The Leeds Series Luxury Chess Pieces - 4" King

The Leeds Series Luxury Chess Pieces - 4" KingThe House of Staunton is proud to offer the Leeds Series Chess set. A full tournament sized Chess set, it features a 4" King with a 1. 6" diameter base. The Chess pieces are hand carved by our master artisans and crafted out of the highest grade woods. The Chess pieces are heavily weighted with luxurious billiard cloth base pads and a beautiful finish. As with all of our Chess sets, the Leeds Series exemplifies a perfect combination of distinct beauty

resulting in a truly ferocious beast ready to do battle on the Chess board

It has been played with great success on the highest levels

Grandmaster Jesse Kraai examines objectivity in a series of two lectures

Think about how many decisive victories have come by attentively picking off an opponent’s loose piece via a combination

Running Time: Over 115 Minutes

There were two world champions who formed much of their careers using the Najdorf system as their weapon of choice against 1

And although the final chapter of his career and his life were tragic

At the tournament in Wijk aan Zee 2008 Topalov opened a completely new chapter of the variation by beating his archrival Kramnik in the style of the masters of the 19th century

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Author: Todd Bardwick

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