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…

Why Soviet Sets? – Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets

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

NOJ's Tal Set--"An Anthem to the Reproduction of Chess Pieces" - Chess Forums

Soviet Championship Tal Chess - Antiqued Boxwood - 4 King

Gallery – Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets

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

Gallery – 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

Gallery – Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets

Four Styles of Grandmaster Chess Sets: The GM3 Design – Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets

NOJ's Tal Set--"An Anthem to the Reproduction of Chess Pieces" - Chess Forums

Reproduction of 1960 Mikhail Tal chess pieces with chess board, Soviet chess set -The Chess Empire

Mikhail Tal Soviet Grandmaster Vintage Antique Chess Set

Soviet Championship Tal Chess Pieces- Golden Rosewood