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Top quality chess sets that are decorative and great for playing chess! If you love playing chess then these sets are really nice ones you'll use for years.Huge range of birthday gift ideas. Stuck for ideas?
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| Chessman FX Elite | £49.95 |  |
| Welcome to the Chessman FX Elite! A Superb example of mixing a traditional game with the wonders of technology today.\n\nThe Chessman FX Elite comes with everything you will ever need for a great game of chess in the 21st century. Its revolutionary design encompasses all of Lexibook's knowledge and experience which spans over 14 years. With its unique visual and audio experience with 40 special effects it certainly makes this chess board a cut above the rest.\n\nThe Chessman FX Elite is very much made with both the beginner and the more experience chess player in mind. This great chess game comes with 64 levels and with 20 out of the 64 levels designed for beginners, you have no excuse not to try and master this wonderful game. This particular chess board comes with a learning mode as well which indicates if the played move is optimal. \n\nAlso The Chessman FX Elite has functions specially adapted for experts such as the speed challenge where the ELO 1800 (artificial intelligence) challenges you to make quick decisions. If that wasn't enough the Chessman has smart game help functions such as hint, take back, move, verify, set up and multimove (to referee a game between two players). \n\nOh and we forgot to mention, if you have no one to play against why not pit your wits against the computer!? Because of the ELO 1800 (artificial intelligence) you can play all 64 levels against the computer to hone in on your skills and beat all your family and friends!\n\nAnd to cap it all off it even has a storage compartment for all pieces.\n\nSo to conclude, it is the ultimate in chess entertainment and can do everything but cook your breakfast....... and do the dishes, polish, wash the car, read a bedtime story, take the dog for a walk, take the children to school..........\n\nFeatures:\n\nIlluminated electronic chess game with touch sensitive game board.\n\nUnique light and sound effects to enhance the game play:\n- Full mode: The player experiences the complete set of light effects and sounds.\n- Basic mode: Only a minimum of light and sound is used.\n\nSpeed chess challenges the player to make quick decisions.\n\nThe software integrates the 50 moves rule, stalemate and draw, the promotion of pawns and the passing capture.\n\nVarious functions: Hint, Take Back, Move, Verify, Set Up and Multimove.\n\nStorage compartment for all pieces.\n\nELO 1800 artificial intelligence\nSpecifications:\n\nRequires 4 x AA batteries(not included)\n\nWarranty: 2 years | ||
| John Jaques 16' Inlaid Chess Board | £29.00 |  |
| The 16' Inlaid board is a beautifully made chess board with walnut and sycamore squares and a decorative inlay border around the squares. \n\nThe 16' Inlaid Chess Board is the ideal size for the John Jaques Staunton Club Design 3.5' King Chess Set.\n\nEach square on the Inlaid chess board measures 38mm. | ||
| John Jaques 18' Inlaid Chess Board | £39.00 | |
| The 18' John Jaques Inlaid Chess Board is a beautifully made Chess board with walnut and sycamore squares and a decorative inlay border around the squares. \n\nThe 18' Inlaid Chess Board is the ideal size for the John Jaques Staunton Design Chess Set 3.5'.\n\nEach square on the Inlaid chess board measures 43mm. | ||
| John Jaques 20' Inlaid Chess Board | £49.00 | |
| The 20' John Jaques Inlaid Chess Board is a beautifully made chess board, with walnut and sycamore squares. It also has a decorative inlay border around the squares. \n\nThe 20' Inlaid Chess Board is the ideal size for the John Jaques Staunton Reintroduction 4' King Chess Set.\n\nEach Square on the Inlaid chess board measures 50mm. | ||
| John Jaques 23' Staunton Chess Board | £99.00 |  |
| The 23' John Jaques Staunton Chess Board is an exquisite handmade walnut and sycamore chessboard with solid mahogany surround. \n\nThe 23' Staunton is the ideal Chess Board to use with the John Jaques Staunton Reintroduction 4' King Chess Set.\n\nEach square on the Staunton chess board measures 63mm. | ||
| John Jaques 4' 1850 Staunton Chess Set | £1995.00 |  |
| John Jaques Staunton Chess Pieces were born, and to quote from a famous book on early chess 'Throughout it's history, nothing made such an impact on the design of chessmen as the introduction of the English Staunton Chess Pieces'. \n\nSimple symbols were used for each piece, a crown for the king, a coronet for the queen, a mitre for the bishop and a castle for the rock. The horses head for the knight was taken from marble sculpture on the Parthenon in Athens and the pawn was based on the Freemasons Square and Compasses. The set was launched in late 1847 with quite a fervour having an entire front page column of the Morning Herald dedicated to it. With this free press and superlative design success was virtually guaranteed and within 10 years nearly all important chess games were played with Staunton Chessmen, which is still the case today. \n\nStaunton Chess Sets have been produced continually by John Jaques from 1847 up to the present day, except during wartime. Production ceased on ivory sets in the early 1930s, but Boxwood sets continued right up to the outbreak of the war. After the war it was almost impossible to obtain ivory or ebony, but production recommenced using Boxwood only and black staining and black polishing for the black pieces. \n\nThis brings us to the original Staunton pieces produced today by Jaques. These are made in exactly the same materials and to the same specification as the original Boxwood and Ebony sets and they are polished by hand, with no lacquering being used. This brings on the natural colour and feel of the wood. \n\nThe craftsmanship of this 4' set matches that of the larger Jaques sets and exhibits the same exquisite design. Each piece is fitted with handmade English Leather cushions with beautiful gold block Jaques branding. The set is stored in a solid mahogany case and the case is lined with the finest English woollen baize. \n\nThe John Jaques 4' 1850 Staunton Chess Set allows you to relive a piece of chess history every time you remove it from your beautiful cabinet. A Limited Edition of 500 sets, each set has a numbered replica of the original 'Jaques Staunton Chess' label signed by the current company Directors, and if you send back the return part of the registration certificate your name will be added to the Jaques Staunton Chess History Archives. This set comes complete with a beautiful handmade inlaid wooden chess board, specially made for this set.\n\nDimensions: \n\nThe King is 4' Tall and the other pieces descend from him. | ||
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