book to buy for a particular purpose: bear in mind that the BCM
Chess Shop is owned and run by chess and games enthusiasts, and
we will be only too delighted to assist you in making the right
purchase. Remember: help is only a phone call or email away!
Enjoy reading through our catalogue: whether you are
a grandmaster, a keen player, a complete novice or just looking
to set off the décor of your home with a stylish chess set,
we're sure you will find the best items at a price to suit.
Here are some of our best offers
to whet your appetite:
CHESS SETS AND BOARDS
  BCM
offer an extensive range of top-quality wooden chess sets and boards.
Quality, weighting, design... the choice of the perfect wooden set
and board is a very individual decision. Responding to customer
demand, we have now added to our traditional range the beautiful
Imperial set, a luxury, triple-weighted ebony Staunton set. We have
extended our range of ornamental chess sets - click here - including
the popular Sherlock Holmes model - highly appropriate, given that
we too have rooms in Baker Street! Click here
for our wooden chess sets and boards, or click
here if you are looking for an ornamental chess set.
CHESS SOFTWARE
  Software:
we are long established as the best value UK supplier of leading
chess software, and remained committed to competitive pricing of
all major programs. The latest models are Fritz
9, Shredder 9 (the 2003
world computer champion), and Junior 9;
these offer facilities for playing chess via the internet as well
all the famous Fritz/Junior features. Fritz 9 is priced at £36.50,
and the others at £37.99, and you won't find better
value anywhere.
World champion Vladimir Kramnik recently
drew a match with Deep Fritz 4-4 and former champion Garry Kasparov
drew 3-3 with Deep Junior. We now have the Junior 7 software at
a special discount price but you can also buy the latest
version of Junior which held Garry Kasparov to a draw! Click
here to check out our complete range of chess playing software,
database programs and special offers, or here
to see some software suitable for beginners and novices.
CHESS COMPUTERS
  We
have some fantastic chess computers , including all the latest Saitek,
Mephisto and Excalibur models - for example, the desk-top Excalibur
Chess Station and the portable Kasparov Advanced Travel. Or, at
the top of the range, the Mephisto Exclusive, which doubles as a
splendid piece of table furniture for your living room. Click
here for our full range of desk-top and portable computers.
BOOKS
  A
superb range of new and second-hand books is available from the
BCM Chess Shop. The BCM stocks all new English language chess titles.
And don't forget to check out our chess book reviews on the web.
There is even a searchable database of reviews going back nearly
five years, so you can check the quality before you buy. We have
hundreds of books to check out online: click on one of the links
below to start looking through our unparalleled range of chess books
• new books • book
reviews • complete chess
book lists • chess
books for beginners and novices
MAGAZINE
  The
famous British Chess Magazine, established 1881 and universally
known as BCM, is a must for every real enthusiast of the
game. Every month, for more than 125 years, top contemporary chess
writers have submitted fascinating reports on current tournaments,
historical features, and a host of other chess-related topics. If
you are interested in new chess books, the modern-day BCM is a source
without parallel - our substantial
reviews section appears every issue and covers every important
new chess book released. Leading Contributors: Michael Adams,
John Nunn, Ian Rogers, Lubosh Kavalek, Murray Chandler, Peter Svidler,
Matthew Sadler, Jon Speelman, Joe Gallagher, John Emms, Gary Lane,
Jonathan Rowson, Harriet Hunt, Ken Whyld, John Beasley, David Friedgood,
Julian Hodgson, Glenn Flear, Mikhail Golubev, Etienne Bacrot, Jon
Levitt, Andrew Martin, Leontxo Garcia, Angus Dunnington, Steve Giddins...
Want to subscribe? If you have never before subscribed to
BCM, you can save pounds on any of
the one-year subscription rates. If you wish to subscribe online
now, please add it to your shopping cart ... Subscribe
Online Now! We also have a large collection of bound volumes
of the magazine available to purchase. Check
the range out here.
MORE CHESS EQUIPMENT
  We
have lots more equipment for chess players: clocks, plastic and
travelling sets, demo boards, scoresheets and stationery, magazine
binders... and a great 'starter pack' offer of six boxed sets and
boards for just £49.95, ideal for your school or local chess
club. Click here for our comprehensive
range of chess accessories.
BRIDGE, POKER AND CARD GAMES
  The
Bridge Shop offers everything the bridge enthusiast - beginner or
expert - could want. A wide range of playing cards, bidding boxes,
bridge tables, cloths and other bridge accessories are available.
Poker, Canasta and Patience players are also catered for. We also
hold a very extensive range of books on all card games, including
North American books not easily obtainable elsewhere. The Bridge
Shop also publishes bridge books under the name FINESSE. The world's
leading humorous bridge writer, David Bird, is the editorial advisor.
Best-selling titles include Omar Sharif Talks Bridge by Omar
Sharif and David Bird, Bridge Cardplay Made Easy by David
Bird, Bridge for Money by David Bird and Martin Hoffman,
Spot The Bridge Writer's Blunder by Danny Roth, Bridge with
Imagination by Geir Helgemo & David Bird, Having Nun,
Partner by David Bird, Over Hoffman's Shoulder by Martin
Hoffman and Marc Smith, The Magic of Bridge by David Bird
and Tim Bourke. Click here to
visit our online Bridge Shop, and here
to see the complete range of Finesse bridge books.
Click here to visit the Poker page,
where we have a superb range of high quality Poker equipment, software
and books.
OTHER GAMES
  That's
not the end of the story. We stock a comprehensive range of equipment
and books for playing strategy games, such as Backgammon, Go, Cribbage,
Draughts, Dominoes, Halma, Mah Jong and Shogi. Full details of these
other games may be found here on our
website.
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