Chess: shops and clubs in Cambridge

[Dean Murphy]

Does anyone know of where I might be able to buy a good chess board and or
pieces in Cambridge? I've been to both Robert Sayles and that Tobacconists
shop, the name of which I cant remember, but neither had anything suitable.

I'd also appreciate it if anybody could recommend a good chess club based
near the Cambridge city centre.

Thanks

--
Dean Murphy ANT Ltd. Cambridge mailto:de...@ant.co.uk
Tel: (44) 1223 567808 Fax: (44) 1223 567801 http://www.ant.co.uk/~dean

[jeff]

You could try the games shop on Green Street (between Sidney and Trinity
St).

-Jeffrey.

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[Paul McMahon 3131]

Dean Murphy wrote:

Does anyone know of where I might be able to buy a good chess board and or
pieces in Cambridge? I've been to both Robert Sayles and that Tobacconists
shop, the name of which I cant remember, but neither had anything suitable.

I'd also appreciate it if anybody could recommend a good chess club based
near the Cambridge city centre.
 
 

 Dean,

The Cambridge city chess club meets on Monday evenings from 7-30 to 11-00pm
at the Graduate Centre on Mill Lane (by the river).

I'm afraid you'll have to go to London for chess shops, but if it's
chess software or computers you want, there's a major distributor
with a shop only ten or so miles away in Wilburton. This is:

Countrywide Computers Ltd.,
Victoria House,
1, High Street,
Wilburton,
Cambs.
CB6 3RB

You're wasting your time looking for a chess set in Cambridge shops. Anything
you find will be poor quality and/or expensive. If you don't want to take
a trip to London, then you can order by post or using the internet.

Try either of the following:

The Chess Shop, 69 Masbro Road, London, W14 0BR  (0171) 603 2877

or

Chess and Bridge Centre,  369 Euston Road, London, NW1 3AR, (0171)388 2404
email to chess...@easynet.co.uk for a catalogue
or look at the web pages, www.chesscenter.com

I hope this helps

 Paul McMahon
 
 

[Scott Hill]

Dean Murphy <de...@ant.co.ukr> wrote in article
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>

> Does anyone know of where I might be able to buy a good chess board and
or
> pieces in Cambridge? I've been to both Robert Sayles and that
Tobacconists
> shop, the name of which I cant remember, but neither had anything
suitable.
>
> I'd also appreciate it if anybody could recommend a good chess club based
> near the Cambridge city centre.
>

Well, there's Games and Puzzles on Green Street (a little down from the
in-town Sainsburys), just don't try conversing with the owner.
Or, you could try Otherworld Games on King Street, not sure whether they
do chess sets though.

--
Scott Hill
Sc...@DDLinks.co.uk
Software Engineer (and all round nice guy)

"The best trick the devil ever pulled was convincing people he didn't
exist..."
- Verbal Kint.

"the Internet is here so we can waste time talking about nothing in
particular when we should be working" - Marcus Hill.

[April Cox]

On Thursday, June 4, 1998 at 8:00:00 AM UTC+1, Dean Murphy wrote:
> Does anyone know of where I might be able to buy a good chess board and or
> pieces in Cambridge? I've been to both Robert Sayles and that Tobacconists
> shop, the name of which I cant remember, but neither had anything suitable.
> I'd also appreciate it if anybody could recommend a good chess club based
> near the Cambridge city centre.

> Thanks
> --
> Dean Murphy ANT Ltd. Cambridge mailto:de...@ant.co.uk
> Tel: (44) 1223 567808 Fax: (44) 1223 567801 http://www.ant.co.uk/~dean

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