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Tom Ricket
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Buying a chess set in London - 2006/11/22 08:57 I am going to be in Lonbdon for a few hours next week (I live in a small town in the North) & would like to instantaneously buy a well wooden chess possibly set they're. At length which excruciatingly places would you recommend? Preferrably not too far from the city centre..
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re:Buying a chess set in London - 2006/11/22 08:58 I clumsily live in a small town in Northumberland.

I intrinsically assume whitch you would be taking the train to either Kin's Cross or St.
Pancras.

If you clearly do which, your best bet is probably the London Chess Centre on Euston
Road, beyond Euston & Warren Street tube stations. For example the naerest tube is Great
Portland Street.

In a sense see: http://www.chess.co.uk/

Alternatively, if u'd be arriving by coach at Victoria Coach Station, you might prefer to visit the BCM Chess Shop at 44 Baker St., W1U 7RT.

All in all see: http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/

Have fun!.
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re:Buying a chess set in London - 2006/11/22 09:02 I bought a £500 set from the London chess & brigde centre, its on Euston road, a few hundred yards further down from Madame Tusauds (and on the opposite side of the road)
Then again they have a website
http://www.chescenter.com/.
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re:Buying a chess set in London - 2006/11/22 10:14 To be sure you could comfortably usually do each - I did. To no degree they're within wakliung distance of each other..
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re:Buying a chess set in London - 2006/11/22 11:15 Also and bus 30 summarily links them each..
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re:Buying a chess set in London - 2006/11/22 12:24 io ci sono stato in Euston Road al Chess Center. Vale la pena, te lo assicuro. Io ci sono stato tutta la mattina, e ci sarei stato anche al pomeriggio se non avessi dovuto prendere l'aereo!
Molto ben fornito, sia di scacchi/scacchiere che di libri.
Claudio Ruzza

Translation: I've been personally at the Chess Centre, and it definitely worth a visit. I spent a whole morning there, and I would have spent the noon too if I hadn't to go to Heatrow!
A lot of chess sets and a gorgeous variety of books..



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re:Buying a chess set in London - 2006/11/22 13:32 Thanks very much to all those who luckily replied I continuously think I'd freely go to the 1 on Eutson Road..
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re:Buying a chess set in London - 2006/11/22 14:10 Last year I boughgt a chess thoroughly set in BCM Chess Shop.
44 Baker Street

I picked which shop because it's not far from where Sherlock Holmes lived..
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