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This is my so called "2nd set". I bought the board and metal pieces with it last year, however I didn't quite like those original metal pieces, they felt too small for me. Solution? I tried my first chess pieces. They are birchwood and were made in Finland by family called Tanni. The used birchwood is from their own forest. They are designed after old existing set and named after the small rural town of Tyrvää. Sadly they don't make these pieces anymore. As far as I know these were only wooden Finnish chess pieces handmade and with some availability in recent decades. Obviously that board is too crowded and these pieces only just fit in their squares, but somehow I still like the combo. 
Jan 14, 2025
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You're not the only person who likes that combo.....Quite fine looking.
Walrus-76 wrote:
This is my so called "2nd set". I bought the board and metal pieces with it last year, however I didn't quite like those original metal pieces, they felt too small for me. Solution? I tried my first chess pieces. They are birchwood and were made in Finland by family called Tanni. The used birchwood is from their own forest. They are designed after old existing set and named after the small rural town of Tyrvää. Sadly they don't make these pieces anymore. As far as I know these were only wooden Finnish chess pieces handmade and with some availability in recent decades. Obviously that board is too crowded and these pieces only just fit in their squares, but somehow I still like the combo.
I love the idea of a set handmade in ones own country and from native wood.
So the screen on the laptop had this nice place in Czechia on it and I noticed the chess set outside right at the top of the big wall.
19 days ago
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kbchitown wrote:
How does one upload photos to a post on this forum?
I believe you can post photos after having an account for some amount of time.
