Interesting chess sets ??

Does anyone have any interesting chess sets ? I have one all made of glass . The pieces are plain cylindars, different height for different piece . The king is about 3 inches tall .

I have the Simpsons chess set, my sister bought it for me for my last birthday. It's pretty good, but would have been better if they had had different characters for black/white.

I have several as I collect them, a couple of them are worth over £300. I have a couple of Onyx ones and a couple of Marble ones, a glass one, a whiskey/vodka shot one. Several pewter ones, and a couple of soapstone ones. As well as your normal wooden tournament style ones.
I will be putting pictures of these on my clan website.

i had a beautiful marble chess set that my dad bought me .....my house got burgled and the scumbags stole it😠

Originally posted by wucky3
i had a beautiful marble chess set that my dad bought me .....my house got burgled and the scumbags stole it😠

I've got one signed by Peter Leko, after he kicked my arse at a simul game 😀😀😀


And since I play at RHP this board sits next to my laptop for analysis

I really need a few more boards so I don't have to set up the positions over and over again ...

Wonder what Ceshire Cat would do if he'd pursue this strategy playing here lol ...


All the best

The Slow Pawn

i have a full size chess set with a cloth board (i made the board myself).
it is very good for travelling. most people hate those little sets.

I have a Peruvian set with the Spanish conquistadores as white (or actually red) and the Mayans as black (green). It also has patterns decorated around the edges.

I wouldn't mind seeing these chess sets, especially Flex's cloth one, if anyone is interested in showing these chess sets off to everybody I am more than willing to setup a seperate gallery on my clan website dedicated to RHP members chess sets. Just pop along to my clan website and goto photo galleries and click on email link and email me yout photos and I will have them up there for all of RHP to see them.

http://www.eye-q.co.uk/maiden.htm

-Robbo

I dont have it - but since I've started playing chess I've always wanted one of those HUGE chess sets from www.giantchess.com - they look so cool.

Originally posted by wucky3
i had a beautiful marble chess set that my dad bought me .....my house got burgled and the scumbags stole it

Originally posted by eyeqpc
What scumbags!!!!!😠

Originally posted by player420
Seriously! That's like stealing a Bible!! 😠 😠 :'(

I have several sets I would call my favorite...a Disney set my sister bought in Germany, a Cowboy and Indian set, handcrafted, made in Mexico... and my most favorite set of all...the first set I ever owned...a green and white roll-eeze board that my mom bought for a dollar and plastic pieces from a set on clearance at a department store, she payed like fifty cents...way back in 1972...I dug it out a couple of years ago...it sits on the desk next to me...reminds me of home, everytime I move those pieces -- "boomer"

My kids bought me a LOTR set for Christmas, Ancient bone(white) and Bronze ( Black). I suspect they had a little help from Mum!!!

I carry a travel set ( i say travel but it's still fills my bag) with me everywhere i go. It's wood with magnetic pieces (brown and white squares, my preferance)🙂


I also have a full size Staunton set, triple weighted pieces, really beutifull 🙂 Picked it up on sale, reduced from £300+ to £50
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