Lovely! Unlike sports items such as diamond studded golf balls or gold plated tennis bats, Chess is one game where all these golds, diamonds etc don’t look out of place.
In fact chess made of ivory (bad thing to buy) and crystals looks awesome too.. and this is mind blowing.. would like to buy one :)

Check the ivory chess - http://www.bornrich.org/entry/mammoth-ivory-collector-series-luxury-chess-set-rare-treasure-to-behold/

And this one too - http://www.bornrich.org/entry/momentous-chess-sets-for-hours-of-engaging-pleasure/

Thanks for the links Deepa. Beautiful aren’t they?
In fact the more the blings you add, the better it looks! Its quite fascinating... I really can’t think of any other game that has such a characteristic.

hey deepa.. the fact that i dun play chess ( not outta choice, jus that i dun no how to play) naturally proves i am a baboon-head.. :( but this blingy and ivory chessboards have stirred a desire to make a move in that direction.. :D

Ditto Ruchi, I too belong to the baboon head tribe :) Am not embarrassed to accept that I don’t know to play chess. However such exceptional chess sets don’t fail to impress me.

Hey Ruchi and Deepa, I can teach you people how to play Chess but in return you both have to chip in to give me one of the super chess games described here.... bolo, are you people game for it? :P

I wish I was rich enough to gift such chess sets to all my friends who love to play this game :(