Description
Wenge Chess Set 21 Inch With Wenge Chess Board and Weighted Sheesham Staunton Reykjavik Chess Pieces 3.75 Inch
The Reykjavik Staunton Chess Series can commonly be called the Bobby Fischer or Jacob Knight Series. The term Reykjavik series often takes after this particular name due to the infamous chess tournament held in 1972 Iceland. This tournament was held between 2 chess masters in Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky, the former of course came out victorious in this final championship. These chess pieces are manufactured by highly skilled artisans based in Amritsar India, Each piece is carefully carved and crafted by these skilled artisans from solid blocks of wood, not to forget each piece is heavily weighted to provide a comfortable and stable game chess. All pieces are layered with a soft green felt to prevent any damages to your chess board.
A wooden chess board veneered with inlaid squares. The darker squares made from Wenge and lighter squares constructed from Maple. This would make a wonderful Chess Board for your Chess Pieces. A very high quality board made in Spain that can provide many years of fun. Each piece of this board has been laid down completely by hand.We also include a wonderfully veneered chess piece storage box, made from walnut wood. The storage box is large and compatible enough to store pieces as small as 3 Inch to as large as 4 Inch. The storage box is also padded and coated in black velvet felt to prevent any damage to your chess pieces.
Staunton Chess Set Includes:
- Chess Board
- Chess Pieces Sheesham: 17
- Chess Pieces Boxwood: 17
- 2 Extra Queen’s for Pawn Promotion
- Storage Box
- Chess Instruction Booklet Included
- Board Size: 53 cm(20.8) x 53 cm(20.8) x 1.3 cm(0.5),
- Square Size: 5.5 cm x 5.5 cm.
- King Height: 9.5 cm(3.75), King Base: 4.1 cm(1.61) King Weight: 51 g
- Pawn Height: 4.9 cm(1.92), Pawn Base: 2.9 cm(1.14), Pawn Weight: 26 g.
- Storage Box Size:24 cm x 15 cm x 8.5 cm.