Wandering  through the world, some people gather precious stones, others get different stories about the places they visit and others collect only beautiful memories about the culture and traditions of the people they met.

Traveling through the world, I have gathered some of all this in my collection of chess sets from all over the world. Each of them has a story that waits to be told.

Once upon the time there was a king who...

EMIL SITARU -teacher

• Collection chess set from Romania: metal pieces, wooden board
• Chess set from Greece: landscape painted board
• Handicraft chess set from Croatia: wooden pieces and board
• Chess computer from France
• Magnetic chess from Hungary
• Collection chess set from Salzburg
• Collection chess set: Egyptians vs.Romans
• Collection chess set : Asian armies
• Chess set from Greece: metal pieces and board
• Collection chess set : Napoleon vs. Austria
• Chess set from France: pieces and board in glowing and frosted glass
• Chess set from Romania: marble pieces and board
• Chess set from Romania: pieces and board in semiprecious stones
• Chess set from Spain: pieces and board covered with Toledo gold and silver.
• Chess set from Prague: pieces in Bohemian crystal, covered with gold and silver
• Chess set from Germany (Mercedes Museum in Stuttgart): magnetic pieces, aluminium board
• Chess set from Portugal: wooden pieces and round boxboard
• Saitek electronic chess clock
• Electronic chess clock from Spain
• Chess set from Turkey: stone pieces, handmade boxboard with traditional motifs
• Chess set from Malta: metal pieces, wooden board
• Chess set from Turkey
• Chess set from Egypt
• Portable chess computer with board, from Spain
• Portable chess computer from Spain
• Chess set from Tunisia: metal pieces, wooden round boxboard
• Chess board from Romania, with the world champions pictures
• Pottery handmade chess pieces from Romania
• Chess board from Turkey, with traditional patterns
• Competition chess set from USA: bag, pieces, board, clock.

• Competition chess pieces from Romania

• Collection chess set from Denmark

• Handicraft chess set from Hungary: wooden handpainted pieces, wooden board

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