The offical chess set used in competions is named after who?
Staunton chess set The Staunton chess set is composed of a particular style of chess pieces used to play the game of chess. According to the rules of chess, this style is to be used for competitions. Nathaniel Cook is credited with the design, and they are named after Howard Staunton. The first 500 sets were hand signed and numbered by Staunton. This style of set was first made available by Jaques of London in 1849, and they quickly became the standard. They have been used around the world since.
Bashni Bashni (also known as "Stolbovye shashki") is a draughts game based on the rules of Russian draughts, main difference from other draughts games is that after capturing pieces instead of being removed from the board are placed under the piece that jumped over them, forming a column (Russian word Bashni meaning column). It is played in Russia and some parts of the former USSR. A variant, Lasca, was invented by World Chess Champion Emanuel Lasker, using a mixture of the rules from Bashni and English draughts.