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…

Soviet Championship Tal Chess - Antiqued Boxwood - 4 King

Accurate reproduction of the popular Latvian chess set –

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

Soviet Championship Tal Chess Pieces- Golden Rosewood

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

Artel Kultsport 1930s Ferocious Knight Chess Set – Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets

Mikhail Tal Soviet Grandmaster Vintage Antique Chess Set

Holiday Eye Candy–A Gallery of “Baku” Sets of Artel Drevprom – Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets

1962 SOVIET CHAMPIONSHIP TAL - maple & walnut - chess pieces

Mass-Produced State Factory Wooden Sets 1950-1991 – Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets

1935 Moscow International Chessmen with “Menchick Knights” – Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets

Mikhail Tahl Commemorative Chessmen - www.