7 Chess from 7 Countries
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In all probability, Chess began in India under the name of Chaturanga. The world, at some point in history, popped its head in to India and out popped chess!
Your old wooden chess set is easily the most common, the most popular and the most made board game on the planet. Your chess set is played on every continent with as many variations as hairs on your head.
Here are Seven Chess Sets (not all of them wooden chess sets) from Seven Countries.
Interested in making your own wooden chess set?
Dust of your old wooden Chess Set and Reduce your Stress
Your old wooden chess set is easily the most common, the most popular and the most made board game on the planet. Your chess set is played on every continent with as many variations as hairs on your head.
Here are Seven Chess Sets (not all of them wooden chess sets) from Seven Countries.
Interested in making your own wooden chess set?
Dust of your old wooden Chess Set and Reduce your Stress
Dal Rossi Chess Sets and Board Game Catalogue.
1. Chess from India
Hand Carved Camel Bone
It's only fair that we start with India they invented chess. (Go here to read some of the history of your chess set. And, OK, so it's not a wooden chess set, but it's pretty darn cool.Oh, and, Relax. The bone comes from camels who have died of natural causes so no suffering or slaughter has taken place just so that you and I could go a few rounds of Chess.
Nothing can conceal the craftsmanship and the proficiency of the craftsmen who carry out minute detail work and superb carving on Camel Bone Chess Sets. Normally a bone chess set takes 100-120 man-hours to carve it.
By comparison, working with ivory is easier than bone. Also ivory, because of its milky pure whiteness doesn't need to be cleaned or polished to the extent of a Camel Bone Chess Set. These pieces stand around 10-12cm High, are intricate and feel really nice as they move along the board.
Unlike many wooden chess sets, they also have a natural weight so they sit beautifully on the Chess Board.
Buy Camel Bone Chess Set
- Chess Piece Set|Royal India Camel Bone - Games from Everywhere.
- Unique Chess Pieces from India. Hand carved camel bone. Naturally weighty chess pieces. High Quality Gifts and Decor.
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2. Chess from Ecuador
Hand Carved Tagua
The Tagua Date Palm grows naturally in small areas down the South American Coast line from Panama to Paraguay, but is most famous in Ecuador.
The nuts take 15 years to grow and are harvested only as they fall, preventing destruction of the precious Tagua Palm.
The result when carved and polished is a truly unique and beautiful hand carved chess piece. The chess pieces are slippery smooth, as hard as marble and have a natural glow.
More Chess Sets & History
- Tagua Vegetable Ivory Chess Set from Ecuador
- You can find this chess set by following this link.
- Chess Set - History
- The word chess is derived from the Persian, "Shah", meaning 'king'. The most widely accepted theory as to the origins of the chess set is that it developed in India where it was known as Chaturanga. By the thirteenth century, knowledge of the game of chess had spread thr
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3. Wooden Chess Set from Madagascar
Inlaid Pallisandre Warrior Chess
At last, a wooden chess set! this wooden chess set is from Madagascar, an Island off the Coast of Africa. The wild life here is endemic and so are the craftsman.We picked this chess set because it is a very realistic reflection of Malagasy Culture. Little wooden men with little wooden spears and funny hats (the spears come out of their hands!). Inlaid lemon and rosewood (not drawn, but this wooden chess set is painstakingly laid one tiny piece of wood at a time until the picture is produced) depicting local flora and fauna (click image for a larger view).
The artists in Madagascar are not only very friendly, their wood work is sought after throughout Europe for its high quality and unique appearance.
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4. Chess Set from Peru
Teraccotta Inca Chess - Peru
Inca-Conquistador Chess Set. Hand crafted in Peru. Terracotta ceramics and Peruvian art, hand painted.Enter the wobbly warrior world of the Inca's. The chess pieces are beautifully and colourfully hand painted. Made entirely of Terracotta, they are weighted but sometimes they wobble!
The board is a simple folding board and again, the art is in the hand painted scenes. This nicely hand painted chess set revisits an ancient conflict using the ceramic craftsmanship for which Peru is famous.
The chess pieces show a rich degree of detail that gives this chess set an authentic feel. Did I mention the pieces may wobble?
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5. Chess from China
Khet Laser Chess
Ok, we are on the other side of the spectrum with this one. It's not a wooden chess set, but we could not resist it. KHET is the board game that combines lasers with classic strategy. Players alternate moving Egyptian pieces and each turn ends by firing one of the built in lasers.As the beam bounces; if it strikes a non-mirrored surface on any piece, Wham! that piece is blown out of the game!
The Eye of Horus beam-splitter splits one laser beam into two when hit by reflecting half of the beam and transmitting the other half right through for twice the strategy and excitement!
With both pieces in play, the beam can be split twice blasting three lasers around the field with one push of the button!
Why would you play a chess where you kindly move the taken piece to the side of the board when you could be blasting into oblivion?
Buy Khet Laser Chess
- Khet|Laser Chess Board Game - Best Kids Board Games
- Khet, the laser chess game. Best board Games. Great gift idea for the boys, young and old!
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6. Wooden Chess Set from Poland
Muminek Wooden Chess Set. Hand crafted in the Carpathian Mountains, Poland. Carved Maple wood Chess pieces. King Measures 9cm high. Wooden Chess board is a generous 50x50cm and folds.The name Muminek is the Polish word for the Mumintroll. The Mumintroll refer to a family of trolls appearing in the popular European Tove Jansson fantasy books.
This wooden chess set is made of European Maple wood. Wooden chess pieces are hand carved by master craftsman and the wooden chess board folds opens and displays with a clean polished surface.
The best bit for us is that the wooden chess boards are made by applying pyrogravure nets (a unique burning technique) in order to produce the elegant patterns and designs.
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Polish Wooden Chess Sets
- Wooden Chess Set from Poland
- High Quality Chess Set. Hand carved chess set from Maple wood in the Carpathian Mountains, Poland. Famous throughout Europe for their craftsmanship and woodworking. Large Decorative Muminek Chess pieces with the King measuring 10cm on 5x5cm squares.
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7. Wooden Chess Set from Tunisia
Olive Wood Chess Set
Hand Carved wooden chess set from Tunisia using one of the most beautiful woods in the World.Very solid, and durable wooden chess set. The scrolling edges show off the richness of the olive wood grain. The wooden chess board surface has a fine finish that's silky smooth to the touch. This is the very wood that was used to build the Holy of Holies in Solomon's Temple. Pretty neat, eh?
The veins in this wooden chess set and chess board are a very deep black, brown and cream swirling through the wood like a waterfall coming over the top of the board.
It's just plain pretty is all I can say.
Wooden Chess Set from Tunisia
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- Olive wood Chess Set from Tunisia
- Stunning Large Olive wood Chess set. Hand Carved in Tunisia from one of the most beautiful woods in the World. All original pieces.
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