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2. British Chess Company - Wikipedia

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   Both the 'Royal' and 'Imperial' were made in boxwood and ebony. Also they offered a very rare (3) Royal Chessmen 'Presentation Set' which was made of metal. The pieces were skilfully turned in German silver for the light colour, and in gilding metal for the dark. Only full club size 1 was available for the handsome sum of £12 12s.

3. Charlemagne chessmen - Wikipedia

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   Queen. The legend regarding the set states that these chessmen were given as a gift to Charlemagne by Caliph Harun al-Rashid, [3] who was an avid chess player. The fact that the set displays elephants instead of bishops and chariots instead of rooks denotes a form of the Perso-Arabic game known as Shatranj, itself coming from the original Indian Chaturanga (which compound word means the 'Four ...

4. House of Staunton - Wikipedia

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   HOS Brighton chess set with pieces made of rosewood. The HOS specializes in the manufacture of Staunton chess sets. [5] They offer a wide range of chess sets including older chess sets, which would have been used in the past centuries, including but not limited to: the English Barleycorn chess set, the St. George chess set, the French Regence chess set and the Selenus chess set.

5. The Most Unique Chess Sets For Every Type of Pop ... - AOL

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   Unless you’re Beth Harmon on “Queen’s Gambit” — high on a mix of Librium and unrelenting ambition — then you probably can’t play an entire game of chess on the ceiling, from the ...

6. Library to display unique collection of chess sets

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   Dec. 2—HIGH POINT — When most people see a chess set, they see the individual pieces — the king and queen, the bishops, the knights, the rooks and the pawns. When Larry Cates sees a chess ...

7. Chess set - Wikipedia

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   Chess boxes, chess clocks, and chess tables are common pieces of chess equipment used alongside chess sets. Chess sets are made in a wide variety of styles, sometimes for ornamental rather than practical purposes. For tournament play, the Staunton chess set is preferred and, in some cases, required. Human chess uses people as the pieces.