U-Turn

The family on knowing the importance of the chess piece was left dumbstruck. Within a span of 5 hours their life had taken a total U-turn. There was a time when they did not think of bringing the piece to the store and now they were really glad that they did.

Left In Awe

When the family was told that the single piece of the chess set that they brought would be sold for more than a million-dollar pounds, they did not know how to react. They thought of trying and learning more about that chess piece.

Couldn’t Believe

No one in the family could believe what the auction store had told them about the value of the piece of chess. But when they found out more about the chess set they were left surprised more than they already were. The chess set had a mythological value too.

Totally Different

The chess pieces did not seem anything like the chess pieces we see today. There is a theory that the chess set has a Norse History. The pieces do not look like any normal pawn or a knight in fact they look like army personnel who are thirsty for war.

Fate

It turns out that fate played a crucial role in the whole story. Think about it, a piece of chess that was worth more than a million was locked in a drawer and that too for more than a decade. And the greatest thing was that no one threw it thinking that it was some kind of waste.

Evolution

One of the reasons apart from the fact that the Lewis Chessmen is the oldest chess set ever that it was considered quite important was the fact that it showed the evolution of the people’s mind from the medieval ages to now.