The Custom Chess Board and Pieces

My wife's nephew has gotten pretty involved in the chess team and when I asked him last year what he would want me to build for him, he said a fancy chess board. This set is made mostly from maple and purpleheart. The maple (some spalted) is from a tree I cut, dried and milled myself. I used oak, cherry, and cedar for various trim around the board, board case, and pieces. I got some ideas about the pieces from just googling but I pretty much just designed them on the fly. All the bottoms are finished with crush velvet. He's extremely satisfied with his one of a kind chess set, as am I!