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Chess Pieces
Chess pieces are the essence of the chess game. This page is dedicated to a wide variety chess piece styles (excluding chessboards). If you wish to browse chess pieces with matching chessboards see Chess Sets. |
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Advice for parents of scholastic chess players: To equip your child for playing in the school chess club and similar activities, all you need are regulation-size, plastic chess pieces. There are a good varity of styles, but the standard size has a 3 3/4" tall king. We recommend purchasing the equipment for your child as a Chess Combo containing everything your child ideally needs. Still, you can browse the Plastic Chess Pieces here for official tournament standard-size solid plastic chess pieces.
Wood chess pieces combine elegance with a fine playing experience! See the extensive collection of wood chess pieces here at Chess House.  We import many styles of wood chess pieces from around the world. They average 2" tall to 6" tall. Prices range from $25 for a basic wood chess set to several thousand dollars for the finest Jaques signature edition chess pieces! Most people are looking for an affordable set of wood chess pieces with a nice finish that they will enjoy for years. One of our personal favorites is the Drueke Tournament Chess Pieces 82040. They are nice rosewood and boxwood pieces for a very reasonable cost. Enjoy browsing these wooden chess pieces.
Play in style with "Collector" premium weighted plastic pieces! Extra weighted, superb styling, and superior quality.  House of Staunton has produced heavy weighted pieces with great design styling, symmetry, and sizing. Both beginners and accomplished chessplayers fall in love with them. The newest and astonishingly nice design is the "Hastings" chess set. Note that none of these come with a chess board. We recommend simply buying a rollup vinyl chessboard if you don't already own a board. The Hastings and other collector pieces are good for club chess play, tournament play, or anywhere you'd use a plastic chess set. We hear endless compliments on the quality and style.
Chess sets that are weighted typically have greater appeal. While some may call them weighted, double-weighted, triple-weighted or even "massively" weighted, there really is no set standard. Let's just say that some of these sets are very heavy.
Here's a helpful chess piece weight comparison chart. It shows the total weight of the all the pieces and the weight of each King by itself.
Lost chess pieces?
If it's a basic chess set such as the Club Special, simply add a request to your order specifying which pieces and colors you need. We'll fulfill reasonable requests for free with orders. We recognize it's easy to end up with incomplete sets, especially at schools.
For other, more expensive chess sets, use the Contact email form to request a price and availability.
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