Fischer Ultimate original replacement piece sources?

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Avatar of jimjcollins

Someone snatched a "white" Rook from my circa 1990 original "Ultimate Chess Set" during cleanup. Looking around the net, it seems spares for the originals are hard to come by now, as can bee seen in the very limited spare piece offerings at chesshouse for the original version of the set,

Does anyone know of an alternative source for these? I'd greatly like to get back to a full set. Plus I'd pick up some spare Queens, which the original set didn't include.

Thanks,
- James

Avatar of Pawnerai

Have you tried contacting amchesseq? It's not listed on their site, but they might have some random original Ultimates (Gen1) spares in the back if you enquire nicely. Not sure about the Queens since they are more in demand, but they might have an extra white rook. Can't hurt to ask.

Avatar of TundraMike

Maybe contact Shelby from the Rochester Chess Center? He might have some loose pieces.

Avatar of GrandPatzerDave

...and there's always eBay and etsy.

Avatar of jimjcollins

Thanks for the recommendations, I'll give them a try! I did check eBay but I only saw folks selling almost complete sets for quite a high cost, a price at which I'd rather just replace the set with a more modern one which has replacement pieces readily available, etc.

Avatar of jimjcollins

I also wondered if anyone had modeled this set such that replacement pieces could be produced via 3D printer? The colors would not match but it would still be very useful to have a replacement which is the exact same shape & size.