Official World Chess

Official World Chess Studio Set

The World Championship set, scaled for a flat. The Studio Set is the official World Chess design at 87% of the stage...

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Limited collection · 2026 World Championship match

Geneva 2026

The youngest chess match ever to decide the oldest title in sports

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The pin wall

Enamel pins of World Chess: one for every match. New ones join the wall with each event

5 of 10 on the wall

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Official World Chess

The sets the pros play on

Designed by Pentagram, played on the World Championship stage. From the official FIDE gaming platform

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Three official World Chess sets, from your first tournament to a set for a lifetime

For World Chess players

A set for your rating

Not the cheapest set for the lowest rating. The right one for how you play

Play rated games on World Chess

Beginner

under 1200

Your first set should be the one you keep. The set of the World Championship matches: a walnut board and triple-weighted boxwood pieces, designed by Pentagram

For the school club: Academy Edition, $49

Club player

1200–1800

Magnetic, carries its own pieces inside the board, goes to the club, the café and the plane. The set you actually play on, every week

Tournament player

1800–2200

You have a board. These are the only pieces approved by FIDE for the championship cycle: triple-weighted ebonised boxwood, two extra queens

Need the board too: Premium Set, $769

Master

2200+

The professional’s everyday set: the championship pieces in weighted plastic, the version played at Grand Prix events. For analysis, blitz and daily training

Or the stage set: Championship Set, Walnut, $609

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4.7

Based on 66 reviews · Verified buyers

Rosewood board

Beautiful board. Shipped fast. Came in good condition.
Nathanael C.

The best

Simply, the best plastic chess set, beautiful, modern pieces design, great balance and weight.
Krzysztof W. · Academy Edition
Simply beautiful, I just wish the magnets were a little stronger.
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