I have 13 chess sets (12 shown here)
This is a Capablanca Chess set (wooden
pieces). Capablanca was the 3rd world champion (1921-27) and was worried
that chess theory was at the end of its development so he created this chess
variant by adding two more peices: a Chancellor and an Archbishop. Just like
the Queen moves as a combination of Rook and Bishop, the Chancellor moves as
a combination of Rook and Knight, and the Archbishop moves as a combination
of Bishop and Knight. Differences in board set up and moves are: 1) Queens
are placed on opposite colored squares, 2) the Chancellor is placed on the
weak (King's) side between Bishop and Knight, 3) Archbishop is placed on the
strong (Queen's) side between the Bishop and Knight, and 4) when castling,
the King moves three spaces towards the Rook. Most quality chess sets come
with two sets of Queens.
White Chancellor (far right)
White Archbishop
Black Archbishop
Black Chancellor
My favorite set, Rosewood (wooden
pieces), also with two sets of Queens.
Rosewood set, White
Rosewood set, White
Rosewood set, Black
My second favorite set, Ebonized (wooden
pieces), also with two sets of Queens. I keep these two favorite sets setup all the time because I use
them nearly daily.
Ebonized set, White
Ebonized set, Black
My third favorite set, the design (Drueke)
was very popular back in the early 70's when I used to play a lot as a kid.
Drueke White
Drueke White
Drueke Black
Drueke Black
This is my tournament set. The board can
be rolled up and it with the pieces and chess clock fit into a special
carrying case. Next to my two favorite sets, I use this one more than any
other set.
Tournament, Black
Tournament, White
This is an ivory set that my brother gave
to me several years ago. He got this thematic set in Africa. While I think
that thematic sets are fun and interesting, I wouldn't play a serious game
with one (most players would agree).
Ivory, White
Ivory, White
Ivory, Black
Ivory, Black
Another thematic set, the design is
Egyptian. This set belonged to my folks for several years, but they recently
gave it to me.
Egyptian, Black
Egyptian, White
Egyptian, White
This set is a little smaller than the
others and use it as an analysis set (I have two of them and keep the other
one in my truck).
This even smaller set is one of my travel
sets, and my favorite and magnetic. It was a Father's Day gift from my
family, purchased and celebrated in Barcelona, Spain. The dark pieces were
originally the same color as the board, but since this shade of green is so
dark it made it difficult to see the pieces clearly so I painted them a
lighter shade of green. A good friend of mine told me that this was a bad
idea, but now he thinks the set looks great.
Favorite travel set, White
Favorite travel set, White
Favorite travel set
Travel set, also magnetic
Travel set
This is a tiny travel set, also magnetic,
and folds up like a book.
Small travel set
I used this computer travel set often,
it's great for airplanes and waiting rooms (I've turned the stupid sounds
off though).
