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…

Accurate reproduction of the popular Latvian chess set –

Aristocratic Olympians: The 1980 Minsk Olympic Set – Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets

The 1940 Soviet Staunton: A Counterrevolution in Style – Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets

Soviet Championship Tal Chess - Antiqued Boxwood - 4 King

Mikhail Tal's favorite Latvian Chess Set circa 1950s - Chess Forums - Chess .com

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

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

Mikhail Tal Soviet Grandmaster Vintage Antique Chess Set

Mikhail Tal Soviet Grandmaster Vintage Antique Chess Set

Accurate reproduction of the popular Latvian chess set –

Soviet Championship Tal Chess - Antiqued Boxwood - 4 King

Soviet Championship Tal Chess - Antiqued Boxwood - 4 King

Shakhmatnyye Kollektsionery: Soviet and Tsarist Chess Sets

Mikhail Tal Soviet Grandmaster Vintage Antique Chess Set