When I was ten years old in the mid-1980s my cousin and I found a chess set at our grandmother's house. We read the rules and gave it a try. We ended up playing for hours — and spent the next weekends doing the same.
When I started fifth grade, my new teacher beat me in four moves — Scholar's Mate. But that only made me want to play him again and again. After a few months, I won my first game. He had an old wooden chess set and I always wanted one just like it.
A few years ago I researched wooden chess sets online, which eventually led me to Chessbazaar. I chose the D0179 set (four-inch king). When they arrived, they exceeded my expectations — far nicer in every way than the wooden set my fifth-grade teacher had, and impressively weighted.
— Charles, USA
