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Shopping for Chess Sets
Choosing a chess set can be a daunting task. A glance at the many hundreds of sets available offers few clues to the merits of the different sets. Our links, all leading to the the About.com 'Compare Prices' service, classify the many sets according to their different characteristics.

Top 10 Chess Gifts for this Holiday Season (2006-2007)
Top Picks : Looking for a gift idea for a chess player? Under these links below you'll find chess sets, boards, and specialty items. These should give you ideas plus a feel for prices. The merchants here are sometimes well known online retailers who are not specialists in chess. If you don't find exactly what you want, use the Products & Shopping link at the left of the page.

Top 10 Chess Gifts for this Holiday Season (2005-2006)
Top Picks : 10 Chess Gifts for the Holiday Season (2005-2006). Our annual list of holiday gift ideas concentrates on chess sets. It starts with two sets designed to teach how to play the game, then moves on to lots of suggestions for theme sets. For good measure, we also mention a couple of fashion accessories.

Before You Buy a Chess Computer
Looking for a chess computer? Here we list the three main manufacturers alphabetically. Your first decision is whether to buy a tabletop or a travel model. Then consider the playing strength of your electronic partner. Finally, shop around for price and service. From your About Chess Guide.

Before You Buy a Digital Chess Clock
Before you buy a digital chess clock, find out who's who and what's what. Shop carefully. You'll find a lot of information online. Here we list six manufacturers alphabetically. From your About Chess Guide.

Before You Buy an Analog Chess Clock
Contrary to what some people say, analog clocks are still popular and you'll find competitive pricing online. Here we list six manufacturers alphabetically. From your About Chess Guide.

Before You Buy a Chess Clock "Made in China"
There are many newer models being manufactured in China. Since we are limited in the number of models we can discuss in a single 'Before You Buy article', we added a new feature: 'Before You Buy a Chess Clock "Made in China"'. From your About Chess Guide.

DGT Easy Plus Game Timer - Digital Chess Clock
Product review of 'Easy Plus Game Timer' by DGT Projects. The 'Easy Plus' (Easy+, Easyplus) digital clock offers basic chess clock functionality for a bargain price.

DGT XL Digital Chess Clock
Product review of 'DGT XL' by DGT Projects. The DGT XL is a professional model chess clock that provides the advanced functions expected in a digital clock, including the ability to program new time controls not built into the device.

1st-chess-sets.com
Coral Springs, FL, USA • 'Unique chess sets and chess pieces in marble, glass, stone, and wood from the #1 chess sets store. Discounted chess sets at low prices.'

AlphaChessSets.com
'Strives to celebrate the rich history of the game of chess by bringing you the highest quality chess products we can possibly find. We carry a huge selection of chess sets made by top chess companies and imported from countries around the world.'

AmChessEq.com (American Chess Equipment)
Anaheim, CA, USA • 'For more than 20 years, A.C.E. has provided superior quality chess equipment at wholesale prices to schools, clubs, stores, and organizations, which includes resellers and retailers. Now we are open to the individual consumer.'

AmericanChessStore.com (also CollectibleChess.com)
Austin, TX, USA • 'Offers customers the highest quality chess sets at best prices. Our elegant glass chess sets, wood, and marble chess sets are designed to provide enjoyment during play.' • Also an eBay store.

AntiqueChess.co.uk
London, UK • 'Garrick Coleman, specialist dealer in antique and collector chess sets. Sells and buys fine antique, decorative collectors sets and backgammon boards in ivory, wood, bone, metal and ceramic. Also fine sets in the Staunton style.'

AustralianChessEnterprises.com.au
Riverstone, Australia • 'Australian Chess Enterprises; Australias chess supplier.'

Bee-kay.com (Beekay Exports)
New Delhi, India • 'Beekay Exports established in 1973 is the oldest Indian export house of high quality chess sets, chess boards, travel chess games, tournament chess tables and other indoor games.'

BraRoeChess.com
Livonia, MI • 'Established in 2005, we created BraRoe Chess with the customer in mind. We wanted to give you a place where you can get your chess playing needs in one place as well as a resource for chess strategy.'

CafePress.com (Chess Art)
Location unspecified • T-shirts and more • 'Chess-Art offers original high quality chess related products to discerning chess enthusiasts and collectors around the world. Many other themes as well! Ask about custom orders!'

CajunChess.com
New Orleans, LA, USA • 'Enjoy unbeatable wholesale pricing on our extensive inventory of chess products including: sets, pieces, clocks, boards, demo boards, carrying bags, travel sets; a wide variety of books, videos, software, games, and more.'

Chess-Shop.co.uk
Crieff, Perthshire, UK • 'Welcome to The Chess Shop where you will find classic sets for the discerning collector and Staunton style sets and accessories for the chess enthusiast. We have over 6 years experience as an on-line retailer.'

Chess-Shop.com
New York, NY, USA • 'The most complete selection of chess sets, clocks, books, go sets, and backgammon. Please call if you dont see what youre looking for. We also have a large play room if you want to come in and play a game, against a real opponent.'

Chess-Shops.com
Cottingham, East Yorkshire, UK • 'Buy classic Staunton chess sets by Jaques of London and beautifully made decorative chess pieces by Studio Anne Carlton.'

Chess.it (Le due Torri)
Bologna, Italy • 'More than 3000 chess items including books in English and Italian. We deal in chess equipment like sets, clocks, computers, software, videos, T-shirts, and ties.' • 'Official supplier of the Italian Chess Federation.'

ChessBaron.co.uk
Somerset, UK • 'Over 100 designs of Staunton based chess sets and boards with exceptional design and quality.'

ChessCenter.com (also chess.co.uk)
London, UK • London Chess Centre (Chess & Bridge Ltd.; Chess & Bridge Inc., West Palm Beach, FL, USA) • 'One of the largest specialised games mail order companies in the World. Our business has been running over 10 years.' • Home of TWIC.

ChessCentral (Pickard & Son)
Wylie, TX, USA • Books, downloads, and software. Become a member (no cost!) to get loads of free articles, games, and art. • 'A complete line of chess software from precision chess playing software engines from Germany to chess training software from the unparalleled coaches of Russia.'

ChessExpress.com
Ann Arbor, MI, USA • 'Chess Express has been providing quality chess sets, chess clocks, and other games to its customers since 1996.'

ChessForum.com
New York, NY, USA • 'Chessforum.com promises you the best price for any of your chess needs. Show us or direct us to where any particular product is being offered for a better price and we will Best it!'

ChessHouse.com
Lynden, WA, USA • 'Chess House, serving chess enthusiasts since 1972. Since acquiring the business in 1994, the Neff brothers have grown The Chess House from a small Kansas City based mail-order business into an internationally recognized mail-order and internet store.'

ChessMate.com
Edmonds, WA, USA • 'THE place to find The Chess Mate, Chess Mates software, Chessmates, and all your chess sets, clocks, boards, books and software. Beginners to Grandmasters, parents, students, teachers, and coaches welcome.'

ChessMazeInternational.com
Liverpool, England • 'The UK premier chess supplier. Offers a range of chess sets, chessboards and tables, chess video and books.'

ChessSet.com (Rochesster Chess Center)
Rochester, NY, USA • 'We offer quality products to meet the needs of schools, chess players, traditional game players, card players and collectors.' • Based on Yahoo! Shopping.

ChessSetsCo.com
Location unspecified • 'Categorized resource directory for everything about chess sets.'

ChessTalk.com (Strategy Games)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada (other addresses) • 'Strategy Games is owned and operated by the Chess'n Math Association, Canada's National Scholastic Chess Organization. We are a non-profit group founded in 1985.'

Chesstopia.com
Cleveland, OH, USA • 'Offers fine chess sets of ebony, rosewood, brass, as well as Drueke wooden chess boards and tournament equipment at low prices.'

ChessUSA.com (Your Move Chess and Games, ICDchess.com)
N. Massapequa, NY, USA • 'America's largest chess store is a brick and mortar store in New York serving the chess community since 1978. Our Internet division, ChessUSA.com, now almost a decade old, has created an online chess store that is extemely easy to navigate. '

ClassicalGames.com
West Palm Beach, FL, USA • Chess 4 Less Online Store [see also ChessCenter.com] • 'We pride ourselves on stocking a full range of products for chess players, including boards, sets, books, videos, DVDs, software and computers.'

ClassicChessAndGames.com
Hackettstown, NJ / Pompano Beach, FL, USA • 'Specializes in electronic chess computers and other electronic games.'

CNchess.com
Ningbo, China • 'Dooer Industrial Co., Ltd. is one of the leading manufacturers in chess equipment and poker chips equipment. Our products are mostly exported to USA, Europe, Canada, Australia, and Central and South America market.'

DGTprojects .com
Enschede, Netherlands • 'Digital Chess Clock : The only digital clock approved by FIDE; Electronic Chess Board : The genuine wood chess board that connects to your computer; Tournament Broadcasting Software : Display your live tournament games over the Internet.'.

ELHchess.demon.co.uk (Countrywide Computers)
Wilburton, Cambs, England • 'Please enjoy our pages covering computer chess and computer bridge. You will find product and pricing details plus photos of most products, as well as information of the computer chess magazine "Selective Search".'

HouseOfChessStore.com
Jackson Heights, NY, USA • 'House of Chess is a world renowned name in making exclusive and exquisite chess sets, inlaid boards, pieces, boxes, artistic sets, and collector’s sets, in elegant combinations of wood.'

HouseOfStaunton.com
Toney, AL, USA • 'Offers the finest chess sets and boards made today along with a very large selection of fine antique sets. Designed by Frank Camaratta these chessmen are made from ivory, ebony, rosewood, and boxwood. The boards are produced from a number of exotic woods.'

HydeParkChess.com
Cincinnati, OH, USA • 'A large selection of Staunton chess sets, theme sets and decorative sets. Solid wood and wood veneer boards, analog, blitz and digital clocks as well as a full line of handheld and tabletop computer chess games.'

JamarChess.com
Dade County, South Florida, USA • 'We have a beautiful collection of hand-crafted chess sets, chess boards, board games, tables and accessories.'

LabateChess.com
Anaheim, CA • 'I have been dealing in chess books, chess sets, chess boards, chess clocks, chess computers, chess tournaments, chess exhibitions, chess lectures, etc. since the late 70's.'

LuxuryChess.com
Minneapolis, MN, USA • 'Our focus is providing unique and unusual chess sets from around the world. All the chess sets shown here are products of careful craftsmanship and inspired artistry.' • Based on Yahoo! Shopping.

MadeInFirenze.it
Florence, Italy • 'Buy unique chess sets, like Benzoni or Staunton chess sets in metal and wood, historical and modern chess themes, large chess pieces, classic tables and boards.'

MarkOfWestminster.com
Arbroath, Scotland • 'We are dedicated to crafting the finest Staunton style chess pieces for anyone looking for quality and distinction in their living and playing environment. The Mark of Westminster represents the best chess sets you can buy today.'

Megachess.com
San Clemente, CA • 'Very big teak chess sets. Manufactures and distributes the largest collection of big chess sets and chessboards in the world -- most found nowhere else.'

My-chess-set.com
Calgary, Alberta, Canada • 'Thousands of people every month are looking for that perfect chess set as a centerpiece for that particular room. My Chess Set was created to deliver on all of these needs in simple but elegant way.'

Rension.net (Chessmaze China)
Ningbo, China (and Liverpool, U.K.) • 'A professional game and commodity factory in China. Good trust and quality products is our eonian principle. Chess boards, pieces, bags, sets, clocks.'

RoseChess.co.uk
Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland • 'Rose Cottage Industries is a small family business dedicated to the Lewis chess set and a few selected collectors sets. Our workshop is not far from the beach where the beautiful originals were found.'

SAC-games.com
Hull, Yorkshire, England. • Studio Anne Carlton. Chess sets and pieces that 'bear the hallmarks of skill and tradition so typical of the world famous sculptors and artists used by SAC'.

SendChess.com
Princeton, NJ, USA • 'We carry exquisite chess products from one of the worlds best manufacturers, featured in some of the finest retail sports stores worldwide. Most of these are exclusively designed by accomplished artisans and designers.'

Shop72.com
Belleville, IL, USA • 'Chess Sets On Sale: Made of poly resin, wood, rosewood, marble and other stones. One of the most sought chess set is American civil war chess set. A thoughtful gift for collectors of commemorative items.'

Sistemco Chess Clocks
Madrid, Spain • 'Our chess clocks have been designed to comply with the standards and are perfectly suitable and attractive for casual or more serious tournament play.'

Skakhuset.com
Vaerlose, Denmark • 'Offers selections in chess from one of the largest stocks in the world. At the end of the year 2002 the chess business for Stellan Persson turns 30 years, and the name Skakhuset has served chess for 55 years.'

SlavChess.com
Rosh Haayin, Israel • 'SlavChess is the first store in Israel dedicated to chess equipment. Many of the products introduced on this site, including chessmen, boards and accessories, are designed and manufactured exclusively by Slav & Sons Ltd.'

Stockhill.com
Amritsar, Punjab, India • 'A leading manufacturer & exporter of chess set, pieces, boards, boxes, etc. With over ten decades of experience, the company has established its niche on platforms of signature quality chess, creativity and utility.'

TheChessPiece.com
Palm City, FL, USA • 'A retailer and designer of chess pieces, chess sets, chess figures and other chess games and chess collectibles shipping worldwide.'

TheChessShop.com
Pinon Hills, CA, USA • 'Chess sets and chess books. Educational game. Playing chess may improve math, reading, critical thinking skills and IQ. Themed chess sets, glass chess boards, four player chess sets.'

TheChessStore.com
Hillsboro, OR, USA • 'We offer the largest selection of chess products on the Internet from the best chess manufacturers in the world. Chess and serving you is our only business!'

TheChessZone.com
Haverstraw, NY • 'We have chess sets to cater for all ages, tastes and budgets, from inexpensive wooden sets for beginners, to craftsman created products for connoisseurs and collectors, or simply as superb gifts!'

TMIchess.com
Location unspecified • Thought Machines; 'Marrying advanced technology with classic design, TMI’s new T-Prime GrandMaster Chess System has redefined the concept of the chess table.'

U-creations.com
Brampton, Ontario, Canada • 'Chess pieces, chess manufacturers, chess suppliers, chess boxes, chess sets; Chandigarh, India.'

Unique-Chess-Sets.com
Location unspecified • 'Your online source for high quality chess sets from the finest chess manufacturers in the world. Choose from modern Staunton to ancient Byzantine Chess.'

USCFsales.com (USCF Online Store)
Location unspecified •'Welcome to the USCF Sales online store. You may search by category, author, title, or almost any other word. Browse and place your order in one of the most secure environments (SSL) available on the world wide web.'

WholesaleChess.com
Salt Lake City, UT, USA • 'The online chess store for chess supplies, chess equipment, giant chess sets, tournament chess pieces, chessboards, chess clocks and digital timers, chess bags, chess software, chess prizes, chess books, and more!'