Inside Battle of Issus, A $1.65-Million Chess Set That Took 10 Years to Make Eustacia Huen , CONTRIBUTOR Attention chess lovers and history buffs, there’s now a chess set at M.S. Rau Antiques in New Orleans on sale for...
£117,000 expected for Lothar Schmid 10th century chess set
10th century chess set expected to fetch £117,000 at auction JAMIE BULLEN A chess set which dates back more than a thousand years and is worth up to £30,000 could fetch nearly four times as much at auction. The 10th...
Chess Masterworks: The Art and History of 25 of the World’s Greatest Chess Sets!
Chess Masterworks: The Art and History of 25 of the World’s Greatest Chess Sets!From the World-Renowned Collection of George and Vivian Dean! By Prairie Media Inc. Prairie Media Inc. Last modified: 2013-09-16T17:08:32ZPublished: Monday, Sep. 16, 2013 – 10:07 am...
Excellent and unique chess documentary
This is the highest quality chess documentary ever. Prairie Media Releases Unique Documentary on World-Renowned Chess SetsJuly 11, 2013 in Education [prMac.com] Ann Arbor, Michigan – Prairie Media has released a new documentary entitled “Chess Masterworks: The Art and...
Highlights from the Jon Crumiller Collection
SAINT LOUIS, MO.- Treasures of chess culture from across the globe are on display at the World Chess Hall of Fame (WCHOF) until September 15, 2013 in Prized and Played: Highlights from the Jon Crumiller Collection. The exhibition covers...
An amazing DVD about chess sets and its history
When I was 4 years old, I stumbled through a chess set my father owned. I was so intrigued by the unique shapes of the chess pieces. This was how I got started in chess and the rest is...
Webster Chess Teams arriving in Princeton
After massive delays due to horrendous weather, the Webster University chess teams finally arrived to Princeton for the 2012 PanAm Intercollegiate Chess Championship. After arriving, the team had a chance to visit Princeton resident and chess collecting extraordinaire Mr....
£600,000 chess board for the holidays?
King Charles I chess board sells for record £600,000 By Telegraph reporters 10:12AM GMT 11 Dec 2012 The chess board that King Charles I took with him to his execution has sold for a record £601,250. The board, made...
Owning more than 2,000 sets in excess of £1 million
Luay Allawi: Chess master is king of his castle Hadeel al Sayegh Nov 9, 2012 When Luay Allawi began playing chess at Baghdad’s Alwiya Club in the late 1960s, little did he know his love for the game would...
Businessman holds record with chess-set collection
Businessman holds record with chess-set collectionISTANBUL – Doğan News Agency Turkish businessman Akın Gökyay’s collection of 412 chess sets is in the Guinness Book of Records. Part of the collection, which he has gathered from some 100 countries on...