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A Very Interesting New Work by Oleg Raikis
Wow. Even the pawns are unique. Which rooks did Oleg carve? It's so good I can't tell. And since the pieces are unique, how did he know what form to carve the missing rooks as?
@Pawnerai : I believe he created the rectangular tower and the cannon.
@Pawnerai and @MCH818 : He was given creative license to design/create the knights/rooks because photos (or even descriptions) of the missing original pieces do not exist.
Ok that makes sense. That's really cool. I agree with @Pawnerai. I couldn't even tell which one he made.
Similar to The Isle Of Lewis Chessmen, hopefully one day the 4 missing Knights and 2 missing Rooks will reappear after spending decades in someone's cabinet and the set will take a few steps to be fully reunited. I can only imagine how splendid those missing 6 look if these 26 incredible pieces are what the person declined to take.
Oleg received a commission recently to create a handful of pieces missing from an old set; the set depicts an attack, instead of a battle (as is usually the case), of an army upon a town of civilians, which is very interesting. Based upon the intricate detail/carving quality/etc., Oleg believes the original set to be the work of a master. Oleg advised me there is quite a bit of interest in this set in the collector world, and he has already received commissions for replicas from a few high-end collectors.
From Oleg:
"I recently finished a very interesting work. This unique chess set looks like a 19 c, Swiss master. There were lacked 6 pieces: 2 knights of each side and 1 rook of each side. I have tried to create and make these pieces according to the style, technique, and plot of the Master."
Some photos: