Restoring, Buying and Collecting Chess Sets: a Rumination (for Jaques of London)

I HAVE MOVED! See http://www.chessspy.com This is a popular essay, however, and I have left it on scribd because it reaches a wide audience here. I have published on scribd for many years, and have been a staunch supporter of such sites. However, I have ventured into the terra incognita of having my own true website for the first time, and will in future publish there. If this interests you, I am at http://www.chessspy.com. If you follow me in my twitter guise of @alandewey I will let you know as new posts are published. Cheers! Alan