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ganz_unten

Hello,
I'm a chess set collector.
The sets I like the most are the usual chess club sets, mainly those which are not manufactured in India or China but are still made by local manufacturers.

Although everybody thinks I have too many chess sets, I want to take advantage of all people visiting this forum and ask you about chess sets used in chess clubs/small competitions on your country/area and, if possible, a webpage or two where I could purchase them. In order to add more gems to my collection.

So far, those are the ones that I have already identified.
I didn't include any old chess set that is not being manufactured nowadays, such as plastic druekes, GDR sets, Best Chessmen Ever (they where used in a couple of tournaments) etc. as the list would be really loooooooong.
I have seen some finnish, turkish, from azerbaijan, etc sets that seems to be local production and were played in tournaments, but I don't own any of them and I couldn't find a single link where I could purchase one. Those are the ones I'm looking for.


The links are just to identify the sets and in some case it is the place I purchased them, I don't have any link with the companies. If you have alternative links don't hesitate to share.

Used in all the world (mostly China/India made):

Netherlands and Germany

Used in Spain (made in Spain):

Used in France (made in France):

Used in East Europe (Made in east europe):   

I have a couple of allmost all of them, but not the one sold by Sandor Biro. Do you know a way or link to get the Sandor Biro's one?
Do you have any other sets/countries in your list? and a link to buy them?

Thanks everyone



cehirdie

Swedish club set inn wood: http://www.sjakkbutikken.no/produkter/trebrikker-svenska-tavlingsmodellen/

ganz_unten

Hello,

thanks a lot for the link. It seems to be a difficult task to pay and ask for sending outside Norway.

I would try to contact them anyway.

Best regards

ganz_unten

 

Mission accomplished...

null

Thanks again for the link.

Any other club sets that worth the effort?

cehirdie
No problem :) Unfortunaly that was the only other set I knew of that were not on your list, but best of luck in your quest for finding more :)
manfred_scriba_ms07

As a serious collector of Staunton chess sets, I was pleasantly surprised with ChessBazaar's Romanian chess set. What a wonderful replica, it is a reproduction of a historic set. Size is great for clubs and blitz and at a great price too.

https://www.chessbazaar.com/reproduced-romanian-hungarian-national-tournament-chess-set-in-ebonized-natural-boxwood-3-8-king.html?___SID=U

Though being a mediocre chess collector, collecting expensive repro sets are pretty much out of the question for me. Still, I've also their 1919 Marcel Duchamp chess set. But I've never played from it. I'm afraid to use it unless it is a special occasion.