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Strange factoid:

https://en.chessbase.com/post/how-champ ... s-are-made

"there are fewer than ten people trained to carve knights for the championship chess sets"

Do they have to be made to that specification? Never heard that before.

The video (Business Insider on YouTube) shows some very impressive lathe-based wood carving skills:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Tg9xiJ6D6k&t=3s

It does look a bit dangerous, though. One slip and you could have a very bad injury!

Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 24, 2021 4:20 pm

"there are fewer than ten people trained to carve knights for the championship chess sets"

Do they have to be made to that specification? Never heard that before.

Did you spot the intermittent appearance of the Agon logo in the video? Also the "loo seat" Knights and the similarity of the head designs for King and Queen. Whether what's left of Agon's contract with FIDE continues to specify the Agon design or whether any Staunton style design would suffice isn't known to me.