None of the designers of these five sets knew, what a finnish workhorse looks alike. I can see ( starting from the nearest), a bear, a "idunnowhat", a panther, an "owl-cat", and a boxer (dog)...
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Given that chess is a battle between two armies, I'm not surprised that workhorses don't appear ...
The above are presented as Finnish on The Chess Museum site however they’re almost certainly Ecuadorian in origin.
Helsinki 1952 Chess Set
( Chess set of 1952 Chess Olympiad Helsinki Finland )
Verification photos from the 1952 Chess Olympiad
SA-KUVA - an archive of photographs of the Finnish defensive forces covering the period from 1939 to 1945
Photo:
of the Estonian chess master Paul Keres in a game against Finnish soldiers near Laatokka.
Date Taken on 10 December 1943
They play with "Helsinki 1952 Chess Set" chess pieces.
As you can see from the photo, these chess pieces were in Finland long before the 1952 Chess Olympiad.
Finnish chess tournaments still play "Helsinki 1952 Chess Set".
Heikki Lehtinen is a Finnish chess player and international master. Finnish Champion 2003 and 2004
On a chessboard, Finnish national chess set "Helsinki 1952 Chess Pieces".
Helsinki 1952 Chess Set
Amazing set!
10 minute video from the 1952 Chess Olympiad. The video clearly shows chess pieces and a chess clock.
Helsinki 1952 Chess Set
Finnish Team Chess Championship. (Finnish chess pieces)
SA-KUVA
Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive 1939 - 1945
Pictured are Finnish soldiers playing chess. ( Finnish chess pieces )
Paul Keres 1943
Dec 22, 2022
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Hi people, I'm trying to identify this set that appears in the Magnus Carlsen documentary.
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-equipment/help-me-to-identify-this-set-from-the-magnus-carlsen-documentary
Is not the same as the one that you showed here, but some lines are quite similar.
Do you have any clue about the set that I'm looking for?
Swedish chess pieces, competition model?
Mar 10, 2023
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#33
These pieces are quite common to find in Scandinavia, especially Sweden and Norway.
I own some traditional finnish chess men sets. Basicly they are all quite close each other, but you can clearly find at least five slightly different ones. I don´t know the age of them, but the modell is more than half a century old. Some of them are identical with the pictures above. I think that is the most common model. All of the sets are made from the birch wood, one from the bird´s eye birch, whitch we call visakoivu here in Finland. Anyone knows more about old and traditional finnsh chess men?