Holiday Eye Candy–A Gallery of “Baku” Sets of Artel Drevprom
To follow up on our recent article on Artel Drevprom’s “Baku” set, here are images of Baku sets that have been posted in the Facebook Group Shakhmatnyye Kollektsionery by its members, together with a few photos of the set appearing in the historical record.
Chuck Grau Collection, photosNick Filatov photosRon Harrison Collection, photosGeorge Henderson Collection, photosLokahi Antonio Collection, photoMike Ladzinski Collection, photos Keres and Petrosian, Tallinn 1964Holger Langer Collection, photosAlan Power photosAnatoly Karpov, photographer unknownSteven Kong Collection, photosJohn Moyes Collection, photoSource: Sergey Kovalenko, photographer unknownNick Rizzuto Collection, photoGurgenidze and Tal, Baku 1961, photographer unknown
I'm a chess collector, chess player, and retired attorney. I've been collecting Soviet and Russian chess sets since 2014. I'm interested in their history, design, and the people who made and played with them.
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Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets 