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1890 Reintroduction Staunton Replica Chess Set
(50060 / 50020)
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 set 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. Jaques commemorate
that fact by producing a high quality replica of this groundbreaking set
in 2 sizes. A limited edition of 500 sets of each size have been produced.
Hand made using the original 1890 Jaques pattern, this set is even more finely detailed than the current standard Tournament set. The Ebony and Boxwood pieces are supplied in a superb baize-lined, polished mahogany cabinet with lock, each fitted with numbered signed original Staunton certificate of authenticity. A wonderful set for connoisseurs the world over.
Dimensions:
50060 - King Height 3.5 inch, 90mm, King base diameter 3.5cm.
50020 - King Height - 4 inch, 100mm.
Jaques 3.5 inch 1890 Staunton presentation set. Click on pictures to enlarge.
Both sets come in a superb baize-lined polished mahogany cabinet with
lock, as shown.
Boards must be purchased separately.
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Jaques Original Staunton 1890s Chess Set. (50060) |
£624.99 | £749.99 | Eng/Wales: 4 wk.days |
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Jaques Original Staunton 1890s Chess Set (50020) |
£833.33 | £999.99 | Eng/Wales: 4 wk.days |
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Spare Piece for Jaques 50060 Chess set (1890s 3.5 inch) |
£32.42 | £38.90 | Eng/Wales: 4 wk.days |
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Spare Piece for Jaques 50020 Chess set (1890s, 4 inch) |
£41.58 | £49.90 | 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. |