Victor F. Scharstein has given shape to his dream of 30 years in the form of this bejeweled Art Of War which is a truly stunning piece of beauty, like none you have seen before.

This one-of-a-kind set features rhodium and gold chess pieces that move over a jeweled ebony board. To raise the bar of luxury, the designer has ornamented every piece with precious rocks like diamonds, rubies, emeralds and sapphires.

The board stands on two yellow gold feet encrusted with diamonds and two white gold feet with rubies. Even the “Art Of War” words on the Chinese version on the board are etched out of 14 carat gold. The case that is supposed to house this uber-exclusive chess set is pimped with gold samurai characters and stands on 8 solid gold balls.

The estimated cost to create this luxury chess set is $50,000 but if you are interested, you will have to contact the maker, as the price will be disclosed only on request.

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This collection is a dream come true for the ultimate gamer, especially so for the gamer that shares passion for both the adrenalin rush of Formula 1 and the classical battle of chess.

The pieces of this beautifully crafted set are actually parts of the Renault car – the suspension, hubs, uprights, wings and cockpit sitting.

The genuine engine pieces of titanium, stainless steel, aircraft specification aluminium and carbon fiber have literally felt the heat of Formula 1, and sit coolly on 64 squares of sterling silver and leather.

A collector’s item for all the right reasons of exclusivity, uniqueness, luxury and delight, the Renault F1 Team chess set comes at a price of £21,000 (or approximately US$41,600) for the die-hard Renault fan who can boast of having a real piece of a Renault car gleaming on their coffee table. We have the latest exclusive pictures of the chess set for you courtesy of the makers at the Renault F1 Team Collection.

Chess is known to be a mind game where each player plans his move and plots strategies against his opponent.

Enter the Thinking Table, an interactive table with a built in chess board with an artificial intelligence program, which thinks and predicts the probable moves the player may be planning. The computer’s thought process gets sketched on the screen as it plays and a map of thousands of possible futures gets illuminated on the board.

The board is both the arena in which the two players act, and a thought space in which their linked choices, deliberations and hostilities are made visible. Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders and that is exactly the thinking machines predict to make the game all the more exciting. The Thinking Table is currently a project in progress and we would love to see it being commercialized.

The Mammoth Ivory Collector Series Signature Chess Set from the House of Staunton is crafted from 40,000-year old Wooly Mammoth Ivory and reproduced on the lines of the original Staunton pattern Chess set, registered by Nathaniel Cook and produced by Jaques of London in 1849.

The full Club-sized Chess set features a 4.4″ King with a 2.0″ diameter base.

While the white army retains the original ivory, the black army is stained black. The aesthetically handcrafted chess set comes packaged with a personalized Certificate of Authenticity and complementary English Leather base pads that can be affixed to the underside of the both armies if so desired.

The exquisite chess set can be all yours for $9,999.. And to think of all the history there is in each piece… Via Bornrich