Original Staunton Design Chess Set
(49300 / 49325 / 49350 / 49375)
The inventor of the now de-facto standard Staunton design of Chess pieces in 1847, Jaques of London, continued to enhance the design and the set produced during the 1890's defined the standard for chess sets ever since. The 1890's production was widely used in Chess tournaments at the time and the modern Jaques equivalent continues to be used in the majority of todays tournaments. Truly, this is a historic pattern.
These chess pieces are based on the original 1890 Jaques pattern and include hand-turned fine quality Boxwood pieces presented in a Mahogany baize-lined slide-lid box.
This set is available in 4 sizes (3, 3¼, 3½ and 3¾ inch high King - or in metric 76, 83, 89 & 95mm- Jaques product codes: 49300 /49325 / 49350 and 49375 respectively).
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Original 1890's Staunton Design Chess Set (3-inch King) |
£86.09 | £99.00 | 2 + transit time | Apologies - out of stock.. Date new stock due: unknown. Email us to be notified when new stock is available. | |
Original 1890's Staunton Design Chess Set (3¼-inch King) |
£129.57 | £149.00 | 2 + transit time | ||
Original 1890's Staunton Design Chess Set (3½-inch King) |
£173.04 | £199.00 | 2 + transit time | ||
Original 1890's Staunton Design Chess Set (3¾-inch King) |
£216.52 | £249.00 | 2 + transit time | ||
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Inlaid Chess Boards
Jaques
standard boards are beautifully crafted with a decorative border surrounding
inlaid Walnut and Sycamore squares. The perfect setting for quality chess
pieces.
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Jaques
also produce an exquisite 23 inch chess board. Hand-made in solid Mahogany,
Walnut and Sycamore. Squares are 63mm and is recommended for use with
the 4 inch King sets. In general, we recommend the 20 inch board for 3.5
inch sets.
Pictured is the 23 inch board with a rather splendid 4.5 inch limited edition set [apologies for the incorrect King/Queen positions - the photographer made a mistake!].
Please click here for our rough guide to chess piece sizes to chequerboard square sizes.
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16 inch Walnut & Sycamore Chessboard, ~38mm sq. (for 2½ or 3 inch King) |
£27.22 | £31.30 | 2 + transit time | ||
18 inch Walnut & Sycamore Chessboard, ~43mm sq. (for 3 inch King) |
£33.91 | £39.00 | 2 + transit time | ||
20 inch Walnut & Sycamore Chessboard, ~50mm sq. (for 3½ inch King) |
£42.61 | £49.00 | 2 + transit time | ||
23 inch Mahogany, Walnut and Sycamore inlaid Chessboard (63mm squares for 4 - 4½ sets) |
£86.09 | £99.00 | 2 + transit time | Apologies - out of stock.. Date new stock due: 01/03/2010. Email us to be notified when new stock is available. | |
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The Origin of Chess
A 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.