Chess Piece Sets Staunton Chess Men include chessmen made of solid wood, exotic rosewood or solid brass, in the classic Staunton chess men design. Wooden Knights are hand carved in intricate detail.
This collection of chessmen chess piece sets is imported by Cambor Enterprises, Inc, which has been in the import/export/manufacturing business for over 30 years. Orders will ship directly from the US, to addresses within the continental US, via UPS Ground.
Brief History of Staunton Chess Pieces
The increased interest in the game of chess, particularly in international play during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, brought about a renewed demand for a more universal model for chess pieces. The variety and styles of the conventional chess men forms began in the fifteenth century, and had expanded tremendously by the beginning of the nineteenth century.
The main goal was to achieve uniformity of the chess pieces within a chess set, and to create chessmen shapes, universally recognized by chess players of diverse backgrounds. A chess player's unfamiliarity with an opponent's chess set, could tragically alter the outcome of a chess game.
By the early decades of the nineteenth century, it was all too clear that there was a great need for this in the world of chess. The solution, was first released in 1849 by John Jaques of London (sport and games manufacturers of Hatton Garden, London, England). It was to become known as
The Staunton Chess Set, after the Shakespearean scholar, author and the world chess champion, Howard Staunton (1810 - 1874).
