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Plastic Sets: HOS or Drueke? - 2008/05/09 05:26
A trivia question: About 2.5 years ago I was looking for a good plastic chess set, and went in search of a Drueke Player's Choice set (could not find one) but I was referred to one <b> House of Staunton </b> -- a company I had never heard of -- so I went to the website and found not one but several plastic sets and eventually settled on the <b> Marshall Series </b> first in Red and White, and then later in Black and Natural (so I can mix and match as the spirit moves me). Last month my step brother set me money to buy a wood chess wood board for my birthday so I bought a <b> Rosewood and Maple Deluxe </b> board with 2.25 " squares by <b> Rechapados and Ferrer </b> to which I added brass corner protectors. I took board and the Black and Natural set to the local club and everyone Ooooed and Ahaed over both the look and feel -- and it <b> looked </b> REAL nice to boot on that particular board!!! Oh and the Drueke set... I actually got to play on one ( it said "Drueke" on top of the rook ) when a guy with an expert rating came in with one... while I found the set to be nice and heavy and looked like it could take a beating, or dropped from an airplane and survive, I also found it to be rather, shall I say, "Clunky" looking. It would be interesting to see what your favorite plastic set is to use.
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