FIDE Championship set (Plastic)

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Avatar of goommba88

I just saw the video of Magnus playing Judit Polar playing with this

set. When it first came out I was knd of blah about it/ but after watching

this video I really like te look of it now

Opinions everyone!?

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There's some previous discussion here:

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-equipment/review-official-academy-chess-set-plastic-world-championship-pieces

I think I'd summarize it as Dyatlov might...not great, not terrible!

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They always seem to lean to the cheap side when doing the bottom felts/ If I` am going to pay a premium price for plastic (50$) then I `shoud be getting something at least approaching billard cloth quality

later dudes

goommba88

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I really like mine. The board won't last long but the pieces are a pleasure to use.

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Do you know of a good place to order this set from the usa jupiter6?

 

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I'm not jupiter, but a quick amazon search finds it:

https://www.amazon.com/World-Chess-Championship-Official-Tournament/dp/B09DZ1ZHQB/ref=sr_1_3?crid=15CCJJ7MH0LI1&keywords=fide+plastic+academy+chess+pieces&qid=1656959203&sprefix=fide+plastic+academy+chess+pieces%2Caps%2C126&sr=8-3

Good luck.

Avatar of jjupiter6

I'm not in the US so I don't know.

Avatar of chessmaster_diamond

Not my cup of tea. I could live with the toilet bowl knights, but not the low weight. 

Avatar of Schachmonkey
Lots of discussion on this set it’s a great set it was 36 us for the regular version. Well balanced very nice packaging quality moulding I think it would make a great gift to a new player. Significant design that’s used in many of the titles matches.
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Check my review from last year here:

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-equipment/review-world-chess-official-academy-chess-set