Chess figures – Nathaniel Cooke
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BA Practice Based Course
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2022
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The history of chess figures reaches back until 600 A.D., where the first piece was found in India. However, nowadays there can be found various designs of said figures. The first chess Set, introduced by Nathaniel Cooke in 1835 was revolutionary as it spread the board game around the whole world, accessible for everyone to play. In the following, I drew multiple views and designs of chess figures to understand this evolutionary product better.