Jaques of London Large Chess Sets | 15" Chess Board | Premium Wooden Set For Adults Luxury | Chess Set For Adults with Staunton Chess Pieces | Since 1795…

Great to look at and play with.

This was bought as a Christmas present for a chess enthusiast. He was absolutely delighted with the quality of both the board and the pieces. The colour and finish of everything is tip top. The board folds in half, with the pieces safely stored inside, however, when opened out there is no join visible through touch or sight. I thoroughly recommend this chess set.

Received my set in good time. The craftsmanship for £32 was a lot better than what I was expecting; all the pieces and board look nice, the board was alined with a little (barely noticeable) warping. After reading through some of the reviews I had a little trepidation, especially seeing some of the images of pieces damaged. But, as far as the set I received goes, it was all in good order and of a very good quality. This was my first physical chess set, thinking about getting a more ornamental set as a Christmas gift. I can definitely see this set as being the one I'd take away with me / have for general use.

Very happy with the quality of the board. After looking around for a decent board and piece sets, I would definitely recommend this. The presentation is also high quality and practicality gift wrapped already. Excellent value if you want solid quality without going into the 100s or 1000s £££. My only nitpicks are: The pieces feel a little small and light - particularly in relation to the size of the board (15") - I reckon they use the same pieces for this and the smaller board. The piece storage is a bad - others have foam cut outs that fit straight back in - this board has bands that hold the pieces in place. Putting them back is rather painstaking. On the flip side, if you like the board and have or want different pieces, they will fit in the same place, although you'll have the same aforementioned issue. You can just shove them in if you don't care about them rattling around.

I am dressing a stunning loch side property to be a 5 star luxury let in Scottish highlands and stumbled on this Jaques of London Chess set. Having invested too much into this property already I have become very price driven and conscious in the final bits needed so studied several options over a cuppa. An ex product developer /importer I have a keen eye for quality and price. This set jumped out as it looked leagues ahead of others in finish , small detail and presentation yet was priced to compete with others being offered. Genuinely I thought too goo to be true must be well dressed photography......but I took the punt and bought it and a Tumble Tower wooden brick set. Arrived today and I am genuinely gob smacked just how good this set is in every way. The quality is stunning, the finish immaculate. I know all too well just how difficult it is to achieve and maintain highest of standards in consumer products but this company clearly have their parameters set super tight. Even in the small details of gold logo on board it is a perfect product. I only paid around £29 for this but it looks and feels like a £150 set. The packaging is a massive understatement in what we expect but actually subliminally sets a tone of refined quality gift. Printed bow with company name and then beautiful printed paper inside really set this off. Generally I do not write these reviews , just too busy and lets face it none of us stand outside Waitrose telling others how good our steak was last night so why do it on Amazon.....if a company provides good product at affordable price it will succeed ....simple. However left so impressed with this set and the Tumble Tower it would be an injustice not to compliment both products and commend the company for their most obvious efforts while remaining very competitive against all others. If you take time to read this I do hope you also "take the punt" as I did as confident you will feel equally delighted on recipt. Well done Jaques of London.

Great quality! I bought this as a present as I wanted a solid wooden chess board. I am so glad I did. Its extremely portable so it can be easy packed up and taken to friends.

Pretty chess board and pieces.

Very elegant looking chess board I am very pleased with how it was packaged and presented even with a little note from penelope saying she hand packed the board. It also comes with a booklet with the basics of chess. Thank you for the effort that was put in.