The Jolly Roger Band Chess set by Jim Arnold

That is so cool, very nice job.

-- Dale West Central Pa. Do it all, before last call.

Looks like a mixture of fun and hard work. Excellent job on this.

-- "The way to make a small fortune in woodworking- start with a large one"

Kasparov, Fischer, Karpov, Anand … you name a GM who wouldn’t want to play on that and I say there goes a man with no sense of style or humor. Great set.

-- If I had more money, I'd have more tools

Awesome job! Very creative.I can’t wait to see the future sets.

-- Alex -- "I will one day write something intelligent, witty, or humorous here"

How about a Star Wars set, with Luke and Leia as white king and queen, Darth Vader and the emperor as the black, etc?

Then there’s aStar Trek set, with the gang from the original show on one side and the Next Generation crew on the other?

A buddy of mine in the Air Force had a travel set with military ranks sent into disks with magnets underneath ans a veneer covered metal sheet for the board. One you got used to the ranks, it was fun to use.

-- The nicer the nice, the higher the price!

Great work, labor of love for sure. Bob

-- Bob A in NJ

I like your chess board. It is very neat!

Good job!

-- Abbas, Castro Valley, CA

cool set

-- It's made of wood. Real sturdy.--Chubbs Peterson

Awesome job, Jim…. can’t wait to see the ‘Mars Chess Set’ when you get it finished!

-- Rick, south Sweden

Very cool!

very nice work!!!

-- Jorge Velez, Guadalajara, Mexico.

This set is TOO COOL! Gotta get a board put together so me and the oldest daughter can play checkers without needing forceps to grab the pieces.
BTKS

-- "Man's ingenuity has outrun his intelligence" (Joseph Wood Krutch)

Awesome! Well done!

-- christopheralan

You have really got some superb skills, both technical and creative. This is the most desirable chess set I have ever seen in my 40 years on this Earth. The canon is simply too much!

-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog

Wonderful set Jim. It sounds like your future projects are all mapped out. I can think a lot of chess players would give their right arm for a theme set like this.

-- Mike, an American living in Norway.