I don't like it very much; the different colors are distracting. But to each their own, don't let my opinion stop you.
Czech club play chess set design - how do you like it?
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Thank you for your opinions:-)
Jun 22, 2017
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It's a beautiful looking set but I wouldn't want to play with it because of the way the two colors intermingle.
Hello Koobek,
I actually received this set by mail earlier this week. I like it very much for several reasons: The pieces seem familiar, but it's really an independent design. The rooks have marks of the opposing color -- I have not seen this in any other set. Also, the pawns have really nice, wide bases.
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Thank you very much for your kind appreciation of the Czech traditional chess tournament set...I googled the guy who designed it: Bohuslav Schnirch (1845–1901), he was a professional sculptor, but also a chess player. It was designed during the Austrian-Ungarian Empire times, before the WW Ist...so if you play with it, enjoy the atmosphere of "Belle Épochue" and coffee-houses:-)
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I received this set from the Czech Republic this morning. Being a Czech born British citizen (I live in Oxford) this set was very interesting to me. I've always like how the Eastern European sets mix the colours between the opposing sides (like the Dubrovnik and Zagreb sets). A great purchase which fulfills my collection.
Nice:) I am pleased you like this set...now I am playing in one Czech OTB tournament (Czech Open in Pardubice), but we are using Staunton pieces solely here now, prolly because many foreign players are enrolled.
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The set is very distracting to me as well.
This set is an inexpensive 'copy' of a set that was originally developed in the 1920s. Try to find an original from that era, it's much more beautiful.
Feb 16, 2019
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Since I've been brought up seeing so many standardized Staunton type sets(nothing wrong with them and I own a few) I have developed a love for the different/unusual Euro/Soviet styles....I LOVE yours!!
Thanks for posting.-
Those are the ones! Lovely!
Thank you guys, great pictures!
Feb 17, 2019
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[cgrau "I have what must be one of Grandmaster Mokry's post-1989 club sets..."]
I bought this set in Prague about 5 years ago - it's club deluxe set. I found the knights a bit harsh so I came across the design in this post, and eventually located the seller - indeed, Karel Mokry! - who so kindly contacted the craftsmen making the sets, and ordered 4 knights for me, which I subsequently dyed and "ebonized" to match my set.
What a nice guy that Grandmaster Mokry is!
I realized in the Czech Republic traditionally this original chess set is used for a club tournament play (it was designed by one famous sculptor in the 19th century and it is still used after slight design modifications)...It is more widespread here than the Staunton´s set. Do other nations also have different chess sets designed for the tournament play (and approved by FIDE), which are different from the Staunton´s set? How do you like this Czech design?
I originally preferred Staunton design and I still like it but now I am a fan of this Czech set, I like that Bishop, Queen and King have some parts from the opposite colour - it is a bit like "yin yang" symbolism (although the author didn´t have any connections with Chinese philosophy I am sure, just coincidence). I also like that the design of this set is very simple and elegant.