“Some figurines dont stand straight because of how low the quality is of the cloth glued to the bottom. Overall it pretends to be a premium product, but the only thing premium is the price.”
“Had the chess set delivered on time, the packaging looked really impressive and my sons was equally impressed for whom I bought it. Once opened we were extremely happy with its general presentation and the quality was excellent. The board was solid and beautifully varnished and the chess pieces were impressively carved, overall after we finished our first game we felt we purchased a quality product and my son was very happy with the whole package.”
“Pros * Lovely packaging, would make a very good gift * Overall look is quite nice. Would look good as a display piece on your coffee table.Cons * As with other reviewers, the dark pieces have mismatched colours. The dark King and Bishop in isolation look like theyre on opposing sides see the photo * Board had a couple of blemishes on it * The squares dont quite line up between the two folding halves * Biggest problem was its not comfortable to play actual games on most of the pieces wobble and dont sit flush against the board. After a couple of games I gave up, and have returned it. I bought a 10 plastic magnetic set and its much easier to play on.”
“UPDATED original product supplied was disappointing quality and communication with Jaques took a while because the world was in lockdown however they showed a sincere apology and a genuine desire to satisfy, and sent a replacement set which is just perfect. Well made, attractive and a pleasure to play with. Thanks”
“Elegant and thoughtful design, good quality product and such nice packaging! I dont normally write reviews but opening the package and seeing this product really made me happy today!”
“I bought this chess set for my husband a few months qgo as a present and hes only recently opened it to play a game.Although it was packaged beauifully, we were disappointed to find the craftmanship on some of the pieces was poor. Shame really.”
“I got my chess but Im not satisfied with. The chessboard is nice but the chess figures are disappointing. Smaller then I expected pawns are 3.4cm, especially the base of figures and they are too light pawns have 3g. As well some figures have a very grumpy base bishops and that makes them even more unstable. I added photos with another, smaller chessboard for comparison.Maybe everything is in expectation but I have smaller and cheaper chessboards that are much nicer.”
