…Super Mario knows how to play chess?

Though Super Mario didn’t arrive until more than 500 years after the invention of chess, the union of the two still seems like destiny.

The Super Mario chess set from USAopoly lets you battle for control of the Mushroom Kingdom with 32 hand-painted playing pieces, including Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Bowser, Goombas, and more.

[USAopoly - Super Mario Chess via Retro Thing]

Tagged as: Bowser, Chess, Goomba, Hand-Painted, Luigi, Mario, Mushroom-Kingdom, Princess Peach, Super-Mario, USAopoly, Yoshi