From Tallinn to Tbilisi: The Evolution of the Tal Chess Pieces – Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets

Former world chess champion Mikhail Tal, USSR Ch. Yerevan 1962. Sputnik photo. Collectors typically study photographs of events to help them determine what type of pieces they have in their collections, when they were used, in which events, and by which players. Sometimes, however, they discover pieces in photographs of which they have not seen…

Belarusian Mushroom Chessmen – Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets

Laughing Knight Chess Set – Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets

THE REPRODUCTION OF 1960 MIKHAIL TAL CHESS SET BOXWOOD & EBONIZED 4.125 KING WITH 2 SQUARE CHESS BOARD

Accurate reproduction of the popular Latvian chess set –

Mikhail Tahl Commemorative Chessmen - www.

From Tallinn to Tbilisi: The Evolution of the Tal Chess Pieces – Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets

Working the Soviet Design Toolbox: Porat Jacobson's “Smyslova” Set – Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets

NOJ's Tal Set--"An Anthem to the Reproduction of Chess Pieces" - Chess Forums

1935 Moscow International Chessmen with “Menchick Knights” – Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets

Late 1930s Grandmaster Set: A Return to the Staunton Style – Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets