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Pennsylvannia wood-working family reveals beautiful heirloom style hardwood chess boards

For almost 200 years, in rural Pennsylvania, this family has a rich heritage of woodworking and farming. Originally from Switzerland, precision wood working skills were passed down through five generations. Today, this remarkable lost art of woodworking is continually refined, ...

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Monk Design: solid hardwood chessboards made in New England

Monk™ chessboards were designed with monastic life in mind. Simple and to the point, these fine quality solid-hardwood chess boards made in America are fabricated of Northern White Ash, omitting the typical heavy inlays of Summerville New England chessboards, and ...

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Finishing Brooklyn Castle Chess Movie

BROOKLYN CASTLE from Rescued Media on Vimeo.

Amidst financial crises and unprecedented public school budget cuts I.S. 318 in Brooklyn, New York has assembled the best junior high chess team in ...

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Popup chess set: innovative work of chess art

Pop-up Chess Set by Sam ItaPerfect gift! I love the way these pieces pop up and use a magnetic base to stay rigid. It’s an ...

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Play PC chess software on wood chessboard DGT

Play PC chess software on wood chessboard DGT

The DGT chessboard is ideal to connect to your PC, utilizing a beautiful wooden chess board to control PC chess playing software.

When you make a move on the board, it reflects this automatically on the PC. You can enjoy many ...

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