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Ebonised Fischer/Spassky Chess Set
(49040)
The original Staunton design, as invented by John Jaques of London in 1847, was the de-facto standard for chess pieces by the end of the 19th century.
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This set differs slightly from our other Fischer/Spassky chess set in that all the pieces are made from boxwood; the 'black' pieces are stained or 'ebonised' boxwood.
It is also important to note that it is not entirely accurate to the genuine Fischer/Spassky design set - the castle crenellations are taller, the bishop is slightly more elongated and the knight is a bit more detailed. Jaques continue to sell this as a Fischer / Spassky set so maybe they know something that we don't. In the meantime, most people think that the design is rather nicer albeit not the exactly the same as the 1972 set so we are happy to make it available still.
Boards must be ordered separately.
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Jaques Ebonised Boxwood Fischer/Spassky Chess set 49040 |
£329.16 | £394.99 | Eng/Wales: 4 wk.days |
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To decide which board will best accompany your chess pieces, please see our rough guide to chess piece sizes.
Jaques themselves produce two styles of chequerboard - their standard inlaid chessboard and their premium Chequerboard - the Staunton chessboard with a raised outer border.
Jaques chequerboards and boards from other leading manufacturers can be found on our Chessboards page.
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The Origin of ChessA great deal has been written about the origins of chess and there is still a lot of debate on the subject. The earliest clear ancestor of chess is shaturanga or chaturanga which was invented by a 6th century Indian philosopher. It was a battle between four armies each under the control of a Rajah (king), two players being loosely allied against the other two and and each containing 4 corps - Infantry, Cavalry, Elephants and Boatmen. The board of 64 squares used for shaturanga, was borrowed from an earlier game called ashtapada, which was a race game played in ancient India. Under Hindu law, gambling became forbidden early on in the Hindu civilisation and, to avoid the gambling laws, shaturanga players dispensed with the dice. Another early modification was the merging of the allied armies into a single army making the game a two player form and duplicating the pieces, both developments which have survived until today. Other changes also occurred and the resulting game was called shatranj. There are three versions of the story of arrival of shatranj in Europe - did it come from the Saracens via Spain, from the Byzantine empire as a present to Charlemagne or was it brought back from the Middle East by Knights returning from the Crusades? Nonetheless in Europe, the game developed into modern European chess now played worldwide while in China, Japan, Burma, Thailand and Korea, other variants became just as popular. You can learn more about the History of Chess from The Online Guide to Traditional Games. |