Inheritance

The grandson recalls that “My mother was very fond of the chessmen as she admired its intricacy and quirkiness. She believed that it was special and thought perhaps it could even have had some magical significance.”

The Drawer

“For many years it resided in a drawer in her home where it had been carefully wrapped in a small bag. From time to time, she would remove the chess piece from the drawer in order to appreciate its uniqueness.” added the grandad’s daughter.

Anonymity

The family wanted to remain anonymous because they never wanted their relatives to know that they had suddenly turned millionaires overnight. The family did not want to share the amount with any of the relatives.

Oldest Chess Set

The world’s oldest chess set was discovered back in 1831 and every historian wanted to get their hands on this set. When it was discovered, many of the pieces were missing from the set. And with its discovery started a quest to search all the pieces around the globe.

Priceless

Archaeologists around the globe started to search for the remaining pieces of the set to complete it. According to historians and the archaeologists, the value of the total set of chess is touted to be priceless and even the single pieces of chess are worth millions.

10 Missing Pieces

There were a total of 93 pieces in the Lewis Chessmen set out of which 11 were still missing but with the discovery of the latest piece that reduces the count of missing pieces to 10. That means that there are a total of 82 pieces that are with the museum.