Now is your chance to save! This Friday through Sunday only, you can save on our Premier Tournament Bags. Bags are excellent for tournament play and allow you storage for your board, pieces, clock, score pad and other chess items. Chess tournament bags are available for just $11.99 for this weekend. Buy Premier Tournament Chess Bags at Wholesale Chess.
Finding the perfect tournament chess set takes time and consideration, but it doesn’t have to cost a lot of money. While there are definitely a lot of standards involved, you do have some room to make the perfect set for you.
At Wholesale Chess, you’ll find a great variety of tournament sets to get you geared up for the next big event. We have both weighted and non-weighted pieces in a variety of colors, shades, and heights. We also have many board colors, textures and weights to choose from. It can be confusing to find the right set, but we’re here to help you get started. Here are some of the industry-standard tournament sets we have available.
The most basic tournament set we have is the Quality Tournament set. This set features a basic board with 2″ squares and unweighted pieces standing at 3 3/4″ king height. The package also comes with a carry-all bag that holds the board, pieces, and a few other supplies you may want to bring along. The vinyl board is well constructed and will last for a long time. it’s quite lightweight and portable. It also comes in three colors: black, forest green, and navy blue, meaning the board and bag will be in those colors. The pieces are all black and natural colors. This set is excellent for the beginning chess player and the player on the go.
Our least expensive set with weighted pieces, the Heavy Tournament Chess Set includes pieces, the vinyl board and the carrying bag. Like the Quality Set, the Heavy Tournament Set comes in navy, black and forest green. The pieces are a set up from the Quality Set, featuring triple-weighted pieces standing at 3 3/4″ king height. The king weighs in at a hefty 52 grams, giving the pieces that comfortable, weighted feel. The board and bag are the same as used on the Quality Set. This set is our best value set for the serious tournament player.
With a slightly taller set of pieces and a mousepad board, the Executive Tournament Chess Set is a step above the Heavy Tournament set. This set features the carry-all bag, the 2″ vinyl board and a full set of Executive Staunton pieces. The board rolls very well and handles abuse quite well. The set is also available in black, navy and forest green. The pieces have an ivory color or black color and are triple weighted. The king weighs in at 45 grams, slightly lighter than the Heavy Tournament set.
Our Premier Tournament Chess Set is one of the highest quality tournament sets available. This set features our Premier pieces paired with a full-size regulation mousepad board and our Premier tournament bag. Our Premier pieces stand at a towering 4 1/8″, our pieces feature a king weight of 65 grams, making them some of the best pieces in the industry. The mousepad board features squares at 2 3/8″, and comes in three different colors: black, navy and forest green. The set also includes our 27″ premier tournament bag that can easily fit the set along with any other supplies you may need to bring. The set is highly durable and will last a long time.
Boy, did we goof big time on this week’s Thursday Deal! Thanks to all of you who called or emailed to let us know.
We had 5 Basic Magnetic Travel Sets priced as over $57 when they are actually only $11.95 for 5–today only. And 10 Perfect Fit Bags were listed on that same sale for another ridiculously high price. Today you can get 10 of them for just $11.90.
Sorry about the mistake—but we were glad to know so many of you were paying attention to the sale! Thanks again.
Wow, it’s Thursday again already. This year will fly by just like 2010 did. Our WSC Thursday Deal of the Day is our large 22″ MousePad Board in Forest Green for just $5.99 and our WSC Premier Tournament Chess Bag (the biggest one) in Green for just $10.59 You can buy one or both deals and still take advantage of any shipping specials we have.
This article, written by the manager of Wholesale Chess, was first published in The Link Homeschool Publications (Copyright, 2009). Reprinted by permission.
You see the benefits of chess and want to teach them to a child. You don’t have to be afraid of not knowing what to do or how to play. There are plenty of resources to help you.
“Remember that you are passing on a wonderful gift to them,” Mrs. Graham, manager of Wholesale Chess said. “Learn or renew your skills right along with them. Make sure you use care, patience and respect while teaching. Also, try to be interesting! Use humor, funny voices, cartwheels — whatever it takes to make your chess students pay attention and have a good time.”
Mrs. Graham suggests each child have their own chess set. It doesn’t have to be fancy or expensive. Most students use a roll-up vinyl board, plastic chess pieces, either weighted or not, and an inexpensive chess bag for chess pieces to be carried in.
“Wholesale Chess has a very basic chess curriculum that we recommend to work with beginners,” she said. Only move to the next step when you know your child has a real understanding of what you have already taught.
To be a good chess parent, teacher or chess coach you must be sure to get plenty of feedback from the student, Mrs. Graham said. “Make sure you know how your children feel about chess. If they are feeling burned out, then pressuring them may just turn them off more. If they are hungry for chess and you are not feeding that, they may become frustrated.
“If you have a child who enjoys learning and playing chess, you should encourage that as much as is healthy,” she said. “Chess has great social and intellectual benefits that can affect other aspects of life, but remember that chess is a part of life, not the purpose of life. I suggest chess parents watch or read Searching for Bobby Fischer with their child. “It is a great story. We also recommend the book, Survival Guide for Chess Parents.
“Another important thing, perhaps the most important, is to always make sure that your child knows how much you love them regardless of whether they are winning or losing their chess games,” she added. “Never show disappointment at their performance — they are most likely frustrated enough on their own!”
“Chess will certainly grow in the future,” she said. “Players will have to be more accurate in play, as chess computers and training becomes more and more available. But most of us hope that the essence and fun of the game doesn’t change at all!”
WSC Note: Our Book Category has a selection of books designed for parents or chess coaches to use as well as books for children who are beginnnig to play chess to read.
The Heavy Tournament Chess Set Combo is one of our most popular tournament chess set combinations. It comes with Heavy Tournament Weighted Pieces, a Quality Vinyl Rollup Chess Board and a Carryall Tournament Bag. The bag not only holds the board and pieces, but has room for a chess clock and a score book or other chess supplies. It is a favorite chess set combo with both tournament players and students. For this Deal of the Day you are not limited. You can order one as a gift, or several for your club.
The Deal of the Day for Wed. Nov, 24 is our popular Executive Tournament Chess Set. MSRP $49.99. Deal of the Day prce is just $ $17.49 — 65% off! 
This complete chess set is a nicely weighted set with good size chess pieces. It has been a favoite of chess players for years. Since it comes with a Carryall Tournament Bag, which holds the pieces and a Vinyl Rollup Chess Board, you might also want to take a look at a chess clock. It will also fit nicely inside the bag. 
Save $22 on a Green Premier Tournament Chess Bag
This super-sized bag holds everything you need for your chess tournament: up to 22 inch board and 4 inch Kings!
Premier Tournament Chess Bag
Save $13 on the Modern Chess Openings Chess Book
Often called the chess players Bible – 748 pages of pure chess training on sale today only!
Chess Book: Modern Chess Openings
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