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Beautifully finished for enjoyment as a functional furnishing and for years of play. If you like chess then one of these tables is a must to ensure that you keep at the top of your game. Now you can bring the best in entertainment furnishings home with our selection of chess and card tables. Chess is much loved both by young and old alike and it is a joy to play chess with a beautiful set on a beautiful chess table whatever the time or season. Bring Old World styling into your home as well as the benefits of classic games.

Kid's Wilmington Bedroom Storage Bench - Black
$154.43 (List: $205.90)

26 in. Standing Elephant w Sound
$99.00 (List: $148.50)

Sports Toy Box Bench
$188.10 (List: $282.15)

Plush Upholstered Rory the Lion Rocker
$79.99 (List: $133.00)

Jumbo Brown Teddy Bear in Sitting Position
$69.99 (List: $108.48)

Stuffed Plush Elephant w Gray Coat and White Tusks
$59.99 (List: $92.98)

Steel Front Mobile Bench w/ Four Drawers - 500-261
$369.00 (List: $553.50)

4 stars

(1 Rating)

Pink Chenille Upholstered Rocker w/ Ottoman
$101.93 (List: $135.90)

Large Stuffed Elephant with Sound
$197.80 (List: $296.70)

Kids Rocking Horse w Black Bushy Tail and Brown Saddle
$99.99 (List: $154.98)

Cherry Toy Box w Flip Bench Lid
$161.93 (List: $215.90)

Sport Mod Mini Electric Scooter In Red w Black Accents
$303.25 (List: $530.68)

Kid's Musical Rocking Horse w Baby Cradle
$188.10 (List: $282.15)

Open Hole Toy Storage Unit in Natural
$94.42 (List: $125.90)

Toy Box w Boys Like Trucks Theme
$192.31 (List: $320.51)

Art Table and Chair Set in Pink
$84.00 (List: $126.00)

Children's Bookcase - Sunny Safari
$105.86 (List: $158.79)

Victorian Dollhouse with 3 Levels and Painted Details
$149.99 (List: $232.48)

White Finished Hardwood Toy Chest w Barrel Top
$160.12 (List: $227.37)

5 stars

(1 Rating)

Homer Baseball Rocker with Softly Padded Seat
$79.99 (List: $133.00)

Plush Giraffe w Lifelike, Colorful Spots - Over 4 Feet Tall
$99.99 (List: $154.98)

Children's Magnetic Sea Life Play Table
$200.00 (List: $300.00)

Teen's Mobile Locker Bench - 517-564
$192.00 (List: $288.00)

Sitting Stuffed Cheetah w Striped Tail and Black Spots
$59.99 (List: $92.98)

Kid's Bedroom Storage Bench - Honey Finished
$161.93 (List: $215.90)

Kids'' Open Storage Bench With Sunny Pine Finish
$97.69 (List: $181.67)

5 stars

(1 Rating)

Circle Fun Time Children's Game Table
$350.00 (List: $525.00)

Shiver Me Timbers Toy Chest
$217.80 (List: $326.70)

Purple Princess Toy Box w Cushioned Bench
$188.10 (List: $282.15)

Buffalo Head Trophy Wall Mount
$82.32 (List: $123.48)

5 stars

(1 Rating)

Race Track Play Table Set w Two Chairs
$169.99 (List: $254.98)

Kids Denim Upholstered Rocker w/ Ottoman
$101.93 (List: $135.90)

Natural Wood Toy Chest Bench w Flip Top
$154.43 (List: $205.90)

Wilmington White Children's Storage Bench
$154.43 (List: $205.90)

Natasha's Pink and White Kid's Bedroom Bench w/ Storage
$139.00 (List: $185.33)

Wooden Pre-Assembled Self-Storing Dollhouse with Furniture and 2 Figures
$149.98 (List: $232.47)

Children's Rocking Horse w Heart Shaped Back Cushion
$168.30 (List: $252.45)

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Chess has been called "the Olympics of the mind" and keeping a chess table handy is a great way to ensure that you take up every opportunity to sharpen up your logical reasoning skills. Chess is the oldest game of skill played in the world, but it is much more than that. Chess is also a fascinating history lesson in miniature and it tells us much about how people lived in earlier times. No-one know for sure where chess originated, it is so old, but it is well documented to have been played for centuries in the same basic form played today with variations in naming and design but little else, in the most ancient of times in China, India, and Persia.

The game therefore was already popular and well established when it came to Europe via Spain with the Moors in the tenth or eleventh century (The movie 'El Cid' was set in Spain at this time, 'cid' being a moorish word meaning 'chief' or 'lord') and once the Spanish got the chess playing bug the rest of Europe and the West wasn't far behind. The chess set we see today refelects European 'modernisations' on the basic imported theme and the knights and bishops, kings and queens and castles have a medieval flavor which is a European refinement to that original Middle Eastern import. The Europeans found the piece names hard to pronounce and they represented a social order and culture which was of course entirely different to that to be found in Europe.

Chess tells us a great deal about the social order of the people who originated it. Pawns represent the lowest members of society, serfs and laborers. The castle represents the fortified home. The knight represents the professional soldier of olden times who was important but also frequently sacrificed by his masters when the need arose!

The great authorities in medieval times were the church and the monarchy and these are represented by the central, most critical pieces in chess, the Bishops , kings and queens.

Products on this page:

Kid's Wilmington Bedroom Storage Bench - Black
26 in. Standing Elephant w Sound
Sports Toy Box Bench
Plush Upholstered Rory the Lion Rocker
Jumbo Brown Teddy Bear in Sitting Position
Stuffed Plush Elephant w Gray Coat and White Tusks
Steel Front Mobile Bench w/ Four Drawers - 500-261
Pink Chenille Upholstered Rocker w/ Ottoman
Large Stuffed Elephant with Sound
Kids Rocking Horse w Black Bushy Tail and Brown Saddle
Cherry Toy Box w Flip Bench Lid
Sport Mod Mini Electric Scooter In Red w Black Accents
Kid's Musical Rocking Horse w Baby Cradle
Open Hole Toy Storage Unit in Natural
Toy Box w Boys Like Trucks Theme
Art Table and Chair Set in Pink
Children's Bookcase - Sunny Safari
Victorian Dollhouse with 3 Levels and Painted Details
White Finished Hardwood Toy Chest w Barrel Top
Homer Baseball Rocker with Softly Padded Seat
Plush Giraffe w Lifelike, Colorful Spots - Over 4 Feet Tall
Children's Magnetic Sea Life Play Table
Teen's Mobile Locker Bench - 517-564
Sitting Stuffed Cheetah w Striped Tail and Black Spots
Kid's Bedroom Storage Bench - Honey Finished
Kids'' Open Storage Bench With Sunny Pine Finish
Circle Fun Time Children's Game Table
Shiver Me Timbers Toy Chest
Purple Princess Toy Box w Cushioned Bench
Buffalo Head Trophy Wall Mount
Race Track Play Table Set w Two Chairs
Kids Denim Upholstered Rocker w/ Ottoman
Natural Wood Toy Chest Bench w Flip Top
Wilmington White Children's Storage Bench
Natasha's Pink and White Kid's Bedroom Bench w/ Storage
Wooden Pre-Assembled Self-Storing Dollhouse with Furniture and 2 Figures
Children's Rocking Horse w Heart Shaped Back Cushion