The World's Most Beautiful and Unusual Chess Sets
History's Oddest and Most Gorgeous Chess Sets, in Photos
In 1923, the year after the founding of the Soviet Union, the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg) produced a unique chess set. Since originating in sixth-century India, chess designs had been inspired by military battles, royalty, even nature; now, the inspiration was ideology.
Knights of the Square Table Officers
Russell Kirkhuff, Bishop, David Boyer, Rook, Lucas Smith, King, and Nathan Ritter, Knight
Knights of the Square Table Blitz Tournament
3rd Place-Carter Burr
2nd Place-Nathan Ritter
1st Place-Russell Kirkhuff
4th Place-Tyler Thompson
