Chess Forum
Chess placesCulture of New York CityGreenwich Village
Chess Forum is a chess shop in Greenwich Village, Lower Manhattan. It was founded in 1995 by Palestinian refugee Iman Khachan at 219 Thompson Street across from the Chess Shop with which Chess Forum had a rivalry with. The site had previously been occupied by Rossolimo's Chess Studio in the 1970s. As well as selling boards and pieces for chess, backgammon, and related games, Chess Forum rents tables to players and also offers lessons. It has been dubbed as the last remaining chess shop in New York City. Around 2020, Chess Forum had been on the verge of bankrupcy, but the release of the Netflix series The Queen's Gambit brought a resurgence in customers.
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Thompson Street, New York Manhattan
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Thompson Street 221
10012 New York, Manhattan
New York, United States
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