| It was a game for three players, shaped like a truncated swastika, with chessmen in three different colours. |
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| Resembling broken chessmen or coffee pots, the trio of empty towers accommodate various bizarre functions. |
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| The chessmen, stone gnomes, were drawn up like twin guards of opposing honour. |
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| The set comprising chessmen placed on a board in wood has a quaint appearance. |
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| Other candidates include the ship burial at Sutton Hoo, the Lindisfarne Gospels, Magna Carta, the Domesday Book and the Isle of Lewis chessmen. |
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| The board looks particularly beautiful combined with dark chessmen. You will undoubtedly fall in love with it! |
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| This type of chessmen is a standard that can be used by all kind of players. |
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| Staunton Russian style chessmen set. Pieces are all made of boxwood and carefully lacquered to have a perfect ebonized look. |
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| However the king must stand between two rooks and chessmen of the same playing strength must oppose each others. |
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| They include swords with runes etched in the hilt, ivory chessmen, fine gold jewellery and trade goods like amber and silk. |
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| Material : brown chessmen are made of rosewood and white chessmen of boxwood. |
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| This magnetic shogi game includes a foldable shogi board, also called shogiban, and magnetic chessmen. |
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| Orders for games included 48 chessboards and chessmen, 12 sets of fox and geese, 6 sets of jackstraws, 9 boxes of ninepins, and 3 sets of German tactics. |
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| However, chessmen and sets are now coming to light from Eastern Europe, that are firmly dated to the 10th century AD, that are made from similar materials. |
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| According to Spalding, the problem of the chessmen could be solved by further dividing the collection and lending some to Lewis on a rotating basis. |
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| A set of exquisitely carved ivory chessmen, a moa egg, stuffed birds, and bird skins, although jumbled in with rubbish, were all neatly catalogued. |
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| The chessmen are cast in stone powder, sealed and hand-painted. |
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| The Lewis chessmen, although Viking, date to the mid twelfth century. |
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| The chessmen, red and white, fit into the boards by tiny pegs. |
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| To cope with the ever-increasing info onslaught, you must be able to position documents in your own future as deliberately as you move chessmen forward. |
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| The pawns remain on their usual places, while the chessmen at the first and the eight rank may be placed at random. |
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| This strengthening comes as the chessmen capture their opponent's pieces. |
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| Pieces are fitted with magnets making them very stable on the board and easy to use when on a move. Backgammon chessmen are also fitted with magnets. |
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| Moreover, he possesses a handsome army of scrimshandered chessmen whom we shall keep busy until either the Prophetess's departure or the Nellie's arrival. |
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| Enchanted Chessmen is a library in the public library of Cleveland, Ohio, with a collection of more than 2000 chessmen, which you also may study on the web. |
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| Luminous gradations of skylight, spiky silhouettes, humour, menace and challenge – everything is there, from the hugeness of Hagrid to the horrified expressions of untrusting new wizard chessmen. |
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| The best known find is the Lewis chessmen, which date from the mid 12th century. |
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| The best known find from this time is the Lewis chessmen, which date from the mid 12th century. |
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| Within this context I fully support, for example, the return of the Lewis chessmen to a location in the Western Isles of Scotland and, likewise, the St Ninian's Isle treasure to Shetland. |
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| Chessmen have been made in every conceivable material from straw to bronze. |
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| One of the most famous archaeological finds in Scotland are the Lewis Chessmen, made from walrus ivory and dating from the 12 th century. |
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