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Among my favourites are the RCM Botvinnik-Flohr I (-33) replicas.
DesperateKingWalk wrote:
Nice set of rooks. That chess set is on my short list of chess set to buy.
I think you´ll be pleased.
Dec 8, 2023
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ungewichtet wrote:
I don't see any rooks there, I see 6 queens though 
Presuming Kings are on c7 and h7, whose move?
Pamvo7 wrote:
ungewichtet wrote:
I don't see any rooks there, I see 6 queens though
Presuming Kings are on c7 and h7, whose move?
You are right.. desperate's vaudeville rooks from #2 and #7, I was thinking, that's great, I always envision the groups of chess pieces as theatre circus troupes.. but where did I see that before, upside down rooks.. Oh yeah, let me take a photo of 'promoted' rooks!
I searched for '6 queens' and, very kindly, Gotham Chess had treated one such game, and with the players' names from the video I found it and can share the link to that memorable game:
IM Emil Szalanczy vs. WFM Thi Mai Hung Nguyen 1/2-1/2 (Budapest, '1st Saturday', October 2009)
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1699399
The old set that came with no extra queens was simply called 'Russian Uprights' by great researcher on Russian chessmen Chuck Grau, when he distinguished them from pieces named 'Averbakh' in an entry on his website. The pieces would be from around 1940.
It is black to move after 64. Nb6-d5, but it is no puzzle position, only picturesque. 6 queens were on board for 13 half-moves.
Dec 8, 2023
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@ungewichtet danke schon, nice game, amazing it ended a draw with so much power on the board, but it shows the skill of the players - how not to lose against 3 queens!
Back to the topic, here's a couple of rooks, age unknown:
Dec 8, 2023
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#13
The giveaway that these fine men are Rooks is the shape of their sombreros! These are from a ridiculous, yet fantastic chess set I collected some time ago. See Mexican Mirth.
Dec 9, 2023
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#14
beachero wrote:
This rook is simple, beautiful and different to what I have seen before or at least, I do not have the experience to place it. To what set does it belong?
Powderdigit wrote:
beachero wrote:
This rook is simple, beautiful and different to what I have seen before or at least, I do not have the experience to place it. To what set does it belong?
American Chess Company c1900. Some more pics here:
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-equipment/early-recent-american-chess-sets#comment-60246773
This 70 mm high rook is from a cheap Romanian (?) unweghted set. I like it (and the rest of the set).
Yenster1 wrote:
nice rook
The Knights on Parade thread is still very much active but there are other pieces. Like this rook from the RCM Soviet Russian 1960´s set. A tall and elegant design.