From Tallinn to Tbilisi: The Evolution of the Tal Chess Pieces – Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets

Former world chess champion Mikhail Tal, USSR Ch. Yerevan 1962. Sputnik photo. Collectors typically study photographs of events to help them determine what type of pieces they have in their collections, when they were used, in which events, and by which players. Sometimes, however, they discover pieces in photographs of which they have not seen…

1920s-1930s Constructivist-Influenced Soviet Chess Pieces – Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets

Accurate reproduction of the popular Latvian chess set –

“Revolutionary” Smyslov Chessmen – Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets

Soviet Championship Tal Chess - Antiqued Boxwood - 4 King

Soviet Championship Tal Chess - Antiqued Boxwood - 4 King

Russian TSARIST AND MONGOLIA THEME CHESS Set – Grandmaster's Chess

Russian TSARIST AND MONGOLIA THEME CHESS Set – Grandmaster's Chess

Mikhail Tal Soviet Grandmaster Vintage Antique Chess Set

Baku” Pieces from Leningrad Region's Artel Drevprom – Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets

Pushki on the Chessboard: The Soviet Cannon Rook Set – Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets

Proto-Tal Chess Pieces, c. 1940 – Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets

TAJ CHESS STORE 1950's Soviet Latvian Reproduced Weighted Chess Set In Ebonised Boxwood & Antiqued Boxwood- Russian Ussr Weighted Chess Pieces Only

Mikhail Tal Soviet Grandmaster Vintage Antique Chess Set

From Tallinn to Tbilisi: The Evolution of the Tal Chess Pieces – Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets

Gallery – Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets