Post Your Chess Sets

Good! Because you stated this again as you always do.

Because you are butt hurt....

I hate to inform you(since you won't stop with the childish insults....quite funny actually) but you got that past thread locked because of your negative comments.Please don't rationalize it was "you" speaking to yourself back then. You're showing the exact behavior here that you did there.

I do forgive you,since I realize I'm speaking to an adolescent.

You'll be happy to know that I won't respond to your next comment,which no doubt is coming.

Also,I don't want to demean myself to other forum members here,by continuing this.It doesn't make either of us look too good.

Behave, gentlemen! Or get a room...

My 4 inch Boxwood and Gaboon Ebony chess set. Displayed on a Striped Ebony and Birdseye Maple chess board with 2.5 inch squares. With a ZMF-Pro chess clock. This chess set has been my main tournament chess set for over 20 years. A great set design for play and display.

Due to the fact that I started chess in Lockdown and I still have never been to a club nor seen a live competition (… and I hear many experienced members chuckle as I walk through these virtual halls😊)… I have no place in commenting on what works in certain environments but here are two sets in my home, currently replicating online games.

If an experienced chess player came to my home - I would not set up the red Biro Sandor pieces on the gloss red board - visually stunning though it is; there’s just not enough contrast nor space for my liking.

That said, when I place those same pieces on a larger ebony and maple board it is magnificent, the contrast is great and it’s very playable. The Biro pieces are brilliant. 

The other set hails from New York in the ‘80’s - as best as I know - and the board I picked up cheaply, locally. I really like that combination … and so, hypothetically, if a GM knocked on my door now - to be polite I’d say choose your board … and my guess … while they might admire the red on red … we’d play on the other set. 

So… we might toast the visual beauty of this combination … 

But we’d play on this old set and board…
And it would not be a timed game because there is no room for a clock!! 🤦‍♂️😊
I love ‘em both but the more I play the more I want form, function and clarity on the board. I’ll always display different sets though because I love the diversity of designs through history.

Khalifman versus Akopian, Las Vegas 1999

Set for tourists, brought to Germany from Mali, circa 1980ies

That´s why I actually prefer decent plastic tournament sized Staunton pieces for serious play. Clarity and no distractions.

Funny!

A new favourite! A Dubrovnik Standard (King 90/31 mm) set of pieces on a cheap wooden board with 40 mm squares and notation. Perfect for analyzing.

My Reykjavík II chess set and 15 books by or about Bobby Fischer. Jan Timman’s book arrived today.

Ziryab I like your set up. Where did you get the pieces and board? The board looks great.

What if there was a chess set out there made with Fischer's remains?

I bought the set and my wife bought the board. Probably both came from USCF sales. The board was made in Spain. I’ve had them about 20 years. I used the pieces in tournament play until one got a small chip. Then I switched to plastic, then a French set, now a different French set. I’ve posted both French sets in this thread.

Thanks. The pieces and board work well together.

Yeah I agree. The board and pieces look good together. Nice setup @Ziryab!

I used it as my tournament set until the mane on a black knight was trimmed from banging around in my tournament bag.