Eastern European and Soviet designs tend to have opposite colored finials with the exception of Vienna Coffeehouse and Bohemia Dragon Knights set.
German Knubbel set with only the King having the opposite colored finial.
Chess sets with notches on top, do they have a name?
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good post. has anyone found this? the bishop with the opposite colored notch? My father wants one of these sets. would be helpful. Thanks. would make his year.
A variation on the theme.
Sounds like it could be a czeska 'klubovka'?
(Captured on a czech site).
drajczy wrote:
good post. has anyone found this? the bishop with the opposite colored notch? My father wants one of these sets. would be helpful. Thanks. would make his year.
Hi.
Your father might want a Dubrovnik chess set. It was the favorite set of Fischer. He demanded to play with one for his 1992 match against Spassky. Since there was not any complete one around, the organizers had to borrow two incomplete ones.
It has been replicated:
https://www.dubrovnikchessmen.com/
Greetings.
Hi to all.
I have seen photos of some nice Eastern European chess sets; in some of them the Bishops have a notch of the opposite colour on the top; another ones have those notches above the King, Queen and Bishops.
Is there a generic name for these type of designs?