Very nice find @Powderdigit! Interesting board construction and design. Let us know as you uncover its mystery. Enjoy the journey!
Polish Chess Set
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It doesn't get any better. Happy that was out there to find and happy playing! Thank you for sharing this with us, and on this very deserving thread. Peace 
@Kovylkino
Thank you for your effort in posting all those interesting pictures! Much appreciated!
Mar 22, 2024
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#25
This is a wonderful thread from @Kovylkino and I will move further discussion to my other thread so as not to hijack this thread. Unless of course, someone has more info that links this set as Polish. Cheers, Wits and Unge for your comments - the board is a beauty, with notation included and interesting inlays too. 👍
Polish Regency chess set 1930s
Polish Regency chess set 1930s
In Polish chess photographs of the 1930s, Regence style chess is often seen. They are somewhat different from French Regence Chess.
Akiba Rubinstein chess session at the Dobski café in Poznan. Master during a game with 25 chess players. (On Polish Regency chess set 1930s boards).
Photo date: March 15, 1931
Mar 25, 2024
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#27
Very interesting indeed! Thank you @Kovylkino for this further information.👍. I enamoured by this set, and I find it interesting that the board also has notation in view via round inlays or wooden dowels on the edge of the board. It was made with great care and fine skill, I believe. Thank you gain for sharing your knowledge. I hope too that you find this set interesting in the context of your deep knowledge. In the end, I’ll never really know the true provenance but it remains a lovely historical artefact.
Polish Staunton No. 6 Tournament Chess Set
Szachy turniejowe Staunton 6
On the board are Polish chess pieces Polish Staunton No. 6 Tournament Chess Pieces. These chess were played in the main Polish chess tournaments from the 90s to the beginning of the 2000s, and gradually they began to be replaced by the DGT Timeless chess set.
Duda during the Cracovia International Chess Festival 2018.
Poland. 35th. Akiba Rubinstein Memorial 1998.
Anatoly Karpov.
Polish chess magazines (Polish Staunton)
Mar 25, 2024
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#29
Kovylkino wrote:
Wits-end написал:
magictwanger wrote:
I wouldn't be surprised if Powderdigit comes up with the board in Post #7,or set in post # 9 this year.
Dang Mr. magictwanger, you beat me to it! I was thinking it looked like something Mr. Lucky….errr…. Mr. Powderdigit found walking the dog today.
Actually, are those slide out wing extensions on the board? Where can i learn more about the board, dimensions, wood specie, etc.? I love to know more about.
Szachownica będąca nagrodą dla polskiego Arcymistrza szachowego Akiby Rubinsteina za zdobycie tytułu Szachowego Mistrza Polski na zawodach odbywających się w Łodzi w 1927 roku. Sama szachownica będąca kwintesencją stylu Art Deco o nieco futurystycznej formie wykonana z drewna dębowego / bukowego z blatem z uskokiem, który fornirowany jest pięknym orzechem. Na 8 rogach znajdują się plakiety wykonane ze srebra próby 800 z grawerem upamiętniającym same zawody oraz nazwisko zwycięzcy tegoż turnieju " II Mistrzostwa Polski w Szachach 20 kwietnia - 7 maja 1927 Łódź ŁTZGSz (pod koroną) Akiba Rubinstein". Na bokach dwie szuflady na figury. Wymiary 35 x 35 cm, wysokość 8 cm. Szachownica po profesjonalnej, zachowawczej konserwacji, plakiety srebrne z celowo zachowaną patyną czasu. Przedmiot nieosiągalny, jedyny na Świecie !
https://e-antyki.com/katalog-antykow/2647-szachownica-arcymistrza-akiby-rubinsteina-1927-rok.html
that board is a beautiful piece of work.
Also, when I see it, I hear in my head, "MEET...GEORGE JET-SON". It's a nice encapsulation of what the future looked like form the 50s/60s
ChessboArt написал:
Is Rubinstein's chessboard still available?
I don't know. This chessboard does not belong to me. You can inquire by following the link.
Michal you are from Poland? Do you have information about the history of Polish chess pieces? If you have information, share it with the forum participants. Since there is no information anywhere about the history of Polish chess pieces, except for this topic. There is a lot written and a lot of information about Soviet, American, English and other chess pieces, but nothing much is known about the history of Polish chess pieces!
The Chess Museum in Moscow is exhibiting a chess set which according to the catalogue is a 19th century Polish tournament chess set. It is similar in style to a chess set which belonged to Leo Tolstoj and which is exhibited in the Tolstoj museum and to an original set in my collection (last picture).
Mar 27, 2024
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#33
I will send this discussion to a friend who deals with the history of chess in Poland.
Certainly, the chess that is shown on the cover of "Szachista" was an absolute standard, known as "Stauton". Even now they are available in stores and popular.
Mar 27, 2024
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#34
Efim, that is very similar to my 19th Century Soviet Alekhine set which I bought 2 years ago from a seller named "Oldset". I'm quite pleased with how it turned out and hope this seller is still around, since he was from the Ukraine.
Polish chess set 1960-80s
Polish chess set 1960-80s
Photo from 1983, Polish brothers playing chess
Polish chess pieces in the style of Regence 1930s
Polish Sailors Playing Chess in their Cabin, 1939
Polish sailors, on board a destroyer at anchor in a British port, enjoy a game of chess while others watch from their hammocks. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
Mar 27, 2024
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#36
Kovylkino wrote:
Polish chess set 1960-80s
Polish chess set 1960-80s
Photo from 1983, Polish brothers playing chess
Polish chess pieces in the style of Regence 1930s
Polish Sailors Playing Chess in their Cabin, 1939
Polish sailors, on board a destroyer at anchor in a British port, enjoy a game of chess while others watch from their hammocks. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
That is an awesome picture of the sailors at chess. Thanks for sharing!
This friendly set is tournament size, unfelted, unweighted on its fine old folding board. Colour inversion on the bishops like in Vienna coffee house sets. It is just, thinking of the Polish regency sets right above with the sailors and in post #26, I wonder if the kings' finials are typical of Polish sets or if it is more widespread? Thank you!
ungewichtet написал:
This friendly set is tournament size, unfelted, unweighted on its fine old folding board. Colour inversion on the bishops like in Vienna coffee house sets. It is just, thinking of the Polish regency sets right above with the sailors and in post #26, I wonder if the kings' finials are typical of Polish sets or if it is more widespread? Thank you!
Of all the European countries of the former Socialist bloc (USSR, Yugoslavia, Hungary, and so on), Poland is the only one that, during socialism, had kings with crosses on some chess sets. The rest of the countries of the former Socialist bloc did not allow themselves such freedom; you will not see the top of the cross on the kings. This conclusion is based on the results of observing tournament photographs from the 1945s to the 1990s.
And I want to add one more thing. I don't speak English, Google Translate doesn't always translate correctly, and sometimes I don't understand the question. But I hope you understand what I’m writing about.))
A most interesting observation about the former socialist bloc chess set designs. Were it due to people like Wojtyla that kings' crosses would show on Polish chess sets throughout that era?
I was asking was about different kinds of finials, like those on the set I posted above, or like on these examples: 
The second and the third set here are described as Polish on etsy, while the first and the one in my post above were offered in Germany, without provenance given. I was wondering if such king's and queen's finials are a Polish style or have a broader footing in the eastern nations? What is the role of the flat-topped bishops vs. the bishops featuring the Vienna coffee house ying&yang tops? I do have another set with pointy finials of king and queen (with rather crude finish and bishops) to share: 
I'm sorry, but I don't care what they say on Etsy. They can write anything just to sell the product. In this thread I posted photographs of Polish tournament chess pieces, with verification archival photographs confirming the fact that these chess were played in Polish chess tournaments, and not fictitious tales of sellers...
I am only interested in tournament chess pieces, the chess used in tournaments. Decorative and souvenir chess pieces that cannot be verified and determined to be authentic and belong to Polish chess or a particular country are not interesting to me.
I wouldn't be surprised if Powderdigit comes up with the board in Post #7,or set in post # 9 this year.
Dang Mr. magictwanger, you beat me to it! I was thinking it looked like something Mr. Lucky….errr…. Mr. Powderdigit found walking the dog today.
Actually, are those slide out wing extensions on the board? Where can i learn more about the board, dimensions, wood specie, etc.? I love to know more about.
@Magictwanger and @Wits-end … your comments made me smile. I had forgotten about this thread until I had reason to search the forum for Polish and Eastern European chess sets. Why such a search? I recently picked up a board and pieces that I really like but I can’t be sure of their provenance. While a local’ish find (35 min drive) - I paid more than I normally would but I am delighted. As far as I can tell this is likely a set of Polish origin - that made its way to Australia in 1960. There were two artefacts - that are not related to the set that indicates (but does not prove) their country of origin and when a previously owner possessed them. I’d love any info that anyone has because the set is a joy! My guess - Polish in the ‘50’s and the board - maybe same or maybe older. They are a strange mix of St George/Regency with Eastern European influences.
