"Oddly, you're not the first person to say they are familiar with Chess and yet find this version different," he said with a chuckle. "This is my Chess set from home. It was a Wisol gift from my wife, before we were married. She couldn't appologize for destroying my last chess set, so she bought me a new one," he said with a laugh. Then with a bright smile and a twinkle in his eyes he added, "Of course the other half of the gift was that she promised to not get made at me when we play on this chess set."

Then he leaned back and chuckled again. "My darling wife being a clever little witch got around her own promise by never actually touching this chess set after giving it to me. We play on cheap sets, and I use this one with my male friends. Safer that way."