SET OF THE MONTH

Everyone loves a great deal! And each month The Chess Schach, or rather, my dear wife Angie (as this was her idea!) will select a listing from THE GALLERY to feature as our SET OF THE MONTH. This entitles you, our dearest customer, to a 10% discount on the asking price, which, of course, already comes with our complimentary free shipping! 
My heart can’t take Angie’s ideas I tell ya!!

**addendum … it is February 2021 and I have taken control of the SET OF THE MONTH (insert evil laugh here!). It was my idea, after all. My selections may not be based on the eye of an artist or the brain of a chess nerd, but I’m looking forward to choosing a new one every month from the heart. This time, it’s personal. Hope you like them! – Angie

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ANGIE’S PICK FOR SET OF THE MONTH ✨

Field of Shadows (Mordor); 32 vintage chess pieces with antiqued board, wood, Soviet, fiery orange vs. black, weighted, artistically restored, c.1950-1955
Height: King 9cm, weight 20g, base width 3.7cm; Queen 8.2cm, wt. 22g, bw 3.8cm; Bishop 7cm 12g, Knight 6cm 20g, Rook 5cm 22g, Pawns 4.5cm 8g.
W: Lush Prussian Blue felt pads; B: same
Board dimensions: 40cm x 40cm
Squares; 4.5cm
 
I simply love working with this colour, which is achieved by mixing custom-coloured amber and golden shellac with a minute amount of powdered crimson that is systematically aged and distressed over multiple layers. The dark pieces have had the black, lead-based paint removed and then washed with a deep brown stain, antiqued with walnut oil and then buffed with a dark wax and finally revisited with black (lead-free) oils and a few other unique techniques that I’ll keep under my hat…
 
The set has been weighted, as most collectors find the pieces a little too light for their liking, as do I. Disc weights were used for the knights and once you handle them, honestly, you’ll never want to play with an unweighted Mordovian set again! The board is not native to the set but of the same era. It has been darkened and antiqued. The word ‘mor’ means dark, or murky, hence my playful moniker for the set – The Field of Shadows – as opposed to Mordor; The Land of Darkness… 😉
 

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