Staunton chess pieces, orthodox or not

Pièces d'Echecs Staunton, orthodoxes et féeriques

 
 This is a nice family, isn't it ?

Here below are displayed 20 different chessmen, all in compatible Staunton style. Larger photographs are displayed by clicking on every images.

20 piece types is just what is needed for Gigachess, and of course, for the other variants of my invention, Shako, Tamerlane 2000 and Perfect 12.

Then, I took the liberty to attribute a name for each piece which is completely arbitrary : if you owned these you could decide otherwise and attribute the name of your choice to each of them.

The fidel F.I.D.E.

Available in any good shop !

The Chinese Staunton

These pieces were designed by the regretted Charles Wohrer who has been the ardent promoter of Xianqi in France in the 70s and 80s. His designs were patented and then commercialized "L'Impensé Radical" in Paris. The pieces were manufactured by Chavet Chess, Jura, France. The full set (32 regular chessmen + 4 Elephants + 4 Cannons) was distributed in France by "Relais des Jeux Descartes". According to their paper catalog, this item is still in sale in France! To get a contact, try their web site.

The so-called Karpov set

I do not remember who designed this set, but he decided to name it Karpov, in homage to the great Russian world champion. The set has been fabricated by Chavet Chess, Jura, France. I bought it from a nice shop, "L'Art et Jeux", 1 rue Fonvielle, 31000 Toulouse, France (Tel 33-(0)5-61-23-36-28) held by the sympathetic Michel Kostromine. Contact him, he might still have some set to sell. Or go there, there are available here !

I chose to rename them in order to play my variants.

Super Chess Set One

This set has been designed and fabricated by Hans van Haeringen who is promoting his system, named "Superchess". In this system, they are up to 50 different chessmen, then, a second, and maybe more, set is anticipated. Contact the author to buy these wonderful first set. Also available from this author, a very nice Dutch book about "Superchess" and an English booklet summarizing the rules. Check his web site.

I gave them my name in order to play my variants. Hans van Haeringen give them other names.