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2. Staunton chess set - Wikipedia

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   The Staunton chess set is the standard style of chess pieces, [1] [2] recommended for use in competition since 2022 by FIDE, the international chess governing body. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The journalist Nathaniel Cooke is credited with the design on the patent, and they are named after the leading English chess master Howard Staunton , who endorsed it ...

3. Chess set - Wikipedia

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   A container for holding chess pieces is known as a chess box. [16] Most commonly made of wood, a chess box can be constructed of any material. The internal box configuration can be individual slots for each chess piece, one divider to separate the white and black pieces or no divider with the chess pieces mixed together.

4. Jaques of London - Wikipedia

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   The popularity of chess during World War II helped MI9 hide items in chess games sent to British and American prisoners of war, because the chess sets were made of wood, especially the Staunton chess sets by Jaques of London. The inside walls of the chess pieces box were hollowed out "...to secrete maps, currency, documents, hacksaw blades and ...

5. The Most Unique Chess Sets For Every Type of Pop ... - AOL

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   Modeled after the 3-D chess games played while in the Ten Forward lounge while aboard the USS Enterprise -D, this chess set features pieces of everyone’s favorite “Star Trek” characters ...

6. Library to display unique collection of chess sets

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   Dec. 2—HIGH POINT — When most people see a chess set, they see the individual pieces — the king and queen, the bishops, the knights, the rooks and the pawns. When Larry Cates sees a chess ...

7. House of Staunton - Wikipedia

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   HOS Brighton chess set with pieces made of rosewood. The HOS specializes in the manufacture of Staunton chess sets. [5] They offer a wide range of chess sets including older chess sets, which would have been used in the past centuries, including but not limited to: the English Barleycorn chess set, the St. George chess set, the French Regence chess set and the Selenus chess set.