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  2. Lewis chessmen - Wikipedia

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    Although there are 19 pawns (a complete set requires 16), they have the greatest range of sizes of all the pieces, which has suggested that the 79 chess pieces might belong to at least five sets. [17] All the pawns are smaller, geometric shapes – cylinders and "tombstones" – perhaps intended to resemble boundary markers.

  3. Jaques of London - Wikipedia

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    The popularity of chess during World War II helped MI9 hide items in chess games sent to British and American prisoners of war, because the chess sets were made of wood, especially the Staunton chess sets by Jaques of London. The inside walls of the chess pieces box were hollowed out "...to secrete maps, currency, documents, hacksaw blades and ...

  4. British Chess Company - Wikipedia

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    The British Chess Company (BCC) was founded by William Moffatt (1843–1918) and William Hughes and began manufacturing chess pieces in 1891. [1] Chess sets

  5. Staunton chess set - Wikipedia

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    The Staunton chess set is the standard style of chess pieces, [1] [2] recommended for use in competition since 2022 by FIDE, the international chess governing body. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The journalist Nathaniel Cooke is credited with the design on the patent, and they are named after the leading English chess master Howard Staunton , who endorsed it ...

  6. Game pieces of the Lewis chessmen hoard - Wikipedia

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    The hoard of ninety-three games pieces was found on the Isle of Lewis and was exhibited in Edinburgh in 1831. [1] Most accounts have said the pieces were found at Uig Bay) on the west coast of Lewis but Caldwell et al. of National Museums Scotland (NMS) consider that Mealista), also in the parish of Uig and some 6 miles (10 km) further south down the coast, is a more likely place for the hoard ...

  7. Nathaniel Cooke - Wikipedia

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    Cooke's name was misspelled as "Cook" on the 1849 patent and the misspelling has propagated in chess literature since then. [1] [2] The correct spelling can be found in numerous documents, including his business listings in the London Directories (see top picture, right) as well as official announcements of the marriage of his daughter Harriet Ingram Cooke, to John Jaques II, son of John ...

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