This is a nicely cast set, but one of the problems is that the opposing colors do not have enough of a contrast (silver and light gold) to make it easy to tell them apart, unless you are playing in very bright light--Im going to have to have the gold side anodized to a dark copper. Another problem is that the knight (a large cat) from behind looks too much like a pawn from behind. A problem with my set in particular is that some of the gold finish of a few pieces looks worn, as if it had been handled before--maybe my set was a return?