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Hi, I've been looking all across the net for a decent/different chess set
and have purchased the following:
<p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?viewItem&item=5211986957&ssPageName=MERC_VIC_ReBay_Pr4_PcY_BIN">ebay link</a>
<p>I paid £54 incl p&p from China and then wondered if I really had made a
good deal....?
<p>Please can you let me know what you think? I would be very interested.
<p>Very many thanks; JOHN
Pieces look superb, I like it a lot, but board is far from impressive, I say modest quality, but not ugly. Price is, more or less, what I would expect, perhaps a good price, but not an extraordinary opportunity.
Thanks for the feedback - what type of boards/chess sets do you use and where do you buy them from?
It is a long history, including a few hand-made boards and sets, but in Internet you can find good offers for, at least, good conventional Chess sets, and for rarities, as you did. If you want to play some variants, I am afraid that the best you can do is make yourself the set and board, or looking for an artisan to do that, but some commercial sets can help, like Omega Chess sets, by example. With ceramic tiles you can construct almost any class of boards if you want, also, but unconventional pieces is a bit more difficult, and some work is needed.
For pieces, I have a regular Staunton set, plus three different modern style sets. In addition, I have the three Exchess sets (see http://www.superchess.nl/ for available sets), so I can mix and match pieces as needed, and they are pleasing to play with, being medium quality wooden sets. Boards are a bigger problem, which I haven't solved to my satisfaction. I recently purchased a table saw for a home improvement project, and I am considering making a couple boards in common sizes like 10x10 and 10x8.
A beautiful chess set indeed. But I saw it listed at a lower 29.99 pounds.
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