Why are some chess sets so expensive?

November 26th, 2008

Chess sets costing some hundreds (GBP) are not uncommon. Try these from the Google shopping mall: http://www.google.co.uk/products?hl=en&rls=GGLJ,GGLJ:2006-33,GGLJ:en&um=1&authorid=1104921&cdn=ChessBaron+Chess+Set&q=&scoring=pd.  If you just want to have an occasional game of chess with the kids, or between kids, these examples may sound very expensive and not in the budget range. But if you like the idea of an exotic wood used in the material and the terrific feeling of lifting a weighted piece from square to square on a board that exudes quality in terms of an heirloom and being a valuable piece of furniture as well as a contribution towards a home that is populated with fine things – an expensive chess set is the target. It needs to be a wood such as ebony or budrose (aka redwood or bud rosewood), triple weighted and have double queens for queen promotion with some games.

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