The Shop
"Schaak en go winkel het Paard" is three companies in one:
- 1. A traditional games shop with a large stock of games and books
- 2. A mail order company: all our goods can be ordered by e-mail. we ship world wide
- 3. Wholesale import/export of go books and equipment
Address and contact info:
You can write us in Dutch, English, German, French, Italian and Spanish,
but please allow us to answer in English, German, French or Dutch.
Shop Opening Hours:
- tue-fri 10:00 - 17:30 (thursday to 20:00)
- sat 10:00 - 17:30
- mon 13:00 - 17:30
Who is who
The company is owned by Marianne Diederen and Peter Zandveld, both go players. C Each of us should be able to help you with
everything, but we are not all specialist on all fields, and not in the shop at all times:
- Marianne Diederen: sales and acquisition manager, go books and equipment, puzzles, acquisition of second hand books,
public relations, chess equipment for clubs, bridge. (in the shop
most week days up to 17.00 hours + saturday morning)
- Peter Zandveld: go books and equipment, bridge, book keeping, website maintenance,
go publishing dept. (in the shop on saturday afternoon)
Het Paard
'het paard' means in English literally 'the horse', but also 'the knight', like the chess
piece.
Where is the shop
The shop is in centre of Amsterdam, about 15 minutes walking from central station. The full
address is:
- Schaak en go winkel het paard
- Haarlemmerdijk 173
- 1013 KH Amsterdam
When asking for directions: it is close to Haarlemmerplein (haarlemmer square) and cinema
'the Movies'.
You can find us on the map of amsterdam, segment A4
Past, Present, Future
The company is for 20 years under the current management. During that time we have grown
to one of the best known mindsports shops. We have clients in Norway, Sweden, Finland,
Ireland, Great Britain, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Luxemburg, Germany, Poland, France, Switserland,
Austria, Czechia, Slovakia, Andorra, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia,
Grece, Turkey, Canada, USA, Chili, Urugay, South Africa, China, Thailand, Singapore, Australia,
Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan.
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