The Baku 1961 Soviet Championship Set

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IpswichMatt wrote:

 I see, thanks Chuck, think I may try something similar

Good luck. Tungsten putty is another idea, if you can get a decent quality for a decent price. It's pretty expensive and there are, I understand, quality control issues.

bvila19
cgrau wrote:
 

 

Those clocks are the biggest I’ve ever seen lmao

cgrau
bvila19 wrote:
cgrau wrote:
 

 

Those clocks are the biggest I’ve ever seen lmao

The light one is a large as they come. 

chesslover0003

How do you find all your sets?

 

cgrau
BrianErdelyi wrote:

How do you find all your sets?

 

Hi Brian! I search for them every day on Etsy and Ebay. Sometimes people forward links to me. Sometimes I see stuff here or in the Facebook collectors groups. With respect to the Soviet sets, I've always used Arlindo's video as a guideline. What I think is historically significant, and can't find, I consider doing the research and approaching someone to consider making a reproduction.

BarronBrowne

cool set! is that a young gipslis in that one photo? he's kind of a personal soviet favorite.

cgrau

 Many thanks! I believe that it is.

AlexStarMaster

How do you like my reproduction of this set?

zagryan

@AlexStarMaster - your Baku looks beautiful. Do you have access to orignal? It looks better than original.

Duvupov

Do you know the dimensions of the pieces? And what is the square size in the picture? The chessbazaar repro had 35mm pawn bases. That seems huge for 55mm squares. 

KineticPawn

As always much appreciated @cgrau . Its like a little peak into history. Question were Soviet sets usually lacquered?

EBowie

Nice set.  I also notice that you have a table from House of Staunton.  I've had my eyes on that table for a little while.  Would you recommend it?  Thanks