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Description of Chess Sets and Weights

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A TON of chess sets sold across this great country of ours. Most of the Plastic Chess Sets are made in China. Wood Chess Sets are mainly produced out of India. Sets from both these countries are then sold all over the world. Our industry has yet to establish a set of guidelines to help our customers make the right choices when it comes to chess pieces. American Chess Equipment carries Unweighted Chess Sets, Solid Chess Pieces, Double-Double Chess Sets, and Triple Weighted Chess sets. We will break down each set and give you some of the aliases (descriptions) other...

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Playing your first chess tournament

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By Shelby Lohrman So after taking chess class you have decided to join your first chess tournament!  Congratulations!  You’re one of the best players in your school.  You just went from a big fish in a small pond to a regular sized fish in an ocean.  This is the first step in a long journey.  Remember you are there to have fun and experience something new.  The wins will come over time. Let me just make this clear.  You will not win every game.  In fact, if you end up with a positive score you are doing great.  You are...

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Unpublished 1964 Fischer Simul Tour Pictures at Kodak. Rochester, NY

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Over 15 years ago,  we acquired a folder of unpublished photograph of the Kodak stop of Bobby Fischer's simul tour in 1964.  The simul was closed to all non-Kodak employees and no one other than the Kodak Photographers were allowed allowed to take pictures. Jump up 30 years and a friend at Kodak was tasked to clean out some cabinets in the archive.  As he was dumping photos by the handful in the garbage,  he noticed a folder full of pictures playing chess.  Luckily for us,  and now you,  he had the foresight to hold on to them.  After some...

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USA!! USA!! Fabiano Caruana wins the 2018 FIDE Candidates' Tournament in Berlin

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In honor of Fabiano Caruana's win the 2018 FIDE Candidates' Tournament in Berlin,  We will have a special on all of our USA made products!  You will get 20% off of selected USA Products.  Check out the article on Chess.com by Peter Doggers here:  https://www.chess.com/news/view/breaking-caruana-wins-fide-candidates-tournament Make sure to check out Chess.com for their exceptional articles and online play. Hard to believe that I knew him way back when he was playing in New York City.  Honestly,  I thought GM Mark Tyler Arnold was going to be one of the next great ones,  but you could always tell there was something special...

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