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Chess Pieces To Match My Chessboard

Chess Pieces To Match My Chessboard

Project Finally Completed On 06/01/2020

Project Finally Completed On 06/01/2020

I was so happy with the way my first chess board turned out, that I decided I wanted to go the whole route and make a set of matching chess pieces. I finished the chess board in January of 2004. I finished the pieces for it in June of 2020. You do the math. As my father used to say, "What I lack in speed, I make up for in sloppiness."

But, at long last the chess pieces are done. I did them in maple and walnut, to match the maple and walnut I used on the the chess board.

The completed chess pieces, sitting on the chess board I built.

Here are all sixteen pawns.

Sixteen pawns.

Here are the four rooks.

Four rooks.

Here are the four knights.

Four knights.

Here are the four bishops.

Four bishops.

And finally, here's the royalty.

The royalty.

The pieces sitting on the chessboard are much more impressive than my chess abilities.

The completed chess pieces, sitting on the chess board I built.

The completed chess pieces, sitting on the chess board I built.

The completed chess pieces, sitting on the chess board I built.

When a game is not afoot, the pieces can be stored inside the chess board.

Storing the chess pieces.

Storing the chess pieces.

Click here to see details of how I built this chess set.

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This page last updated on 06/02/2020