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‘He stood and took measured steps around his desk, stopping short of the chess set.’
‘So, no, we don't leave the chess set arranged like that all day.’
‘I've got this book on chess sitting next to my bed, along with my magnetic chess set.’
‘He also enclosed the miniature chess set Violette had given to him, saying that he knew that she would have wanted the boy to have it.’
‘As I look around the room I notice the chess set resting on a small table, accompanied by a handful of books.’
‘She reciprocated with a miniature chess set (the game was one of Marks's great loves).’
‘Nik grinned, handing her the chess set, a book, and a writing case.’
‘They found it contained two bibles, a chess set, a backgammon game, a deck of cards, poker chips and several paper back pulp fiction novels.’
‘She was apparently playing with something that looked like a chess set.’
‘A chess set placed upon a matching stand creates the same effect as a painting illuminated by a picture light.’
‘She would read voraciously, fill whole books with her drawings and invent frighteningly complex versions of solitaire using a chess set.’
‘Simon got up and went to his work desk, where he took a boxed chess set from the tiny drawer on the side.’
‘After serious consideration and an amount of market research, they decided to make and sell a chess set.’
‘Maybe you could carve a chess set out of them or something.’
‘When I was young, my father gave me a beautiful, handcrafted chess set.’
‘He has a travelling chess set, its leather cover worn, which folds up and slides into a pocket.’
‘Three days later, one of the team found some pieces of a Persian chess set only nine inches under the surface, which led to the discovery of the city walls.’
‘To her surprise and delight, there was a chess set laid out on the table, the white pieces the creamy color of light coral and the black pieces the dark blue of water at night.’
‘A chess set, a few new books, a sketchbook and pencils, and a writing book were presented to me, so I wouldn't be bored on the voyage or the train journey.’
‘To fight off boredom I will have a pool table and glass chess set with me in the tank.’