FrankHelwig: i thought the set originated from germany. So i've searched mostly on ebay and looking on google pictures with german search words.
Do you know any italian websites that sell this set?
Thanks for help.
"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" German Knight set
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Meanwhile; world championship is played with these things.
Personally i don't find current world championship pieces beautiful. Sure they are ok but the design could've been better.
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Personally i don't find current world championship pieces beautiful. Sure they are ok but the design could've been better. "
You are kind. I find them horrible.
Roberto, right.
Design-wise mediocre for official world elite set.
Here is another picture from Schachversand but unfortunately outsold.
I agree. It makes the entire set look like a Chinese knockoff from Amazon. The Romanian knights are simple and stylized but are also beautiful, to me anyways. Even the vintage Russian sets with their funny dog faced knights have a nice look about them. those German knights are a waste of the wood from which they were made.
RobertoLM wrote:
Meanwhile; world championship is played with these things.
Have heard people mention these growing on them. This hasn't happened to me yet.
Who has seen more the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. Perhaps only the Club pieces?
Next time Chucky!
Sep 17, 2017
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I think perhaps the Botvinnik Flohr II pieces, which were Tournament pieces in the Soviet Union for four decades.
Sep 17, 2017
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Norlandia, the set you ask about is German. It's the RCR Terry Meisterschach set that was the
topic of this post. I own one. Nice set!
cgrau: thank you very much for glarifying this.
One question: where did you buy this set?
Do you know if RCR Terry Meisterschach set is available for sale somewhere?
Sep 17, 2017
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Nordlandia, I bought mine in a private EBay sale earlier this year. I have no idea where it might be offered. Have you tried Niggemann and EBay.de?
Niggemann used to sell this set many years ago. I contacted support and replied that the manusfacturer stopped supplying this set in the early 90s. That's weird because the set you have look very new.
I need to look at Ebay.de
Can you check king height in centimeters.
My used set is K=93mm
Sep 18, 2017
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Nordlandia wrote:
Niggemann used to sell this set many years ago. I contacted support and replied that the manusfacturer stopped supplying this set in the early 90s. That's weird because the set you have look very new.
I need to look at Ebay.de
Can you check king height in centimeters.
My used set is K=93mm
I'll measure them when I get home. I bought them NIB--New In Box--they never had been used. Still haven't been used, either, except in my photos.
cgrau wrote:
I think perhaps the Botvinnik Flohr II pieces, which were Tournament pieces in the Soviet Union for four decades.
Four decades in the SU, and where are we now, about one decade give or take across many nations with the universal (for lack a better word) German Knight pieces, obviously the Club pieces have been used for several decades here in the US, and still fill out a majority of boards in many tournaments, but don't know how widely it's been used elsewhere. Interesting topic, which chess pieces have seen more action in major tournaments?
Sep 19, 2017
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keysquareskerfuffle wrote:
cgrau wrote:
I think perhaps the Botvinnik Flohr II pieces, which were Tournament pieces in the Soviet Union for four decades.
Four decades in the SU, and where are we now, about one decade give or take across many nations with the universal (for lack a better word) German Knight pieces, obviously the Club pieces have been used for several decades here in the US, and still fill out a majority of boards in many tournaments, but don't know how widely it's been used elsewhere. Interesting topic, which chess pieces have seen more action in major tournaments?
It is an interesting topic. I'd say we have to consider the plastic Lardys qua club sets, the Hastings pieces come to mind, the BF IIs, the Soviet Grossmeister design was used from the forties to the eighties, though its quality degraded seriously over time. The thing about the Soviet sets is that they produced knock-offs of all their frontline sets and sold them to the millions and millions who played everywhere from the top-level tournaments to the factory floor. You should try to get your hands on USCF catalogues from the late sixties on and see what they offered. I couldn't find ads for the club sets up through around 1972 in Chess Life.
also, looks like we had this discussion 4 years ago...
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-equipment/need-assistance-on-identify-chess-pieces