Real world article
(written from a production point of view)
The Star Trek Commemorative Chess Set was produced by The Franklin Mint for Star Trek's 25th anniversary in 1991. It was a standard chess set with Star Trek: The Original Series-themed pieces:
Board and pieces
Close-up of pieces
Gold pieces[]
- King: Captain James T. Kirk
- Queen: Lt. Uhura
- Bishops: Commander Spock and Dr. Leonard McCoy
- Knights: Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery Scott and Lt. Hikaru Sulu
- Rooks: The USS Enterprise
- Pawns: Starfleet security officers
Silver pieces[]
- King: Khan Noonien Singh
- Queen: The Romulan commander from "The Enterprise Incident"
- Bishops: A Vian and the Gorgan
- Knights: Romulan officer and Gorn commander
- Rooks: Klingon D7-class cruiser
- Pawns: Klingon foot soldiers
The pieces were produced in pewter, plated in either 24-karat gold or sterling silver and placed on crystal hexagonal bases. The board doubled as the storage case for the pieces.
The Franklin Mint also produced a matching Star Trek Commemorative Checker Set.