The history of chess is more than 1500 years. It’s the oldest skill game in the world. Ancient chess are represented in the museums in all over the world. They are amazing. But times change. Nowadays modern art gives the artist more leeway in technical execution as well as concept expression and arrangements of design elements. There are no strict rules and obligations the artists must stick to. Today we have compiled a list of the most fancy and stylish chess sets modeled by different designers. Some of them you can buy though they might cost you a handful of loose diamonds. Some exists in a single copy. Enjoy!
Skeleton key chess set. Design: Dave Pickett
Rubber chess set. Design: Buro fur Form
Wobble chess set. Design: Adin Mumma
Onda chess set. Design: Alvaro Uribe
Playmore chess. Design: Fredrik Lund
Terrain alterable chess set. Design: Tonfisk
Amorphous Organic chess set. Design: Alastair Mackie
Chess set for Tesla. Design: Paul Fryer
Pumpkin Chess. Design: Yayoi Kusama.
Design: Barbara Kruger
Eye for an eye. Design: Tunga
Auto part chess set. Design: Armando Ramírez
History Chess. Design: Boym
The Copper/Steel Contemporary.
Art Deco chess set.
January 26th
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john gabriel
October 31st
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“Form follows function”. Although the sets make for decorative art, I doubt some of the designers even play chess. Part of successful design IMHO is to research the components and how they interact. At first glance I noticed four chessboards/pieces improperly set-up. I can’t be a fan of the work if the most basic details are ignored.
As previous poster Mike stated, “… Not very practical. Nothing I would purchase.”
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wes stauffer
October 13th
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Mike
October 11th
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Very creative and unusual. Not very practical. Nothing I would purchase.
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Lou
September 8th
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art deco set how much and where to buy?
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Pooper
September 6th
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I really like that auto parts one… the peices are easy to distinguish and are also pretty badass
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Laz
July 3rd
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Crap. I agree with the first comment. Though you can technically play chess with them, no-one would want to – due to the sheer irritation value of not having clearly identifiable pieces that subscribe to a standard or that wobble etc. Too distracting. I don’t think any of them surpass the iconic simplicity and beauty of the Staunton design.
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mats
April 8th
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None of these sets can be used for playing chess. They are not functional. But they are rather beautiful to keep on display. But none of thme come any near to the creativity and ultra-modernist beauty of the original Staunton design (functionality of staunton set is a bonus!). However, these sets are colorful and beautiful to look at.
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watson
April 10th
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i beg to differ…. since you can pick up the pieces and move them around, i’d say they were functional. just because you don’t like them…..
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March 3rd
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Excellent! I’ll show some pictures on my website “Chess in Israel” – isrchess.com
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February 28th
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rosy
February 17th
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those are the most awesome sets ive ever seen! Ever!
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January 5th
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Awesome post man!!! Very beautiful Chess Boards. Even the best ones that I have seen in my entire life.
Thumbs up.
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December 5th
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Awesome chess sets. I am an artist who also creates chess sets.
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chilicuil
November 13th
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beautiful, I may try to reply on of these so I can tech my niece to play chess
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gokhul
May 2nd
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May 15th
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March 25th
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Name
March 19th
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When is the Copper/Steel contemporary set going to be back in stock?
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March 31st
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saransh
October 14th
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amjad
September 28th
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where can i get the dimensions of the manray chess set
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September 24th
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i want one thesee. thanks for posting this IS cool
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September 6th
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two importants ones are missing, the bauhaus chess and the man ray chess.
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August 26th
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“Chess set for Tesla. Design: Paul Fryer”
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I like the idea of the light-up chess pieces, but I’m not sure how annoying it could be to have to keep slotting in the pieces each time you move.
“Wobble chess set. Design: Adin Mumma”
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I like the orignality of the wobbling pieces … Mind you, again, it could become a bit irritating to play properly. But good for the novelty factor.
“History Chess. Design: Boym”
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I like this one for the craftmanship that went into carving the pieces.
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Mark
July 31st
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I like the origionality of them all. There are some that I am not sure would work very well. The Amorphous set looks like you could loose track of who is who very easily. The Tesla set would not last very long at all. The pluging and unpluging of the tubes would burn them out rather quickly, note the pawn of the blue side second in line! Besides some people (like me) like a drink while we play, not a good idea with that kinda voltage on the board. But it is a cool design for conversation sake. Last but not least is the Teeth!?! Unless you are a dentist or a mortition this would just not be a good way to keep track of your chop’s, unless you have a spare set of dentures to replace the ones that get lost! I think that the Wabble set and the Copper/Steel are my favorites. Oh and the Rubber set I think is a super idea for getting the kid’s interested in Chess witch is a good idea for any child to learn! Make-Um THINK!!!
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June 29th
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May 7th
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Nice collection, really innovative and out of the box.
Manish 
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December 22nd
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Great collection, thanks for sharing.
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Тим
October 26th
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замечательный у вас блог, однако! =)
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lillegubben
October 9th
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two importants ones are missing, the bauhaus chess and the man ray chess.
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September 11th
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Jeydess
August 12th
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OMG.. really relly awesome [2]
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Salar
August 8th
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Damn, these are worth playing!
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August 5th
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thank you )
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August 3rd
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The amorphous organic chess set looks really creepy.
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guna
July 12th
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i want one thesee. thanks for posting this IS cool
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June 11th
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OMG..really really awesome..
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