I got a standard street tournament set from Yellow Mountain Imports with weighted, magnetic, plastic French Lardy pieces including extra queens and vinyl roll-up notated board with green and white squares to which I added a digital clock from Chess Armory. Then I gradually got my first "dresser" tournament set from Royal Chess Mall India. It's the French Henri Chavet Staunton, Kasparov vs. Karpov set in antiqued and ebonized boxwood with 3.9 inch (98 mm) kings. The board is their printed 21 incher in antiqued boxwood and ebony with 2.2 inch (55 mm) squares. I got the black leatherette coffer box for the pieces and the padded carrying bag for the board. It ran more than $600.00 USD, but it was worth it!!
The magic of these chesspieces cannot be topped. This is the reason why I pIay chess. I Iove these majestic queens, smart Springer Horses, the rookswhich is the heavey ArtiIIerie and the bishops are Iike morters. They make me feeI Iike i am GeneraI miIitaery Ieader in my own battIe, now ov er 50 Years !
