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Does anybody know where this set comes from? I bought it today in a second-hand shop. The pieces are cast metal, heavy, and not painted or plated.

The board is very close to a Tunisian olivewood board on amazon but the pieces are not what comes with that set.

They look similar to ones called Byzantine originating in, perhaps, Turkey? But i haven't seen a pic of a set with the elephants for bishops.

The kings are 2" high, and the squares are 15/16".

Thanks for any insight. Pics in the comments....

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Byzantine? chess pieces

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byzantine pieces, tunisian board?

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Haha. I just realised the drawers should go at the sides!

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White square is always on the right.

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Is that an acoustic 4 string bass in the background? That's really cool!

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CavanPawn wrote:

Is that an acoustic 4 string bass in the background? That's really cool!

That would be cool, but it's merely a quite nice six string