Chess Forum

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Chess Forum in 2016

Chess Forum is a chess shop in Greenwich Village, Lower Manhattan. It was founded in 1995 by Palestinian refugee Imad Khachan[1][2] at 219 Thompson Street across from the Chess Shop with which Chess Forum had a rivalry.[3][4][5] The site had previously been occupied by Rossolimo's Chess Studio in the 1970s.[6][7] As well as selling boards and pieces for chess, backgammon, and related games, Chess Forum rents tables to players and also offers lessons.[8] It has been dubbed as the last remaining chess shop in New York City.[1] Around 2020, Chess Forum had been on the verge of bankruptcy, but the release of the Netflix series The Queen's Gambit brought a resurgence in customers.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 Buder, Emily (3 December 2018). "The Last Chess Shop in New York City". The Atlantic.
  2. ↑ McLogan, Elle (18 September 2020). "Chess Forum In Greenwich Village: A NYC Classic Perseveres In A Pandemic". CBS News.
  3. ↑ Hedges, Chris (23 December 2002). "Rivalry Turns A Board Game Into a Blood Sport; A Perpetual War Consumes Competing Chess Shop Owners". New York Times. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Giardino, Neil (6 March 2017). "The King: Iconic Greenwich Village Chess Shop Perseveres". NBC New York.
  5. ↑ Staff, W. S. J. (25 June 2010). "Neighborhing Greenwich Village Chess Shops Nurture Years-Long Rivalry - NYC Feuds". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021.
  6. ↑ Heller, Nicolas (24 November 2020). "Chess Forum's Imad Khachan Talks 25 Years on Thompson Street With @NewYorkNico". Curbed. New York Magazine.
  7. ↑ Wolf, Elena (6 April 2021). "How Famed New York City Chess Café Survived Pandemic". Voice of America.
  8. ↑ Shahrigian, Shant (19 July 2017). "VIDEO: City's Last Chess Battles Rage In Greenwich Village Backroom". West Village, NY Patch. Patch.
  9. ↑ Adivarekar, Hari (22 August 2023). "Chess and the City". Epicenter NYC.
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