I have always been fascinated with rare and unusual chess sets. But my interest in this area recently grew a lot more after meeting Mr. Jon Crumiller at my chess center, followed by my meeting with people like Dr. George Dean, Mr. Floyd Sarasohn, Dr. Thomas Thomsen, and many others at the CCI (Chess Collectors International) convention in Boca Raton.
I even got to play some blitz games with Mr. Crumiller using one of his antique chess sets. Here is another one of my chess sets. Do you have any rare or unusual chess sets you would like to share with the readers of this blog?
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I don’t own any really special sets other than one used during the Karpov Match in Seattle now many years ago. I did see one today at a antique mall. It was ivory and for sale for $1,260.00. I should have taken a photo of it. Will do so on my next visit to a small town in Oregon.
i have a nicely crafted OX bone set, it is not themed in any way but is a normal set just made out of bone.
the pieces look worn out and like they have been in actual battles on a chess board war from the natural cuts and stuff that is in the bone, which just adds to its charector..they also have a distinctive smell which i very much like, my dad bort them 20 years ago, so yeah…
does anyone else have a set like this, id like to no, thanks,
Bryce Wilson.
I have a plastic board
signed be Susan, beat that!
I have a chess board made from T-rex bones and the pieces are made from the bones of at least 20 dead american presidents.
I can afford such luxuries!