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New Video Reviews of Chess Sets

More Chess Set Reviews for you to… Review?

The holidays are approaching fast, so we thought it would be best to get a few more video reviews of chess items that might be popular choices for the holidays. These special selections are all available in our holiday season “webbuster” category. These special deals offer Black Friday pricing a few weeks before the madness of the holiday shopping season begins; after all not everyone loves all of your shopping crammed in to one weekend and having to choose which ‘best deals’ to pursue because your time is limited.

Our …

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Flat Magnetic Chess Set Video Review

Our Amazing Flat Magnetic Chess Sets with Storage

One of the most popular types of chess sets are magnetic ones – less for display and more for practicality, these sets are great for a chess player on the go. Magnetic Chess Sets feature smaller chess pieces for ease of transport, and strong magnets make them ideal for play while in a vehicle when there is a bump in the road or a little turbulence in the air.

The best magnetic chess set ever?

There are a lot of designs of magnetic chess sets due to this popularity. How do …

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Tyrant Staunton Chess Pieces Review

The Tyrant Staunton Chess Collection

We’ve gotten some exciting and fantastic new chess pieces, and no matter how many photos we take, they can only tell so much. This year we have started doing video reviews for some our new arrivals and old favorites. Today i’m looking at the Tyrant Staunton – not only is this a brand new design, it was dreamed up right here in our store.

The Tyrant Staunton Chess Pieces

The Tyrant Staunton chessmen are very unique due to a very noticeable feature. Instead of the traditional bust of a horse for the knight piece, …

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Conqueror Staunton Chess Pieces Review

The Conqueror Staunton Chess Collection

We’ve gotten some exciting and fantastic new chess pieces, and no matter how many photos we take, they can only tell so much. This year we have started doing video reviews for some our new arrivals and old favorites. The first in this series is the Conqueror Staunton Chess Sets, a new arrival that is a fantastic and unique additional to our collection.

The Conqueror Staunton Chess Pieces

The Conqueror Staunton chessmen are some of the heaviest chess pieces we’ve ever seen as well as some of the most luxurious. These chess pieces are …

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Our Favorite New Chess Sets

Now that we’ve made it through the busy holiday time here at the chess store, we wanted to highlight some of our favorite new items from last year. We get in dozens of new items every year and these were real stand-outs. Not only do they look great, but they fit a need that has long been lacking in the chess market.

9 3/4″ Rosewood Magnetic Chess Set w/ Case

Over the years, a popular question from customers is how to travel with a flat chess set. While there are chess boxes for chessmen, there were few chess …

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Horror Chess Set Review- Skeletal Warriors

This week’s highlight is our horror chess set of Skeletal Warriors.

These fearsome skeletons are just a little late for Halloween! Both sides on this horror chess set feature distinct rooks, knights, bishops, queens and kings, along with two distinct sets of pawns. The pieces are well suited for play, as the pawns are easy to spot, being the shortest pieces. The rooks are castles on hills of skulls, the bishops carry crosiers and the knights ride skeletal steeds. Kings and queens are clearly royalty, with one side suited up in robes and the other in armor.

Our spooky …

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New Heritage Collection Staunton Chess Pieces

The New Mark of Westminster Heritage Collection Chess Pieces are here!

We’re still taking photos of the new metal chess boards and expanded board size collection (as well as a number of new chess board styles from one of our manufacturers in Poland). However, the new collection of hand carved staunton wood chess pieces has arrived and is now in stock. As we’re gearing up for memorial day we thought we’d take the time to introduce you to all of the new designs.

The Mark of Westminster Heritage Collection features some of the finest heirloom quality chess men available today. …

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