Chess set in "The Girl in the Spider's Web" movie - help me identify.

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Puzzleman66

In the opening scene of the movie The Girl in the Spider's Web, we see the two main characters playing chess using a set that is in the Staunton family but with a modernist design based on a cone shape.

The set very much resembles the Classic Series Cone Shaped pieces but with the variation that the pawns and bishops do not have a little ball at the end of their cones, meaning they end in a point.

I think this variation looks very nice and I was wondering if any here on the forum had seen it elsewhere (besides the movie) or perhaps the set was made specifically for the film.

Here is a link to that opening scene:

https://youtu.be/kilv-xID-hA

Any info appreciated.

quadibloc

Found it!

 

https://www.chessbaron.co.uk/chess-E2003.htm

JackShrader

https://www.chessbazaar.com/catalogsearch/result/?cat=0&q=cone

Puzzleman66

Thank you so much Quadibloc, that's exactly the one! The Contemporary Modern Chess Set. And it doesn't seem too pricey. Thanks again!

quadibloc

I'm glad I could help. I searched for modernistic chess sets, looked through a lot of search results, and finally found one where the Pawns matched. It was on Pinterest, so I had to follow it to its real source.

Alison_Douglass

what about the handheld chess the young boy was playing

skakunm

There is also this set

https://www.usedvictoria.com/ReportSelectUsedAdPhoto2?used_ad_id=33232022&position=6&hb=4

KnightsForkCafe

Here is one place you can get it.

http://www.houseofchess.com/artistic-modern-pyramid-wood-chess-set-pieces-king-size-3inch-gold-black-colored.html