A sample text widget

Etiam pulvinar consectetur dolor sed malesuada. Ut convallis euismod dolor nec pretium. Nunc ut tristique massa.

Nam sodales mi vitae dolor ullamcorper et vulputate enim accumsan. Morbi orci magna, tincidunt vitae molestie nec, molestie at mi. Nulla nulla lorem, suscipit in posuere in, interdum non magna.

Chess In the Schools – ChessUSA

There are very few who would not agree that chess is a great game for keeping the mind sharp. It is well suited to the young and old alike – some research suggests playing chess can help protect against cognitive diseases such as Alzheimer’s. Likewise, it helps the developing brain in pattern recognition, analytical processing, and even patience.

While chess has always been a popular activity in high school, middle school, and even elementary school, we have noticed an uptick in the past several years. One potential reason might be due to tightened budgets for schools nationwide. While arts, music, …

Read More

Happy New Year from Chess USA

Happy Holidays and have a Wonderful New Year!

All of us here at Your Move Chess & Games wanted to wish all of our customers, past and present, a very wonderful holiday season and Happy New Year.

This has been an exciting year for ChessUSA – We’ve updated our website and unveiled our Chess Blog and Facebook page. If you have not yet heard about those things, there are some handy links at the bottom of this email.

2012 Was not just exciting for the business, however – It was a very exciting year for me personally as well – …

Read More

Miss Black Friday? Take 10% off Anything in our Chess Store

Our Board Game and Chess Set Sale continues!

I know that Black Friday and Cyber Monday were really crazy. We’ve activated a new, simple coupon for the next week to give an instant 10% off any purchase – It’s active right now on ChessUSA.com, but we won’t be advertising this on our website until later in the week.

A lot of stock is limited, and once they are gone they likely won’t come back before the holidays.

CHESSUSA COUPON CODE (VALID 11/29/2012 – Tuesday, 12/4/2012):

TAKE10 – Take 10% off any purchase. No limits …

Read More

Black Friday and Cyber Monday Coupons for Chess and Games

Our Board Game and Chess Set Sale continues!

Yesterday we whetted your appetite for our holiday coupons, and today we’ll fully diving in. No need to wait for Black Friday, no need to wait for Cyber Monday! These coupons are all active right now on ChessUSA.com.

A lot of stock is limited, and once they are gone they likely won’t come back before the holidays.

This is our special gift to our past customers and facebook, twitter, and blog followers. These coupons will not be made public on our website until after Thanksgiving, so you will have …

Read More

Black Friday Chess Set Sale

Upcoming Black Friday Chess Set Sale from Chess USA (And Cyber Monday Chess Sale as well!)

We’ve decided to try something new. Instead of sending out an email blast for Black Friday, we’re going to post all of our Black Friday – Cyber Monday Sales here on our blog. Read further to find out about our first chess set sale, starting today, 11/20/2012.

We are not limited our sales to Black Friday or Cyber Monday!

We know people are always looking for deals, and everyone is competing for your valuable time on a weekend when, face it, it would be …

Read More

Chess Sets for Kids, Buying a Chess Set for Children

Chess Sets for Kids

Many times, a person without a great deal of chess knowledge is looking for a chess item – be it a gift or just to expose someone to the game. The process of finding the right chess set for them can be really difficult, and with the holidays just around the corner I thought i’d try and ease some of the confusion – after all there are thousands of chess sets out there and you want to find the right one.

Question: Which chess sets are best for children?

This is perhaps the most commonly asked …

Read More

Chess Sets from around the World (Part 3: Poland)

I’d like to conclude the first part of my chess sets from around the world series with a little bit about Eastern Europe. I think that many of us think of Russia and Slavic nations when we think about chess and that is with good reason. Eastern Europe has a rich tradition with chess, and some of the world’s greatest chess players grew up in this region.

Surprisingly, it’s been over a decade since we imported any items from Russia itself – instead a huge array of chess products come from Poland, many with that distinct Eastern European design.

Read More