Historic Chess - The Historic Games Shop

Welcome to the Chess section of The Historic Games Shop. If you'd like to know more about the development of early chess sets, you can read more on our Early Historic Chess pages; or you might like to visit YouTube to watch our video on Chess sets of the tenth to seventeenth centuries.

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Circular chess with Publicius chess pieces
Circular chess with Publicius chess pieces
£ 250.00
Painted oak board with beechwood pieces
Early medieval chess board, 1.5" squares
Early medieval chess board, 1.5" squares
£ 100.00
Quarter-sawn oak chess board
Early medieval chess board, 1.75" squares
Early medieval chess board, 1.75" squares
£ 100.00
Quarter-sawn oak chess board
Early medieval chess pieces
Early medieval chess pieces
£ 250.00
The earliest style of chess pieces, based on the medieval Indian army
Eighteenth century chess pieces
Eighteenth century chess pieces
£ 150.00
An interesting chess set which has pieces characteristic of both earlier and later periods
Eighteenth century French chess pieces
Eighteenth century French chess pieces
£ 190.00
Unusual set in which the different pieces are distinguished mostly by their height and degree of elaboration
Hand-painted historic chess board, 1 3/8" squares
Hand-painted historic chess board, 1 3/8" squares
£ 100.00
Historic reproduction chess board
Hand-painted historic chess board, 1.5" squares
Hand-painted historic chess board, 1.5" squares
£ 120.00
Historic reproduction chess board
Hand-painted historic chess board, 1.75" squares
Hand-painted historic chess board, 1.75" squares
£ 120.00
Historic reproduction chess board
The chess set of Jacobus Publicius (1482)
The chess set of Jacobus Publicius (1482)
£ 200.00
From the Ars oratoria, Ars epistolandi, Ars memorativa, published in Venice in 1482
The Selenus chess set (1616)
The Selenus chess set (1616)
£ 300.00
The first, and simplest, of the Selenus style of chess sets