Chess set in finale of Queen's Gambit?

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RTrinkner

I love the set shown in the final tournament seen in The Queen's Gambit on Netflix. Anybody know which set it is?  Looks to me similar to a Russian or Zagreb style.  I like how slender and elegant the tall pieces seem as well as the sturdiness of the rook.  

Here's a photo from the final tournament game:

RTrinkner

After some web searching, I think this might be the 1950s "Latvian" style.

See: https://www.etsy.com/listing/851938579/41-1950-sovietrussian-latvian-chess?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_christmas_Toys_and_Games&utm_custom1=_k_CjwKCAiA-f78BRBbEiwATKRRBAfM-bLOfRbU7Gynajat7eqLjjY7ypmpWY4bivrfsSUiMIY3LOxj6RoCKnEQAvD_BwE_k_&utm_content=go_1707294370_69268674369_331635229674_pla-314535279060_c__851938579_140021834&utm_custom2=1707294370&gclid=CjwKCAiA-f78BRBbEiwATKRRBAfM-bLOfRbU7Gynajat7eqLjjY7ypmpWY4bivrfsSUiMIY3LOxj6RoCKnEQAvD_BwE

RTrinkner

This one looks nearly identical: https://www.bonanza.com/listings/The-1950s-Soviet-Russian-Latvian-Reproduced-Chess-Set-in-Ebonized-Boxwood-Na/818550991

chessroboto

We discussed that here:

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-equipment/best-latvian-chess-pieces-reproduction?page=1

 

knoodlebug
https://etsy.me/3fglFQB
Dark_Army

This is as close as it gets.

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-equipment/yet-another-soviet-russian-chess-set-circa-1960s

mgyuri73

I know this set. I played in tournaments with pieces like this. Here are a few cutouts from my tournament photos:




mgyuri73

I have similar but not the same:

kevinbevin
mgyuri73 wrote:

I have similar but not the same:

 

Do have a link where you bought that chess set?

mgyuri73

Unfortunately no. I bought it already used from the first owner.

Le_Barbier

One of the first Soviet sets I picked up.



kevinbevin
Le_Barbier wrote:

One of the first Soviet sets I picked up.

 

 



Where'd you get from? Could you provide a link?

Le_Barbier
kevinbevin wrote:

Where'd you get from? Could you provide a link?

I went to etsy.com and found it under Soviet Chess.

Ronbo710
RTrinkner wrote:

I love the set shown in the final tournament seen in The Queen's Gambit on Netflix. Anybody know which set it is?  Looks to me similar to a Russian or Zagreb style.  I like how slender and elegant the tall pieces seem as well as the sturdiness of the rook.  

Here's a photo from the final tournament game:

 

It's a later version of what the Soviet set collectors call the "Latvian set". But the prices on the vintage Soviet clocks they used in the series are going insane lol. It is just like the one I picked up in this pic with my original Soviet era 1940 Carbolite set.

confusion75
Has anyone an idea where I could find a similar chess board? The wood is fine and shiny, the small details at the edge are the best. Any idea?
Ronbo710
annettchen wrote:
Has anyone an idea where I could find a similar chess board? The wood is fine and shiny, the small details at the edge are the best. Any idea?

The edging is similar to the ones by Mark of Westminster ... https://www.chessusa.com/product/3C-604.html 

 

Ronbo710
sound67 wrote:

The knights are different, as are the rocks. I'm just rewatching the final episode, and it appears they're using a later, rather simple original and not one of the reproductions. The knights eg look more crude than on any of the reproductions I've seen, and the rooks have no cuts in the turrets. The pieces are lacquered.




I just grabbed the set happy.png Same knights. It is known as a later "Latvian style" set by us Soviet era set collectors.

ange-seth

hi everyone , i would like to know ,if somebody know where can i buy magnetic chess pieces like "zagreb", or similar for the square off board. 

thank you for you help 

Albert_Lee

It may be a chess set commonly used in the streets of Moscow:

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-people-play-chess-on-tverskaya-square-in-central-moscow-on-a-summer-170740950.html

https://www.alamy.com/russia-moscow-street-scene-image228522021.html

 

ogbumblingpatzer

This was answered in the first page of discussion. The Retromaximum set looks identical as far as I can tell, no?