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Geoffrey Parker Chessboards
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Wow, that Spassky-Fischer set with the book boxes is basically my dream set. Beautiful.
danieljampz wrote:
@chrislott - want one? I have a Geoffrey Parker / Jaques (pre-India production) fisher Spassky set i Am thinking of selling. Pm me!
wow, very nice
The boards a very nice, but to expensive for me.
Alas, all out of my price range at the moment (I'd like to keep my wife 
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danieljampz wrote:
Thanks MGT88- didn't mean to hijack your thread.
I'll leave that there, and if anyone is interested message me. I'll probably post on eBay this weekend, so consider this a very subtle, quiet, chess.com presale opportunity.
Was not a hijack at all, completely relevant to this thread and a great picture to admire; I have never been a fan of Fischer-Spassky sets, but the set in your photo looks really nice, especially the knights.
I saw a nice green leather chessboard posted by @rcmacmillan in a Tal thread (https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-equipment/nojs-tal-set--quotan-anthem-to-the-reproduction-of-chess-piecesquot?page=8), in which he mentions it was (and still is) made by "Geoffrey Parker". I took a quick look at the Geoffrey Parker website (https://www.geoffreyparker.com/luxury-chess/) and it looks like they specialize in high-end leather work for luxury game products, including chess; looks like they make custom chessboards (and pieces/boxes) to order (you can select a variety of colors for the squares etc.) and they have some pretty cool designs/wild color combinations. Way above my budget/price range (their products range anywhere from 1000 - 50000+ GBP), but it's fun to look! Some pictures for the uninitiated: