The ubiquitous 'Jacques Staunton Set', designed in 1849 A new book uses the Jacques Staunton Set as a jumping off point, delving into the wider, richer world of chess set design – one informed by ...

Titled ‘Nona’, the chess accessories take their name from Nona Gaprindashvili, a midcentury chess champion who played for the Soviet Union. In 1978, Gaprindashvili became the first woman to be awarded ...