Jaques of London is a family company that manufactures sports and game equipment. In operation since 1795, the company has also been known as John Jaques of London and Jaques and Son of London. "Jaques" is pronounced "Jakes".
Jaques had exclusive manufacturing rights for a chess set designed by Nathaniel Cook in 1849 and named the Staunton chess set after Howard Staunton. This set later became the official international standard.
They were also the first publishers of games such as tiddlywinks and snakes and ladders. Their most popular game inventions were probably croquet, table tennis and happy families, all of which are still around to this day and in some cases are still very popular. One of their most recent products is Scattles.
A Jaques set was used by Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky in the 1972 World Chess Championship (Edmonds & Eidinow 2004:163).
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World War II
The Jaques of London factory along with the chessmen plans were destroyed in an airstrike during World War II.
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References
- Edmonds, David; Eidinow, John (2004), Bobby Fischer Goes to War, Faber and Faber, ISBN 0-571-21411-8
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