Post your Travel Chess Sets

dont have one sry

Welcome to the thread, it is one of the oldest and active ones under chess books and equipment.

(The thread is for showing your travel chess sets, it has been in existence going on 9 years)

Please feel free to show your travel chess set/s.

There´s quite a few of us that are in need of help...

Btw, the board and dark pieces are a very nicely done Rosewood and quite a good finish on all of them. I was quite surprised with the quality overall....Just sayin'.

This still mint Drueke set was bought in 1981, when I worked down town (NYC) at the World Trade Center. Purchased at a Greenwich Village shop where Bobby Fisher played on occasion.

I kept the shop's business card, as seen. Really a finely crafted set.

@magictwanger, I might well have been the one to sell you that set. I worked evenings at the Village Chess Shop from 1980-82. George and Ruth were really nice people.

Could very well be, my man! Ah! memories.

Oops! Just realized I worked days in lower Manhattan. I was a commuter and couldn't wait to get home to my family.....I wasn't a fan of the hustle and bustle of Manhattan working life back then. Lots of disingenuous people in my work place and I eventually opened my own small business across the river, in New Jersey. 35 years later I sold it....Gleefully retired!

Now, I romanticize about those early days, when I was young. I'd do it all over in a heart beat.

My new/vintage Russian travel set.

Very nice and functional.

Forgot to mention...size is appx. 8.5 x 12 in.

Looks fantastic in design as well as functionality. Thank you for sharing!!

Thanks....I did add a pinch of my wife's nail polish to the tops of each King, so as to easily distinguish them on the board.

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I don't seem to be able to post photos directly, but that's a c. 1900(?) celluloid button travel set, 6-5/8" x 6-5/8".
 

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Love this thread , one of the best ever ! My little travel study sets ,