2013 World Chess PiecesWorld Chess is well on its way to return chess to 1970s fame. With a bold, fresh vision, entrepreneur Andrew Paulson ushers in a new identity and re engineered playing environments, complete with a new chess set design debuted at the 2013 World Chess Championships Daniel Weil was tasked with creating this design based on the Staunton Chess Set first patented in 1849 by Nathaniel Cook. While variations on the original Staunton design have become common