| "Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush | | | | players spend hours staring at the pieces |
| the opponent's mind." - Bobby Fischer. | | | | contemplating their next move, it is small wonder |
| The Great War between the Northern and Southern | | | | they are willing to invest large sums procuring a civil |
| states of the "United States" possess a peculiar | | | | war chess set. The civil war chess set reminds them |
| interest for civil war chess set enthusiasts, not only | | | | of the Great War that ravaged the American |
| because it was a struggle between two sections of | | | | landscape for four years, and instead of conversing |
| people akin to us, but because of the epic courage | | | | the old America it gradually and profoundly reshaped |
| with which the weaker party with ill-fed, ill-clad and | | | | the political, financial, and social contours of the nation. |
| ill-equipped troops, for four year sustained the | | | | This sounds a lot like playing Chess without a board! |
| contest with an opponent not only possessed of | | | | Furthermore, just as the larger army usually has the |
| immense numerical superiority, but having the | | | | advantage in a battle, so in Chess the player on the |
| command of the sea, and being able to draw its | | | | table with extra forces is more likely than his |
| arms and munitions of war from all manufactures of | | | | adversary to win the battle. Albeit much of the fun |
| Europe. In many aspects, the American Civil War was | | | | lies in finding the exceptions to this rule, and |
| a turning point in the history of warfare, as it | | | | therefore the civil war chess set is hugely popular as |
| ultimately took shape as a modern-day war. Like | | | | they are reminiscent of the dogged stand taken by |
| Chess, the warring sides voiced the rhetoric of | | | | the Confederates. The civil war chess set is also a |
| ideology and cause, simplified strategies and tactics | | | | very considerate gift for collectors of |
| to build forces of unparallel size, and used these | | | | commemorative items. These meticulous and intricate |
| forces to strike and capture enemy positions. | | | | chess pieces provide exceptional artifact value about |
| "I had lunch with a chess champion the other day. I | | | | the various facets of American civil war. Try a search |
| knew he was a chess champion because it took him | | | | with Google in order to locate these chess sets for |
| 20 minutes to pass the salt." - Eric Sykes. Chess is | | | | sale. Ebay is another choice and you would be wise |
| one of the most popular board games in the world, | | | | to search there also. |
| and possibly the most time consuming. Because chess | | | | |