#MINIMALIST MODERN CHESS SET SERIES#

This set comes with 32 hand-painted playing pieces, including Princess Peach, Luigi, and Yoshi, and a collectorвЂ™s edition tin case for storage. Mario and Bowser are once again battling for the Mushroom Kingdom-only this time itвЂ™s through the strategic game of chess. If anything is going to get them off their Nintendo, itвЂ™s a Nintendo-inspired chess set. Improving critical thinking, concentration, memory, problem-solving, and the ability to think creatively-who wouldnвЂ™t want to improve their brain in those ways? Being able to do so while playing a game just makes it all the more appealing. We often think of old men in the park playing chess, but there are plenty of brainy benefits of teaching chess to kids-and they donвЂ™t have to be Bobby Fisher-level prodigies to reap them. Here are sets for players at every level-whether you're a Beth Harmon in hiding, just aspire to be, or if you're simply feeling chess-curious. If youвЂ™ve yet to get on the вЂњnew chess set bandwagonвЂќ you might want to think about buying yours right now. eBay has reported that every six minutes someone does a search for a chess set, and NPD published a recent finding that in the 21 days following the show's release, chess sales increased by 87% in the US. Over the past nine months of the pandemic, the game experienced what international chess master Levy Rozman called a вЂњpandemic bump,вЂќ but since the showвЂ™s release chess sets are flying off shelves at nearly the same speed as Clorox wipes and toilet paper.

#MINIMALIST MODERN CHESS SET SERIES#

With over 62 million households tuning in since the show debuted in late October, it has been crowned the most popular limited scripted series in NetflixвЂ™s history and-with its style, substance, and a unique stay-at-home-orders appeal-it has prompted one of the biggest chess booms since the days of Bobby Fischer dominance in the 1970s. If you havenвЂ™t seen the series yet, itвЂ™s only a matter of time. People have been playing it for nearly 1,500 years and while its popularity has remained constant for centuries, itвЂ™s certainly experiencing a surge right now with the unparalleled popularity of the Netflix series, The QueenвЂ™s Gambit.

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Minimalist modern chess set