The Village Chess Shop has been at the same location since 1972. We are in the heart of Greenwich Village, just one block below Washington Square Park. We were the first to create a place where chess players could come and play as well as find a set to bring home. "The Chess Shop", as we are commonly referred to, takes great pride in displaying hundreds of chess sets from all over the world. Many a tourist has come in smiling, saying how wonderful that such a "museum of chess" exists.