Stone chess – Renaissance

Each chess piece is presented in the form of a sculpture made using the casting technique. The surface of pieces is tinted with nickel plating and gilding. They will be interesting to collectors of chess pieces.

The monolithic stone chessboard, standing on curly legs, is artfully decorated from natural rock, marble stones, krenoid and serpentine marble. Kreonid is a kind of marble with a high content of iron oxide (hence its pinkish tint). The playing field is contoured with black serpentine marble. The surface of the playing field is perfectly polished to a mirror shine.

The chess was made by Zlatoust craftsmen, suppliers of dishes and handmade decor elements for the main residence of the President of the Russian Federation and the Moscow Kremlin. Zlatoust is known all over the world not only by famous masters. In our city, the world chess champion, international grandmaster, and UNICEF regional goodwill (UN) ambassador was born and raised. Anatoly Evgenievich Karpov – twelfth world chess champion (1975-1985), three-time world chess champion among men (1975, 1978, 1981), three-time FIDE world champion (1993, 1996, 1998), winner of nine chess “Oscars” (1973 , 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984).

Handmade stone chess will be a wonderful gift for a person for an anniversary, housewarming or wedding. It will decorate the interior, emphasize the taste and sense of style of the home owner.