The Last Chess Shop in New York City

What I could give to play here

I've played chess for more than 30 years and have been to NYC a few times, and I can't believe I never visited this place. It's a dream of mine now to spend an afternoon there some day.

I wonder if the store survived COVID. I hope it did.

he looks like Kasparov

I hope the owner knows he’s a hero. Imagine having that kind of impact that he has on ppls life. Amazing

Wonderful

Hear what the gentleman says the next Bobby Fischer.

What a great little film, and a great guy in Imad.

Does anyone know if this is still open?

he reminds me of kasparof

I approached my 35 and decided to give up drinking an alcohol. Now I have a better habbit, new hobby - CHESS! I am all in this game, it makes my brain to recover!

Why does he look abit like Garry Kasparov??

Life's sad 😭

beautiful

✌☮ to the God's and the one nation13 crew 🌐

Very well done. Very strong.
I can only hope this place continues to survive and do well.
It's not very often that you can find places so deeply dedicated to what they do.

Dude made me think over life for wanting to see a chess shop in nyc

He is not just wise, he is a poet

Imad the best!!

As someone who works graveyard shifts, that ending monologue is absolute poetry.

What a great short film, many thanks to the director and this man.

My first ever chess sets I got it from here ! The owner and the workers are very nice 👍

Met imad at a street vendor getting breakfast. He knew everyone and was buying breakfast for people including my wife and myself. We then struck up a conversation on the history of nyc and he was giving us a lil tour guide before we had to go to the museum of ice cream. the man was very friendly, knowledgeable, and caring. A very interesting man that i feel like i could talk to for hours. He ended up giving my wife and I $200 just to use while we were visiting NYC. We were very reluctant on taking it but he insisted and It was a big shock. If you ever see him around don’t be shy to say hi to him. Very good man and an overall amazing human being.

Fantastic video I absolutely loved it.
Thanks for sharing.

Wow! I need something like this where I live in Berlin, Germany. I play chess, sometimes over the internet, sometimes against my chess computer and not at all often enough against an opponent in the flesh, which is my preferred way of playing. And yes, we have chess clubs here, but joining a club just to play chess? Not really my thing.

MashaAllah love this video one day I hope to visit this place InshaAllah.

Sweet dude, sweet video.

Love this shop, I hope to god it stays open for decades to come.

Chess is soo boring the only thebu do is move.

I bought my very chess set from here. A French Stauntan Lardy set with 3.25 inch king /sheeshan and box wood wih a folding chess board 1995

Incredible video. A mandatory visit when I travel to New York next.

Im going hopefully this month!

Iman is a legendary branch on the tree of chess.

So garry kasparovs brother has a chess shop

I bet this place smells like old books, wood and coffee. That sounds delightful.

Poetic, Iconic, Nostalgic, world class hospitality

He built himself a safe haven or a temple that he shares with evryone

chess

timer is pervert

El año pasado estuve con mi novia en esa ciudad, la verdad que quedé fascinado con el trato, especialmente de este lugar Chess Forum, extraño mucho esa ciudad, ojalá pronto pueda volver a visitarla. Saludos desde Buenos Aires

I wanna visit

Shut up I’m not crying I just have some dust in my eye

“Maybe in my younger years I would have found this person pathetic and pitiful.” Good god 💔. He was cut short saying about life breaking you. I’d love to hear the next bit. It does indeed. But things like this keep us going. And keep us together. This is great.

His description of the night was beautifully poetic. Although I play chess badly, and I am seldom in NYC, I would very much like to meet the King of the Night.

Watched his video in chess base India now this popped up, this man is a genius,you should listen to him not only for chess but for life

damn. never expected Garry Kasparov as a chess shop owner 😂

Does anyone know if he has a shop online or somewhere to leave a donation to support the shop?