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The Staunton Chess set is a type of chess set with a unique design used to play the game of chess. This is the standard style of chess sets that is used to play during official chess competitions. The person that is credited with the design of this chess set is Nathaniel Cook, who named it after Howard Staunton, an English Chess master who was born in 1810. The first 500 Staunton Chess sets were hand signed by Staunton himself, and the first time this chess set was available was in 1849 in London, quickly making it the standard for normal play. It was not long before this style of chess sets spread across the world. Chess is a board game that is played between two players with a chess board. The chessboard is square-shaped and contains 64 squares arranged on an 8 by 8 grid. Each player during a chess match starts with sixteen different pieces. Each player has one king and queen, two rooks, knights, and bishops, and eight pawns. Every unique piece on a chess board has unique ways of traveling up and down the chessboard. Both player in a game of chess has the goal of … Continue reading