IC Design
Cy Endfield - Travel Chess Set
Chess figures & folding chess board
The president of the International Chess Federation and former world chess champion May Euwe chose the Endfield chess design as the Federation's commemorative chess set for the legendary World Chess Championship Match between American Bobby Fischer and Russian Boris Spasski. This new chess set edition with folding board commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Fischer - Spasski Match.
Cyril Endfield majored in Drama at Yale while also studying mathematics, mechanical drawing and silversmithing. Occasionally working on the side as a professional magician and was admitted as a member of the Magic Castle in L.A. and the Magic Circle in London . Endfield assisted Orson Wells on Mercury Theater projects and then later went on to direct film noir classics such as The Underworld Story and The Sound of Fury. Blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1951, Endfield lived and worked in the UK for the rest of his life.
Authorized by the Endfield Estate to Ameico Inc
Board folded: 7 x 13.5 x 2 cm; board open 27.5 x 27.5 cm,
Pieces: 2.8 cm height, 2 cm diameter
