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Selenus
 

Wood chessmen
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Mammoth ivory chessmen

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This is the most elegant classical chess style. The Selenus Style is known from the beginning of the 17-th century. The draft of this chess was first published in the book ''Chess or the King's game'' Gustavus Selenus/Augustus, Duke of Brunswisk, Luneburg/Leipzig, 1616.


King: 10.5 cm (4.1 inches), Pawn: 3.8 cm (1.5 inches) -  weighted and felt lined;
Board: 37 cm (14.6 inches).

 
Selenus - Board White chessmen: wild pear-tree, mammoth tusk, box-tree;

Black chessmen: stained wild pear-tree, stained mammoth tusk, stained box-tree.

 

 
Chessboard base: oak, stained oak;

Black squares: nut-tree, mahogany, fumed oak, stained mammoth tusk;

White squares: wild pear-tree, mammoth tusk, birch, oak, ash-tree

Selenus - open Board

 

 

  Chessmen Board Price
White Black Base White
squares
Black
squares
1 wild pear-tree stained wild pear-tree oak/
stained oak
wild pear-tree/
birch/
oak/
ash-tree
nut-tree/
mahogany/
fumed oak
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2 mammoth tusk stained mammoth tusk oak/
stained oak
wild pear-tree/
birch/
oak/
ash-tree
nut-tree/
mahogany/
fumed oak
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3 mammoth tusk stained mammoth tusk oak/
stained oak
mammoth tusk stained mammoth tusk e-mail us

 

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