Cool Chess Canada

Dear friends, I wanted to let you know that we are closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation locally as well as in the rest of Canada. For the time being we will continue to take online orders and process them safely. We are consciously monitoring staff and also our supply chain - Canada Post, manufacturers and distributors and we will keep you updated if anything changes. Be healthy, be safe.... Graeme.

Of course I almost fell off my chair when I realised we are heading into our 7th holiday season!! Enjoy one of our new chess sets (and for best results, play back in HD): https://youtu.be/e-3DSPbQE8A

Have you seen the Zagreb Chess Set? http://blog.coolchesscanada.ca/the-unique-zagreb-chess-set/

The Modern design chess set has been a popular set this year! I've moved the blog to a new hosting company (and I hope I'll update it more often) and added a short video with the Modern in the starring role! Enjoy! http://blog.coolchesscanada.ca/the-modern-chess-set

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and all the very best for a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year! Thank you for your kind support through 2016! See you in 2017!

We're starting to add some new short videos for the Winter season! Hopefully they'll let you see the chess sets as if you were right up next to them! https://youtu.be/tSHVmKkmjtQ

We're taking a bit of a vacation after a busy Summer! Back on the 22nd September when we will be catching up with orders and blogs. Until then, Keep On Playing!

We're just adding the finishing touches to www.coolchessusa.com!

Wishing one and all a wonderful, healthy, and prosperous 2016!

I hope you enjoy this short video (for best quality use HD playback)... we'll be working on more, and I hope they can only get better! https://youtu.be/IrpNkzogQqc

Finally Royal Guard, Modern, and Royal Series chess pieces will be back in stock this week!! http://www.coolchesscanada.ca//modern-design-chess-pieces-

Here's another chess set we just added to the store: http://www.coolchesscanada.ca//french-lardy-design-rosewoo

Our blog has some news about our Economy Chess Sets and some cool new products: http://www.thechessroom.ca

We've been a bit tardy with our blog updates recently .. no excuses! Well, perhaps a few... http://www.thechessroom.ca/sto/chess-sets-chess-boards-fall

It's always important to know your sizes! Here are some hints on how to pick the perfect sized chessboard for your space: http://www.thechessroom.ca//choosing-the-right-size-chessb

Completely unrelated to chess... did you know we also run a pen company? www.knightswriting.ca

The Sheffield chess set is one of my personal favourites! It's big and heavy and the Knight has gnarly teeth! http://www.thechessroom.ca/woode/sheffield-larger-chess-set

It's been a busy month, but we've finally added a new article about the stunning Lincoln Chess Set: http://www.thechessroom.ca//antiqued-luxury-chess-sets-the

The Antiqued Lincoln Chess Set.

Confused about tournament chess sets? Perhaps this will help... http://www.thechessroom.ca/plas/tournament-chess-set-choose

Don't forget you can find us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/coolchesscanada

You can follow news on the Cool Chess Canada website, but we've also created a blog where we will add useful content to over time: http://www.thechessroom.ca

We've made some changes to Cool Chess Canada! We're going to start being a little more engaging by using Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest. and Instagram a more often, and we've added a new Blog that we will be sure to update regularly! http://www.coolchesscanada.ca

Exciting news: We've moved offices! We now reside at 95 Cousins Drive, Aurora, Ontario. We hope it will be a more customer-friendly location - we'll keep you updated regarding customer pick up options, chess set viewing appointments, and more once we get ourselves settled in!

We're closed for annual stock taking between 20th and 27th February! We're also moving offices!! We have a great location where we will be able to welcome customers for viewings as well as pick ups (rather than shipping their chess sets to them)! ... More news on all of this next week...

Checking out our new kid-proof chess pieces...

It's so great to see that chess is alive and well in schools! Thanks for having faith in our service... and we wish you many happy kids, teachers, and future Grandmasters!

Christmas is coming and we are still working in the depths of our photography studio! This set is really cool!

Beautiful Padauk coming this week to www.coolchesscanada.ca...

We're always trying to improve our website pictures so that you can see our chess sets more clearly!

We're adding new chess sets to www.coolchesscanada.ca over the next few days...

... we have some new friends in the office today...

Some changes to The Chess Room (www.thechessroom.ca).

School is most definitely in!!

Got chess tubes?

Don't forget to Keep an eye on our new arrivals!!

Plastic chess sets! Awesome for tournaments! Great for fun!

Big chess tube got a baby bro!! Coming soon to the store...

The cardboard tube graveyard :-(

The photo lab in action for the new winter season!

New chess equipment will be in store soon... In time for the Fall!

We hope you love your chess sets!!

Making boards beautiful...

New boards have come in!!

Reorganizing stock.

Working on our new website!

Here's an interesting website:http://www.chesspix.com

We've been quiet! Our apologies! We're working on some website changes and some product name changes as well as some other informative material about chess sets... keep an eye out for it, and new products coming soon!

It's that time of the year where we stop, review, evaluate, and figure out next steps... a bit like a game of chess!

Wishing each and every one of you a very Merry Christmas and a very safe, healthy, and happy 2014 from all of us at Cool Chess Canada!

The winner of last week's $50 Cool Chess Canada Gift Card Competition is.... Mike O'Harrow! Congratulations Mike - drop us an email and we'll get this to you ASAP!

It's Friday! Woohoo! COMPETITION TIME! We have a $50 Cool Chess Canada Gift Card to give away to ONE lucky Cool Chess Canada fan! 'Like' this post for a chance to win! We'll announce the winner next Friday!

Have you seen the Paul Morphy chess set? It's currently one of our best sellers and looks stunning on any table top: http://www.coolchesscanada.ca//the-paul-morphy-golden-rose

Stuck for a gift? Try a Cool Chess Canada Gift Card: http://www.coolchesscanada.ca/products/gift-card

Busy times are afoot! We're packing and sending in time for Christmas...

We wanted to learn more about chess pieces and their anatomy so we can better help our customers! We sent the staff at Cool Chess Canada to a hands-on training session for several days where they could learn more about wood, turning, finishing, and manufacturing. These few days were super-hands-on and everyone was able to get their hands dirty (literally).

Breaking news: http://www.fide.com//7539-fide-world-championship-2013.html

Wow! The moves in Game 9 in the World Chess Championship might have been a complete mystery to everyone watching, but not to Magnus Carlsen who is now in sight of becoming the champion! A full report and the game can be found on the Tournament website: http://chennai2013.fide.com

Today we took a shipment of mahogany and sycamore chess boards. Inspection of the cargo has come up trumps and every board is perfect! Our mahogany boards are super-popular and we are glad to get the new stock in time for Christmas... These boards are very high quality and super fun to play on! We also have 55mm boards of the same type, coming to the Cool Chess Canada website soon: http://www.coolchesscanada.ca//mahogany-and-sycamore-chess

Gift certificates are coming soon... just in time for Christmas!

The lucky winners of last week's competition to win a free Club Chess Set in a Tube are: A. Caza, A. Pressman, M. Niedzielski. Congratulations! We'll be in contact to take down your details!

While the World Chess Championship is going on (draw in game 4) in Channai, did you know that the European Team Chess Championship is also going on: http://etcc2013.com

We've updated the menus on The Chess Room to help you navigate that little bit more easily: http://thechessroom.ca

Grab a book as a stocking filler this Holiday Season (you might need oversize stockings)... http://www.coolchesscanada.ca/collections/chess-books

It's snowing! Time for chess!

A round up of the second day at the World Chess Championship. The second game was a draw between Anand and Carlsen. Full report and the game on Chessvibes: http://www.chessvibes.com/anand-carlsen-game-2-a-caro-kann-