Jaques Fischer Spassky Boxwood / Ebony Chessmen in Oak Box

Description

The iconic chessmen first produced by Jaques of London in 1849 has been perfectly hand crafted for today's collector in the Jaques 3.5 in. Fischer Spassky Chess Set - Oak and Red. Commemorate one of the world's greatest chess battles of all time, the 1972 World Championship between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer, which featured the same Jaques of London Staunton design now renowned as the gold standard by professionals all over the globe. This collection of boxwood and ebony pieces with 3.5-inch king are housed in a luxurious oak box with elegant brass hardware and soft black lining. This rare chess set comes packaged with a signed Staunton certificate authenticating that this is the original Staunton design.

About Jaques of London
As the oldest games company in the world, the name Jaques is inexorably intertwined with the history of almost any classic game. After literally inventing croquet, popularizing the gold-standard Staunton chess pieces everyone recognizes, and building a series of other games and items with the finest wood in the world, Jaques has continued to reinvent itself. Today, they produce game pieces and sets of the utmost quality in the strongest, rarest, and best-looking materials on Earth. When you're look to look refined playing chess, croquet, ping pong, backgammon, snakes and ladders, or any other wooden game, look to Jaques of London.

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