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I am trying to put together a list of congress bookstalls.

I start the ball rolling with Francis Bowers, TCS, Manchester Chess Supplies, Chess & Bridge, Hexagon, Chess Direct...

Help me get a comprehensive picture please.

James Pratt
BCM ET

CCF

I believe CCF Mindgames are very popular.... though they don't have any digital clocks.

Paul Dupré wrote:I believe CCF Mindgames are very popular.... though they don't have any digital clocks.

I'm pretty sure they have some in order to sell them, even if they may not have enough to supply a congress

CCF do supply digital clocks if you ask them. If CCF don't have an event simultaneously, then CCF lets CCF Mindgames borrow them.

You also missed the English Chess Federation, which has enough equipment to run three congresses simultaneously.

no, but the ECF doesn't sell books and equipment at tournaments, I don't think.

ManChesster Supplies went out of business a few years ago now.

Tim Onions
http://www.onionschess.co.uk/

His "Ten Ways to succeed..." books are among the most popular with the youngsters that I teach.

Tim indeed!

so recap. CCF Mindgames, Francis Bowers, TCS, Chess & Bridge, Hexagon (Bob Jones?) Chess Direct, Chess Scotland, Tim Onions ... err

James Pratt wrote:no, but the ECF doesn't sell books and equipment at tournaments, I don't think.

It doesn't sell books and equipment, no.

I think you're asking the wrong question: Congress organisers would like to know where they can get equipment from for their congress. A bookstall would be ideal, but most would settle for equipment.

If this is for something in BCM, you might include a table of all of these, with columns for the various services they provide. For example, all bar the ECF would have a Yes in a "Bookstall" column. ECF would have a tick in a "digital clocks available" column. So you end up with this sort of thing.

it was just basically for our internal use but thank you anyway.

James

James Pratt wrote:so recap. CCF Mindgames, Francis Bowers, TCS, Chess & Bridge, Hexagon (Bob Jones?) Chess Direct, Chess Scotland, Tim Onions ... err

There is or was Chessmaze International as referenced here http://www.junior.staffordshirechess.or ... ships.html

http://www.chessmazeinternational.com/

I couldn't find any references to 2011 events. The obvious ones in the North West such as Blackpool were Chess Direct.

Roger de Coverly wrote:

James Pratt wrote:so recap. CCF Mindgames, Francis Bowers, TCS, Chess & Bridge, Hexagon (Bob Jones?) Chess Direct, Chess Scotland, Tim Onions ... err

There is or was Chessmaze International as referenced here http://www.junior.staffordshirechess.or ... ships.html

http://www.chessmazeinternational.com/

I couldn't find any references to 2011 events. The obvious ones in the North West such as Blackpool were Chess Direct.

Chessmaze don't do bookstalls anymore.