Then it was on to German sets. To the left of the three plastic sets are, in the foreground, a Bohemia Dogface set from thefifties , then an Bohemia set from the sixties, and on top a Lardy made in West Germany under license in the fifties. All three have 3.75" kings. A red and ivory Lardy. Pretty rare.
To the left of the Bohemia sets are more German sets. In front is a vintage set of undetermined age. In the middle, a beautiful fruitwood and rosewood glass-eyed knight set from the thirties or forties. In the rear is a modern take on the infamous Nazi Bundesform set of the 1936 Munich Olympiad.
To the left of the German sets are a number of Spanish sets. The first row displays a sixties era set, the middle row a partial set from the fifties or sixties, and the rear row a modern take on the same set. The differences between the middle knight and the others are worth noting, as are the more slender stems of the middle pieces, and the kings and queens of the set in the front.
To the left of these three tournament sets are three more Spanish sets. The middle one is a No. 5 Escardibul set.
Finally, on the far left of this shelf is a large, 5" king Escardibul gift set, with red and ivory gilded pieces.
Now the chess set display on the east wall of the game room looks pretty much like this...
The entire chess display on the east wall--books, clocks, and sets--looks like this...
Over on the west wall, I added three shelves above those currently housing my Soviet Collection.
The first shelf above the Soviet collection is now home to two of my favorite sets. The NOJ Tal 1961 Championship set on the left and and the Botvinnik-Flohr vintage tournament set to the right.
To the right of the Botvinnik-Flohr set now resides Dirk Dagobert's Brazilian Braganca set...
To the right of the Braganca set is Dagobert's Amazonian set in Brazilian walnut and ivorywood.
Completing this shelf is the set of the 1978 Buenos Aires Olympiad, the Campo Olimpico.
On the shelf above it, many of my Jaques reproductions are now on display. Here is the gorgeous Official Staunton 1851 reproduction, ebonized and antiqued, with 4.4" kings.
Next to the Official Staunton 1851 is its first cousin, the 1870 reproduction in the same size, but in ebony and with subtle differences in the design of the knight.
Next to the Official Staunton reproductions are three sets from House of Staunton. In the rear is a 4.4" ebonized Collector. In the middle is a 4.0" red sandalwood Imperial Collector with its distinctive knight, and in front, an original Marshall set, 4.0" and ebonized.
Since last posting about my American sets, I've continued to work on displaying more sets. I rounded out my American collection with three plastic sets. Next I tackled my German and Spanish sets, two gems of my collection, my South American sets, and then Jaques reproductions.
Here are three American plastic sets. In the foreground, the Gallant Knight set like I played on at the Racine, Wisconsin Chess Club back in the sixties. In the middle is the Pacific Games Company's Cavalier Tournament set I picked up from USCF sales back around 1970. In the rear is a monster 5.0" Gallant Knight set.