Finding The Right Chess Board
Saturday, November 14th, 2009 Posted in Buying a chess set | No Comments »How hard can it be? Essentially a chess board is a large square with squares on it. Of course it's way more complicated than that. Before the Far Eastern mass produced boards came along choosing was pretty much without risk. ...
Buy a Chess Set For Christmas
Sunday, October 25th, 2009 Posted in Buying a chess set | No Comments »The Christmas season is looming ever closer and it will soon be time to begin thinking about buying presents for our loved ones, and not so loved ones! For those relatives you are not too keen on we would always ...
The Regency Chess Company
Friday, August 21st, 2009 Posted in Buying a chess set | No Comments »The Internet is awash with retailers selling chess products. Recently a new contender arrived on the scene in the form of The Regency Chess Company. Based in Bath, United Kingdom these guys are creating something of a stir among the ...
Luxury chess sets
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 Posted in Buying a chess set | No Comments »Chess blogger has been on the prowl for luxury chess sets this week and has travelled afar to look at some in the flesh. Before one begins to scratch the surface of fine chess pieces it's hard to know just ...
Chess set retailers embrace social networks as marketing tool
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 Posted in Buying a chess set | No Comments »Social networking has been taking the web by storm over the last couple of years. Websites like facebook, twitter and bebo have become a huge part of peoples online lifestyle. Where the young generation of hip groovy teens lead the ...
New UK based chess retailer launches this month
Saturday, November 8th, 2008 Posted in Buying a chess set | No Comments »A brand new UK based chess retailer opened it's doors this week. A new kid on the block of chess retailers that will no doubt cause quite a stir. Will no doubt be interesting to monitor their progress and see ...
Buying a chess set direct from India
Monday, October 6th, 2008 Posted in Buying a chess set | No Comments »You have probably seen the many listings on ebay for elaborate and seemingly high quality chess sets at an amazingly cheap price. More often than not these sets are in India or China waiting to be posted to you for ...
Buying a chess set online
Thursday, July 24th, 2008 Posted in Buying a chess set | No Comments »The explosion in online shopping has enveloped the chess set market and the internet is now the place to visit for the biggest selection of chess products available. The vast selection is not without it's problems, how is one to ...
Chess sets, where in the world do they all come from?
Thursday, July 17th, 2008 Posted in Buying a chess set, Origins of modern chess sets | No Comments »The origin of a chess set is an important factor when choosing which one to buy. Ultimately the set is as good as the people that made it and the materials they used. Indeed why should it's location have an ...
Chess Set customers need do to some weight training
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Posted in Buying a chess set | No Comments »When you are in the market for a chess set weight is an important factor to consider. Whether you are buying a small travel set or an ornamental set of pieces, the weight of the board and pieces can be ...