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CHESS SETS USED IN BOTH UNOFFICIAL AND OFFICIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Hi folks,

I've decided to start this forum aiming to gather the maximum of graphic material related to the chess sets used in all of the world chess championships to date. In order to add some historical and scientific value to our topic, please write clearly the city and the year of the event displaying the chess set.

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The chess sets we are interested in here, are those used in the championships whose list appears in the wikipedia's list of the link shown below:

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Chess_Championships

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The chess set used in London 1834:

 

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The chess set used in London 1843:

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The chess set used in Paris 1843:

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The chess set used in London 1846:

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The chess set used in Paris 1858:

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The chess set used in London 1866:

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The chess set used in New York City 1886:

 

 

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The chess set used in Havana 1889:

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The chess set used in New York City 1891:

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The chess set used in Havana 1892:

 

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The chess set used in New York City 1894 (Special thanks for the finder of this picture, our friend Fer8799):

 

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The chess set used in Moscow 1897:

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The chess set used in New York City 1907:

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The chess set used in Düsseldorf 1908:

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The chess set used in Vienna 1910:

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The chess set used in Berlin 1910:

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The chess set used in Havana 1921: