Description
Our quality sets are not sourced elsewhere but rather made by us so we can pass the savings on to you, our valued customers. Named after the Austrian Grandmaster Wilhelm Steinitz, World Champion from 1886 to 1894 (8 years) Wilhelm Steinitz antiqued chessmen with 3.75 Inch King: Base Diameter 1.73 Inch. Heavily core weighted and perfect balance. Poised on the perfect anegre deluxe 21″ chessboard with 2-1/4 inch squares Named after the Austrian Grandmaster Wilhelm Steinitz, World Champion from 1886 to 1894 (8 years) This set was top rating for 173 months (over 14 years) from 1866 to 1890 Steinitz was born on May 17, 1836 in the Jewish ghetto of Prague (now capital of the Czech Republic; then in Bohemia, a part of the Austrian Empire). The last of a hardware retailer’s thirteen sons, he learned to play chess at age 12. He began playing serious chess in his twenties, after leaving Prague to study mathematics in Vienna, at the Vienna Polytechnic. Named after the Austrian Grandmaster Wilhelm Steinitz, World Champion from 1886 to 1894 (8 years) Wilhelm Steinitz antiqued chessmen with 3.75 Inch King: Base Diameter 1.73 Inch. Heavily core weighted and perfect balance. Poised on the perfect anegre deluxe 21″ chessboard with 2-1/4 inch squares Named after the Austrian Grandmaster Wilhelm Steinitz, World Champion from 1886 to 1894 (8 years) This set was top rating for 173 months (over 14 years) from 1866 to 1890 Steinitz was born on May 17, 1836 in the Jewish ghetto of Prague (now capital of the Czech Republic; then in Bohemia, a part of the Austrian Empire). The last of a hardware retailer’s thirteen sons, he learned to play chess at age 12. He began playing serious chess in his twenties, after leaving Prague to study mathematics in Vienna, at the Vienna Polytechnic.
The king Height of this chess set 3.75″ and base size is 1.73″
The material used is Box wood and Ebonized Wood
This chess set is coming with two extra Queens
All the Chess Pieces are heavy weighted.
A superb quality green felt is pasted on this ches set.
