This 4" black triple weighted ebonized set of chessmen are a challenge for any competitor at this price point! Stunning carving, great weighting and superb finishing.

The 4" King has a well proportioned body with a 1 3/4" bevelled base weighing 2.9 ounces with green felt pads. Bevelling the base acurately is one turning operation many other suppliers omit to cut cost.

The base of each chess piece is bevelled allowing the piece to be tilted during placement and thereby avoiding chessboard scratching or denting. A finely cut and pointed coronet with even points and identical numbers on each queen is another thing to look for in a good quality chess set.

The queens coronets have nicely pointed pinnacles and the ball on the head is round not flattened like a silicone gel implant!

The knight is particularly pleasing with carved teeth and well cut even regular pointed mane in a very familiar and loved traditional Staunton pattern.

The Knight carving is an important aspect of chess set quality whatever the price.

The bishop has a sharp and cleanly cut miter and even the pawns exude real quality with their perfect ball shaped heads and turned wings.

This picture showing the chesspiece mixed on the chessboard provides good details for the aspects that need to be closely looked at.

This set is supplied with extra queens as shown in the pictures.