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CHESS SETS USED IN BOTH UNOFFICIAL AND OFFICIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
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Apr 20, 2017
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#104
Hi let's consider this as another "Unofficial world championship", can anybody name the model of the set used here ? Garry..., are your around?
That is the Reykjavik set on a Drueke board.
Black_Knight_Tango wrote:
That is the Reykjavik set on a Drueke board.
I disagree. Drueke board yes, but set looks like a Drueke set.
Apr 20, 2017
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#117
Hi Frank, i just had a look at your forums, you seems to be a Drueke specialist...do you have any pictures or catalogue articles concerning this set? So you can share it with us her.
I finally found both the Lyon 1990(top 3 pics) and London 2000 Chavet WCC sets (ref . #'s B 210 & B 212 respectively) Check out the videos of the 2000 match on YT and you will see clearly the Queen has the large sphere (@ 24:07) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5oJyiUMiCQ
FrankHelwig wrote:
Black_Knight_Tango wrote:
That is the Reykjavik set on a Drueke board.
I disagree. Drueke board yes, but set looks like a Drueke set.
It actually is a Reykjavik set. I know, because I saw these same pics a few years back and I really liked the board and pieces used so I searched around to find out how I could get the same set. That is how I found out they used a Drueke board and Reykjavik chess pieces that was also when I discovered chess.com.
The chess board below, doesn't seem to matche FIDE standards, anybody can give us some information about the standardization of chess sets and boards for world championships ? Thanks