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• Material used to produce a Wooden Chess Set

  A number of our chess pieces utilize natural woods, and we've received a range of inquiries into what a specific wood is. The chess pieces you select will usually do a whole lot more to dictate what chessboard you select... Read more →

• Wooden Chess Sets to play the Royal Game

  The Staunton Pattern Chess set provides a quick and straightforward way for anybody to learn the fundamentals of the game without needing to struggle to remember which piece is which and the way in which they move. Training with a... Read more →

• Chess Pieces Design and History

  Before the introduction of the Staunton design, the pieces most generally used were called the St. George design chessmen, followed by the Calvert, Edinburgh, Lund and Merrifield designs. Most of the sets of the interval were comparatively expensive to make... Read more →

• The Best Chess Set Reproductions in the World

  Over the last six months, for my great pleasure and much to my wife’s chagrin, I have purchased four sets of chessmen from Carl Miceli’s company, Official Staunton. Three of those sets are shown here in direct comparison on the... Read more →