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DesperateKingWalk wrote:
Your chess set has definitely aged much nicer. Then the game 3 Fischer Spassky chess set.
Only thing we can’t buy are the hand-written original autographs on the poorly aged board
DesperateKingWalk wrote:
Your chess set has definitely aged much nicer. Then the game 3 Fischer Spassky chess set.
Wow, what a compliment...do you really think so? It does have a nice patina to it! Thanks...
chessroboto wrote:
DesperateKingWalk wrote:
Your chess set has definitely aged much nicer. Then the game 3 Fischer Spassky chess set.
Only thing we can’t buy are the hand-written original autographs on the poorly aged board
Isn't that the truth....(probably only two or three ever of them both!)
Ninecastles hat geschrieben:
Speaking of "Post your chess set"...I finally took some decent pictures of my newest set: An Original "1970 Fischer Spassky by Jacques of London. Again, it came in a stunning leatherwork and the suede base pads were made by Geoffrey Parker. I set up the game to a particular one...can you guess which one lol?....(It's soooo easy!)
Absolutely beautiful chess set! Love love love the finish on the pieces! Were they still using shellac at that time or was it already a natural polish?
himmelstern wrote:
Off topic: it's a shame that people are unfriendly and harsh towards each other here. We need tolerance and respect. Everyone has their own taste. Of course you can express your opinion, but without being venomous or making fun of people. Every person is different, every chess set is different. Live and let live!
Hear, hear!
Uchebuike wrote:
Ninecastles hat geschrieben:
Speaking of "Post your chess set"...I finally took some decent pictures of my newest set: An Original "1970 Fischer Spassky by Jacques of London. Again, it came in a stunning leatherwork and the suede base pads were made by Geoffrey Parker. I set up the game to a particular one...can you guess which one lol?....(It's soooo easy!)
Absolutely beautiful chess set! Love love love the finish on the pieces! Were they still using shellac at that time or was it already a natural polish?
They are how I got them from Frank C., I haven't done anything to them. They just seem to have been well kept and hardly used!...(we will change that though lol...) thanks for the compliment Uchebuike!
DesperateKingWalk wrote:
Ninecastles wrote:
DesperateKingWalk wrote:
Your chess set has definitely aged much nicer. Then the game 3 Fischer Spassky chess set.
Wow, what a compliment...do you really think so? It does have a nice patina to it! Thanks...
I know so...
It terms of quality. Your Jaques Fischer-Spassky sets looks much better then the $76K game 3 Fischer-Spassky. The 54 years since their production have been much more kind to your chess set.
As true as this may be...I would trade my set for the original any day my friend! Glad it's in display at the Hall of Fame for everyone to enjoy, than hidden in my house like my sets are.
There aren't too many photos of real horses on our chess site, this is wonderful. It's kind of tainted with the beer cans, but then the world is kind of tainted. Can we horses stomach the gore? Great pic.
That's true, I love beer, Franconian red brew, for example, but I can't drink much more than a pint. And I haven't been to the races. But horses here are a some in the village neighbourhood 
A humble little set and folding board I recently picked up. These sets have been made in the 70s and 80s by the VERO company in the former GDR/DDR. Standing at only 2.8" it'll make a great analyis set.
BrownishGerbil wrote:
A humble little set and folding board I recently picked up. These sets have been made in the 70s and 80s by the VERO company in the former GDR/DDR. Standing at only 2.8" it'll make a great analyis set.
That´s a very nice set! I´m born in ´58, in Sweden, and many of the sets I played with in my youth were of that kind (and probably made in the DDR).
@hermanjohnell it could indeed very well be that the design itself predates the 70s, since Vero itself was formed by the merger of a number of existing companies in 1972. No idea if any of these already produced this set but it is possible. I've seen listings on Etsy and the likes placing these types of sets in the 50s and 60s as well.
BrownishGerbil wrote:
@hermanjohnell it could indeed very well be that the design itself predates the 70s, since Vero itself was formed by the merger of a number of existing companies in 1972. No idea if any of these already produced this set but it is possible. I've seen listings on Etsy and the likes placing these types of sets in the 50s and 60s as well.
I don´t exactly know when DDR was founded but it has to be pretty close to ´45.
May 29, 2024
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hermanjohnell wrote:
BrownishGerbil wrote:
@hermanjohnell it could indeed very well be that the design itself predates the 70s, since Vero itself was formed by the merger of a number of existing companies in 1972. No idea if any of these already produced this set but it is possible. I've seen listings on Etsy and the likes placing these types of sets in the 50s and 60s as well.
I don´t exactly know when DDR was founded but it has to be pretty close to ´45.
October 1949
Here's my set that's on my table in rotation had TCE custom make the knights in padauk wood a set to match / with out having to buy a whole new set to go with my Sinquefield set / some years back .
Brownish Gerbil, I got these chessmen only a month ago and I'm very pleased. The design is quite regularly offered second hand in Germany. I once had seen the pieces in this cardboard box below and I am very happy to have found it now in this pack.. You may notice that the bishop's signifier is elongated, while the king's has more of a curve, the pawns have a slimmer pedestal in comparison to your version. In this one, the king is 8 cm tall.
DesperateKingWalk wrote:
Beautiful chess set and board!
Thank,s , Here in Europe to find a 60mm sq board of the vintage or antique kind is very rare , you can find say Jaques style board up to 55mm or new ones like RF or solid wooden boards prone to the risk of warping also, being no cheap buy ! This board is from a chess club now defunct was not in a good state , seller sold it to me for 20 euros cash , after some light sanding with sandpaper + some coats of cooked linseed oil , Bingo . A 50's chess board fit for a socialist worker chess set & many others . will post some photo of the Sinquefield knights soon . 
Don't worry...I am keeping an eye out for "Tiger Kittie", he can be quite sneaky!