Last Friday's Set--The Pieces of the Petropolis 1973 Interzonal

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Some photos of the 1973 Petropolis Interzonal set.

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Cool post! You have some skittles or just going over the tournament material? I am searching for some people in Portland, Maine to do something like this weekly.

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Nice set, Chuck! The pieces are nice but the pawn really caught my eye.

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Thanks, Nic. My friend and I have been playing and drinking beer Friday nights for years.
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Thanks, Up! The pawn's stem is unique.
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This is a good looking set. I like the knight. I am curious what kind of wood was used for the dark pieces. 

 

I think we have the same chess table. Is that from HOS?

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Nice looking set! Always nice to see your posts....Btw,I assume you need to dust off that fine collection pretty often?-happy.png

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Nice, thanks for sharing!!

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liml wrote:

This is a good looking set. I like the knight. I am curious what kind of wood was used for the dark pieces. 

 

I think we have the same chess table. Is that from HOS?

Yes, that's the same table.

The dark pieces are Brazilian walnut. I have to check about the white ones.

 

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magictwanger wrote:

Nice looking set! Always nice to see your posts....Btw,I assume you need to dust off that fine collection pretty often?-

I dust every few months. It's not that hard. I run a HEPA air filter 24/7 and it suppresses the dust. Keeping the proper levels of humidity is more work.

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Fer8799 wrote:

Nice, thanks for sharing!!

Thanks, Fer, and you're very welcome.

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 Chuck - don't want to derail the discussion on the beautiful Petropolis set but could you share your experiences with maintaining humidity in a winter climate?

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ronwest911 wrote:

 Chuck - don't want to derail the discussion on the beautiful Petropolis set but could you share your experiences with maintaining humidity in a winter climate?

I keep a humidifier running that allows me to pretty much set the humidity level.

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The other knight is from the Mechanics Institute set. It's in the photo because the Petropolis knights reminded me of it.

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https://imagebin.ca/v/3oWQmP5RQpr3

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Sorry I'm newbie. I don't know use the links. Please send me info about #28 picture. Regards

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This is the image from #28.

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It's hard to tell from this picture alone, but it appears it could be a reproduction of a Petropolis. How did you come across the link?

 

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This is from a friend in São Paulo. But he doesn't have another photo. I try to put another much bigger.