Jaques of London Wooden Chess Set | Folding Chess Board & Pieces | Chess Set for Adults | Luxury Traditional Games for Adults and Kids | Since 1795

Just got this chess set and it’s so cute. The pieces are small so just a heads up, but the bird is so nice and soft. The pieces fit on the back and it folds up making it good to transport and carry around. The pieces are nice crafted. I love this board

A lovely chess set, great to travel with and great quality. The price was good, it arrived quickly and my kids have lots of fun with it! It’s the perfect size.

We know Jaques products well so it was an easy choice to buy again when we wanted a chess set. It’s a lovely set and bring in a fold up board/box makes it easy convenient to store.

The parcel arrived beautifully wrapped with a black bow and and hand written card looking like it was going to be everything the blurb promised. Once into the box the closed chessboard was wrapped in a printed tissue paper with the factories history on, I thought this was a nice touch. On looking over the board it looked in beautiful condition of walnut and beech squares with a marquetry beech edge and a walnut border. There is a small gap where the board is hinged together but this is not unsightly and does not affect play. The chess pieces are held inside the closed box with with elastic loops and the box is lined in this area with a felt type material. On taking out the ‘black’ chess pieces which appear to be polished walnut they feel nice and smooth in the hand with no rough bits. However the disappointing thing is that they are not remotely uniform, but I feel this can be forgiven as they are individually carved by hand. It is obvious on examination that the person carving the dark wood is considerably better at this than the person doing the light wood carving. Many of the castellations are poorly and irregularly carved and the knights are also somewhat lacking. But taking all into consideration it’s still a nice, unique, playable chess set for the price.

Fantastic item and very happy Xmas present

Bought this for my grandson and he loves it

It was a Christmas present for my 9 years old grand-daughter. It is very nicely presented, the box closes magneticly, the wooden pieces are simply carved (no extravagant carving) which give this chess set an elegant look.

Lovely item at a really reasonable price. Ideal for that quick game of chess.