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Members' chess sets

Children's Shogi Set.jpg
Chocolate Chess Set.JPG
Children's Japanese Chess Set.jpg
Large Resin Chess Set on Wood inlay board.jpg
Marble Chess Set on an inlaid Granite Board.JPG
Plastic Travel Chess Set.jpg
Large magnetic chess set.jpg
Lighter Chess Set.JPG
Courier Chess Board 12x8.jpg
Glass Chess Set.jpg
upright2.jpg
ThreeKings.JPG
Fantasy Chess Set.jpg
IMG_2647.JPG
Vertical chess set
Standard Staunton Chess Set in plastic.jpg
Chinese Chess Set (2D).jpg
Self-explanatory Chess Set 2.JPG
3D Chinese Chess Set (detail).jpg
Chessboard puzzle 1.JPG
Plug-in Travel Chess Set.jpg
The Viking Game (Tablut) wood & leather.jpg
Xiangqi Board 8x9.jpg
Dolls House Chess Set (magnetic).jpg
chushogi-occ.jpg
Musical Wooden Ches Table.jpg
South American Chess Set (rear).jpg
Variant chess sets.jpg
Ladybird Shogi (Japanese Chess Set) promoted pieces.jpg
Hexagonal Chess Set.JPG
3D Chinese Chess Set.jpg
blackwork-001.jpg
Three concurrent games of exchange (bughouse).jpg
Simpsons Chess Set.jpg
Combination Draughts and Chess Set.jpg
Pentomino Chess Board Puzzle 2.JPG
Medium Wooden Plug-in Chess Set.JPG
Upright weighted chess set (reproduction)
Twin Portland Chess Sets.jpg
IMG_2648.JPG
Star Trek (Tridimensional) Chess Set.jpg
Handpainted Wooden Children's Chess Set - 2.JPG
St George Chess Set in turned wood.jpg
IMG_2651.JPG
Tempete 2.JPG
Lotus Bud Chess Set.JPG
Sheep Chess Set 2.JPG
Chaturanga Set - the parent of them all.jpg
Sheep Chess Set 1.JPG
Wooden Chess Set.jpg
IMG_2650.JPG
Chess Set for Makruk (Thai or Cambodian Chess).JPG
Plastic patio chess set_0.jpg
Ladybird Shogi (Japanese Chess Set) pieces.jpg
South American Chess Set.jpg
Three Way Chess Set.jpg
Bauhaus-inspired Chess Set.jpg
Tiny Chess Set.jpg
Modern Chess Set in horn.JPG
Boards for playing.jpg
Braille chess set with raised dark squares.JPG
Stainless Steel Hanayama Puzzle Chess set
upright1b.jpg
IMG_2780.JPG
Chinese Theme Chess Set.JPG
Star Wars Chess Set.jpg
Chessboard Puzzle 2.JPG
Coffee-house chess set
Four-Handed Chess Set.jpg
Bone 'Barleycorn' Chess Set.JPG
10x10 board for International Draughts (or Capablanca chess).jpg
The Viking Game (Hanetafl) resin & cloth.jpg
Dolls House Chess Table.jpg
Courier Chess Set.jpg
Mad Mate Chess Set.jpg
Cannon chess set
Spanish Regency Chess Set.JPG
Handpainted Wooden Children's Chess Set - 1.JPG
Capablanca Chess Set.JPG
Marvel Comic Chess Set.JPG
IMG_2646.JPG
Selenus chess set in bone.JPG
Uhlig bone chess set (given to Charlie for his birthday!)
International Draughts.jpg
Pentomino Puzzle Chess Board.JPG
Mongolian Chess Set (Shatar) on Felt board.JPG
Very tiny Lego chess set
Barleycorn chess set.JPG
Russian Poppet chess set.JPG
Soapstone Chess Set.jpg
Wooden Travel Chess Set with drawers.jpg
Indian Wood Chess Set on Musical Chess Table.JPG
Wood & Bakelite Travel Chess Set.jpg
Musical Chess Table.jpg
Resin(?) chess set
Two Isle of Lewis Chess Sets.jpg
Turned ox-bone chess set in natural colour and cochineal on folding wooden board.JPG
Pentomino Chess Board Puzzle 1.JPG
Regency style chess set.JPG
Matryoshka Chess Set.jpg
Weighted wooden chess set.JPG
Small messenger-bag-sized plastic chess set and board.jpg
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