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Tonight's Set-Up--Official Staunton Piatigorsky Set
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Hey, cgrau, when you're engaged in a game, do you ever find the beautiful pieces, board, and chess clock a distraction? 
Another gem of a set up.
cgrau wrote:
Tonight's set-up--Official Staunton Piatigorsky set with House of Staunton Frank Camaratta Signature Chess Table and Frank Camaratta's Solora clock.
Chuck, You have chosen wisely! Beautiful combination!!
A gorgeous set from an awesome collection! I really love those Piatigorsky knights.
It looks like a great set for playing, too!
UpcountryRain wrote:
Hey, cgrau, when you're engaged in a game, do you ever find the beautiful pieces, board, and chess clock a distraction?
Hi, Up! Nope. Never. The worst that happens is that I lose in style.
goodknightmike wrote:
cgrau wrote:
Tonight's set-up--Official Staunton Piatigorsky set with House of Staunton Frank Camaratta Signature Chess Table and Frank Camaratta's Solora clock.
Chuck, You have chsoen wisely! Beautiful combination!!
Thanks, Mike. And thanks to you and Official Staunton for this terrific reproduction. And to Frank for selling me his clock and lending his name to that gorgeous table.
rcmacmillan wrote:
Variety is the spice of life... when it comes to chess sets, clocks, and boards. Wives, not so much!
Thanks, RC! My wife taught me the basic rules of collecting and I am forever in her debt.
Crappov wrote:
A gorgeous set from an awesome collection! I really love those Piatigorsky knights.
It looks like a great set for playing, too!
Many thanks, Crappov. It is a great set for playing!
Excellent choice all around. I think, proportionally, that set is one of the greatest ever made. The B, N and R are Pure ART!!
Ronbo710 wrote:
Excellent choice all around. I think, proportionally, that set is one of the greatest ever made. The B, N and R are Pure ART!!
Thanks, Ron! I agree on all counts.
rcmacmillan wrote:
Ronbo710 wrote:
Excellent choice all around. I think, proportionally, that set is one of the greatest ever made. The B, N and R are Pure ART!!
I actually like the OS reproduction much better than the original. 5" Kings were just too large for my taste, and not tournament legal, anyway. I agree that the design of the minor pieces is inspired, especially the knights!
I completely agree about the size and design, RC.
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Thank you for these pictures, Chuck. A wonderful design that to me combines elements of Steiner's set and the Hastings set. No wonder Fischer played such wonderful chess with it in 1966!
Jun 11, 2017
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The flowing knight's mane, the four turrets on the rooks, the pawns size and shape remind me of the Hastings set, but Steiner's set had the tall, slender shanks and flowing manes, too. Seems to me a stylistic trend was developing from the early to mid-twentieth century sets away from the stogy classical pattern, paralleling the Art Deco effect in culture.
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Thank you for showing this! I am living in Switzerland since 1988, and I spend a lot of time going in flea markets at the weekends. I bought two nice little chess clocks for few money (probably 10 Swiss Francs each), and only some years ago I realised that they were used in the famous tournament!
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By the way, I will soon publish in this forum something about a Swiss chess clock that I personally believe to be the most beautiful designed chess clock ever produced. See you soon!
Impractical wrote:
The flowing knight's mane, the four turrets on the rooks, the pawns size and shape remind me of the Hastings set, but Steiner's set had the tall, slender shanks and flowing manes, too. Seems to me a stylistic trend was developing from the early to mid-twentieth century sets away from the stogy classical pattern, paralleling the Art Deco effect in culture.
Thanks for explaining Mark. I believe Carl and Mike made some improvements or modifications of Steiner's original design--size and the mane are two that come to mind.
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Tonight's set-up--Official Staunton Piatigorsky set with House of Staunton Frank Camaratta Signature Chess Table and Frank Camaratta's Solora clock.