Perhaps our 1840s designs have been playing us for a pawn terraced house. Check out a new cityscape for the game. The Staunton chess set has been the worldwide standard for the game for more than 160 ...

On September 8, 1849, readers of the Illustrated London News were greeted by an advertisement for a newly designed collection of chess pieces. It read: “A set of Chessmen of a pattern combining ...

Jonah Rowen, "A Staunton Chess Set Cut Into Halves and Then Put Back Together" photo: Brian Rytel via Jai & Jai The LADG: Andrew Holder & Claus Benjamin, "Possible Hidden Courtesans" photo: Brian ...

Official Staunton Chess Company also offers a variety of chess boards WHITCHURCH, SHROPSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, April 5, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- The Official Staunton ...

I love the game of chess, and that stems back to my childhood. When I was growing up in Australia in the '60s and '70s, we didn't have the internet or modern technology kids have now, so we often ...

“A pattern combining elegance and solidity to a degree hitherto unknown,” read the advertisement in the Illustrated London News for the Staunton chess set upon its introduction in 1849. In one of ...