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). For a chequerboard to accompany your chess set, please see below.

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Quality Chess Boards

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.