The Milan Series Luxury Chess Pieces - 4.4" King Gifts for Kids Players started to sacrifice material

Players started to sacrifice material for long term compensation/initiative trying to pose as many practical problems as possible so that it becomes difficult for opponents to solve all the problems over-the-board in the given time control

(see Chapter 9)

mold-breaking Knights and a radical new King’s finial

2 Chancellors and 4 Pawns

The Milan Series Luxury Chess Pieces - 4.4" King Gifts for Kids Players started to sacrifice materialThe House of Staunton is proud to offer another masterpiece The Milan Artisan Series Chessmen. These Chessmen feature a 4. 4" King with a 1. 85" Diameter base and are very heavily weighted. The Chess pieces are hand carved by our master artisans and crafted out of the highest grade woods. The Chess pieces are heavily weighted with House of Staunton English Leather basepads on the King and luxurious billiard cloth base pads on the other Chess pieces,