Speaking about ‘the art of war’ might awake an impression of the famous wisdom compendium ‘sun tsu’, and of course the process of planing, preparing and acting can’t be overlooked whilst gazing at this opulent chess set. There was “no apparent reason” to create this bar raising luxury game according to its maker Victor F. Scharstein, excepting an innermost intuition. A truly masterpiece seized hundreds of hours in handwork and imagination, and a truly exclusive assortments of precious materials were processed – from rhodium over sapphires to diamonds. The figures are made of solid 14 carat gold which will make you think twice before doing a turn. [via]