Welcome to Your Move Chess & Games, America's Largest Chess Store. Also known as ChessUSA, our business was first established in 1979 and is one of the oldest and largest brick and mortar Chess stores in the United States. On display in our retail shop you'll find hundreds of Chess sets, boards and pieces of virtually any design, and thousands more variations that don't fit in our displays ready to view or ship upon request!
At our humble beginnings, we were on the cutting edge of the advent of Chess computers, with our early services catering to the repair and programming of these new devices. As our reputation grew through the 1980's and 1990's, so did our world-class selection of traditional chess sets, as we slowly became one of the largest North American importers of quality chess products from around the world, with a broad range encompassing not only budget-friendly starter sets, but also the finest of high-end chess sets from world-renowned master-crafting manufacturers, as well as rare and unique chess sets from lesser-known highly-skilled artisans.
From the 1990's into the 2000's, ChessUSA saw further expansion into new locations, before consolidating its multiple storefronts into one larger and conveniently-located shop: its current home in Massapequa, NY.
With our original founder retiring in the early 2000's and ownership changing hands, the next two decades saw a growing emphasis on the "& Games" in "Your Move Chess & Games," as our inventory of Chess products continued to grow but our selection of other board games and adjacent products also expanded exponentially, dwarfing the range of games available in typical board game shops.
In the 2020's we continued evolving in this direction, trading off some of our display space in the shop to add free open tablespace for locals to be able to stop in and play Chess and other games either casually or in scheduled events we organize, transforming part of our showroom into a safe and inclusive community "third space" for anyone to enjoy. Another change in ownership resulted in ChessUSA becoming a subsidiary of nonprofit organization Central NY Chess whose primary focus is providing Chess education in schools.
Over nearly 50 years, ChessUSA has brought the joy of Chess to countless Chess enthusiasts around the world. Thank you for reading about our journey, and we hope you'll help us make the next 50 years just as remarkable!
CHESS SETS FROM AMERICA'S LARGEST CHESS STORE
Chess USA is America's leading retailer of chess sets, chess pieces, chess boards, and more. In fact, for 30 years Your Move Chess & Games has been the leading retailer of all things chess! Not everyone can view the hundreds of chess sets we have on display in our New York Chess Store, which is why we strive to have the most detailed chess website anywhere on the internet. After All, with over 2,000 chess sets, chess boards, chess pieces, chess computers and more, we need to be detailed! No matter what you are looking for, from chess set or chess program, our knowledgable staff is ready to help.
Your Move Chess & Games, America's Largest Chess Set Store. It's Your Move!