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Chess Scalloped
This classic design of Chessmen was created in 1849 by the then World Champion, Howard Staunton, assisted by Nathaniel Cooke, The Morning Herald Chess correspondent & a wood turned from London‘s Hatton Garden called John Jaques. The famous Knights‘ head was taken from the Horses of the Parthenon within the Elgin Marbels housed in the British Museum. Since then, this famous set as become de-rigueur for all Championship and tournament play — to find chessboards and boxes to match it’s elegance — standing, this set was the obvious choice for the most famous of all World Championships, the 1972 “Cold War” clash between Russia’s Boris Spassky and the United States’ Bobby Fischer.
Scalloped sided leather plinth set with inlaid leather Chessboard, pieces stowed within plinth under chessboard, suede lined.
The pictured sample has a cherry plinth and frame, and marine and magnolia checkers.
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