Show us your chess set!

I know some people here have sets worth thousands, and others are playing with the plastic pieces they have used since they were kids.  It doesn't matter!  If you like your stuff, show us what you've got!

I was fascinated by the story of the Lewis pieces and had to own them, even though I normally only play computer chess.  I never get tired of looking at them, thinking about the history, and what life was like for the people who made and played with such pieces in 1150 AD, carved out of Walrus tusk by hand.

I got the pieces from Ogg the Clever, and he was nice enough to make the white and the red armies from different pieces, so I would have a larger variety of the Lewis pieces to look at. 

The board is from USCF (House of Staunton) maple and walnut with 2.5 inch squares.  Even though the kings are only about 3.75" tall, they are" fat", so I think the bigger squares were the perfect choice. 

Pieces were a little under $100, and so was the board.  Under $200 for the set. 

A couple more shots

 I like the design, the price and the availability of this set. A bit chunky, well weighted ... does the job wonderfully.

Here's a 3 1/4" Zagreb style set on a Drueke board with 1.75" squares.

I like the set they are using at the Sinquefield cup, especially the knights, "open" bishops (don't know how word it) and the fat rooks. 

Is there evidence that they were not chess pieces? I know there have been suggestions that they weren't for chess, but if there is no evidence either way, why not just let them be chess pieces? 

That is a theory, but most experts from what I have read, believe they are chess pieces.  That includes the historians at the British Museum and the Museum of Scotland.  

  There will always be people who believe contrarian points of view, but I think there is a larger consensus believing they were for chess.  The fact that there are other European pieces with similar designs from the middle ages is another supporting fact.  

I think you are wrong to call it a marketing ploy.  From what I understand, they were considered chess pieces from the time they were discovered in the 1830s, long before there was any idea to duplicate them and sell them as chess pieces.  

I personally don't care. They are still fascinating historic sculptures either way.

One thing I haven't fallen for is your fake profile pic and user name.  I heard your real name is Bruno.  

I also love this board + set combo! Who manufactures/sells that board? It's beautiful!

I have several sets and constantly switch between them. Today’s combo is the BCE pieces on an Official Staunton board:

The only thing I don’t like about the BCE pieces is that they feel just a tiny bit too big for a 2.25”/57mm board like this one. 

What is the correct name for that style?

I don't know if it has a "correct" name.  I just liked the look of it and so purchased it. 

I think I've seen them called European sets but seems like it needs a better name than that.  I like that style too

I just checked the box; it appears to be called Ambassador. 

beauty.  looking at that set myself.

That's not really true, it it?