Due to mergers and acqusitions in recent years there are only two chess libraries of major signicance and only a few other specialist collections. They are,
- The John G. White Chess and Checkers Collection at Cleveland Public Library.
- Largest chess and draughts library in the world.
- Built on the donation of quarter of a million dollars and 11,000 books from John G. White's private library upon his death.
- The Chess & Draughts collection at the Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana (part of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, the National Library of the Netherlands).
- Second largest chess and draughts library in the world.
- Built on the donations of from the private chess libraries of Antonius van der Linde, Meindert Niemeijer and G.L. Gortmans.
- Contain 40,000 works.
- Chess collection at the Templeman Library, University of Kent at Canterbury.
- Built on donation of archive material of the British Chess Federation.
- Contains a number of unique items relating to British chess clubs.