Unique Handmade Сhess Pieces from Arita Porcelain. JapanThe village of Arita is a place where Japanese porcelain products are made. The craftsmen manually create molds for the final production and filigree apply a decorative pattern. Each chess piece is a work of art, it is attractive to look at it and to take it in hand Chess is decorated with glittering glaze and patterns of dark cobalt blue and a special red color.   The set consists of 3 elements: 1. 16 porcelain chess pieces "Sakura" (+1 spare Queen) 2. 16 Tako Arabesque Pattern Porcelain Chess Pieces (+1 spare Queen) 3. Nao Hand-Made Japanese Paper Chess Board Chess pieces sizes: King’s height 8.5 cm, base diameter 3.2 cm Pawn’s height 4.3 cm, base diameter 2.3 cm Queen’s height 8.0cm, base diameter 3.2 cm Bishop’s height 6.5cm, base diameter 2.9 cm Knight’s height 6.0cm, base diameter 3.2 cm Rook’s height 5.0cm, base diameter 2.3 cm The inner tab is blue. Condition: very good Nao Hand-Made Japanese Paper Chess Board A magnificent chessboard covered with Japanese paper "washi" handmade by Nao Hizen. Durable and incredibly beautiful. Size: board: 38.5cm×38.5cm cells: 4cm×4cm Condition: very good  

Up for sale is a handcrafted Porcelain Chess Set. Made in England.Style - Porcelain Chess SetATTENTION! Board is not included!All chess figures are in original boxes. Please see pics.King figure size - 3 cm in diameter & 7,5 cm in heightAll condition you can see on the photos.Worldwide shipping option is available!Feel free to ask any questions please!What you see is exactly what you`ll get, for more info or photos - please message us!

Up for sale is a vintage handcrafted Porcelain Chess Set. Made in Poland by Cmielow.Style - Porcelain Chess SetATTENTION! Board is not included!King figure size - 3 cm in diameter & 7,7 cm in heightAll condition you can see on the photos.Worldwide shipping option is available!Feel free to ask any questions please!What you see is exactly what you`ll get, for more info or photos - please message us!

These chess pieces were made in British Burma around 1880 and are an Asian variation of the original Staunton chess for the European market (since the labor of bone carvers in Europe was many times higher than in Asia).King's height 90 mmFigures made of elephant boneArt SH (Ш)

Up for sale is a vintage handcrafted Porcelain Chess Set. Made in England.   Style - Porcelain Chess Set   ATTENTION! BOARD IS NOT INCLUDED!   King figure size - 3,7 cm in diameter & 11,7 cm in height   All condition you can see on the photos.   Worldwide shipping option is available! Feel free to ask any questions please!   What you see is exactly what you`ll get,  for more info or photos - please message us!

Porcelain Chess Set «Electricity» Material: porcelain King height: approx. 100 mm King base diameter: approx. 35 mm Total number of chess pieces: 32 pieces Chess board not included Country of Manufacture: Russian Federation   Several chess sets were made specifically for OAO RAO UES (pawns made in the form of light bulbs, and so on). OAO RAO UES was an electric power holding company in Russia. It controlled about 70% of Russia's installed electric capacity, 96% of its high-voltage grid and over 70% of its transmission lines. In addition to the Russian market, RAO UES exported electricity to Scandinavia and to other members of the CIS. The last head of RAO UES was Anatoly Chubais. ubais.

Antique Chess Book. In four volumes.  Author: Albrecht  Title: Practical Guide to learning the game of chess. Publisher: Novgorod, 1889 Language: Russian   622 pages   Library of Chorev V.A. Stamps and signatures of the owner. Semi-leather binding of the epoch. Gold embossingЕК 24

The Book of the Sixth American Chess Congress, containing the games of the International Chess Tournament held at New York in 1889: Author: William Steinitz (1836 – 1900)Title: Sixth American Chess Congress Published: Sixth American Chess Congress, New York, 1891. First edition Binding: Hardcover. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 7") bound in full leather with gilt lettering to spine. Language: English XXXVIII + 490 pages with table and diagrams Limited to 500 copies. This is copy 267 issued to T. Y. Homatow, Taschkent Contains the report of the Congress Committee and all 432 games with notes by Steinitz. This was a 20-man Double Round Robin Tournament. One of the longest tournaments in history. In the first half of the tournament, draws were counted as a half point. In the second half, they were replayed once. Between the 38 regular rounds, 8 replay rounds, and 4 game playoff for first at the end, there were 50 rounds all told (!). Like the 4th Congress, this tournament consisted largely of foreign masters. The retirement of Captain Mackenzie seems to date from this time (though some sources credit him as US Champion until his death in 1891), giving the top American finisher some claim on being de facto US Champion. The top American finisher was Solomon Lipschutz, who finished in 6th Place with a score of +22-9=7 The book comes with an article by the Soviet masters Aginsky, the former owner of this book. Condition:  Traces of water on the title page, blank page before title page and two blank pages at the end of the book (see photos).

This journal was published from 1876 to 1881. That two sets of two first years of publishing in one book 1876: 1-4 - 4 magazines1877: 1-12 - 12 magazinesA stamp (cansellation) on the title page says: 'permitted for release'A monthly magazine devoted to the game of chess and its literature. Published By M. Chigorin 1876-1877. St. Petersburg, Russia. Typography Of V. O. Demakov.The great Russian chess player, the founder of the national chess school Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin for ten years published excellent magazines "Chess List" (1876-1881) and "Chess Bulletin" (1885-1887). He was there the main, and sometimes - the only author. Chigorin is the founder of the national chess school, an outstanding theorist, a contender for the world crown." How often we had to read and hear these words, which from frequent use got lost, began to seem empty banality. Meanwhile, Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin (1850 – 1908) was really the brightest creative person. Gambling, captivating man, he for the sake of finding the truth of chess, solving the mysteries of an intricate debut or seemingly simple endgame position spared no effort and time. In those early years, universality has not yet become a "vital necessity" in chess, and therefore every major master had a distinct individual style, with its advantages and disadvantages. Russian champion believed in the dynamic potential of the figures, sought to open figure game, willingly donated material for the initiative. His powerful opponent Wilhelm Steinitz above all put unshakable positional values: the reliability of the pawn structure, the predominance in the center, the advantage in space. Chigorin and Steinitz played two matches for the world championship, a lot of tournament and easy games, but their fundamental dispute was not only at the chessboard. Polemically sharp, uncompromising discussions of these titans and their followers adorned the pages of Newspapers and magazines of those years.Chigorin passionately loved chess, and he was depressed by the lack of public interest in this wise game in our country. He wanted to prove that chess is not an empty game; it can become a matter of life, a real profession. To show chess in the most favorable light and to attract the attention of the educated public, Chigorin for ten years published, mainly at his own expense, the magazines "Chess List" (1876-81) and "Chess Bulletin" (1885-87). He was there the main, and sometimes – and the only author. Needless to say, these brilliant examples of Russian chess thought have long been a rarity.

Collectible porcelain chess set. Kuzbas.Are absent in the Museum of porcelain chess in St. Petersburg.Unique porcelain chess pieces. It's one complete set with porcelain board, all finished with cobalt and gold (hand painted).Production-Prokopiev porcelain factory (USSR, Kuzbass).Chess was produced in a limited edition (only 200 sets) in the experimental workshop of the plant, will no longer be produced, because the plant does not exist.Without loss and restoration.1970-ies of release.King height -12 cm, king base diameter 4 cm, Board size 39*39 cm, cell size 4.5 cm

Chess Set Pieces "Musketeers versus Cardinal's guards" porcelain chess set by Gorodnitsa porcelain factory. Ucrane.After the dezign of 1990s by I. Zyablor and N. Zyablora.Porcelain, polychrome overglaze painting, gildingKing's height: 14 cm Pawn's height: 10.5 cmBase diameter: 4.5 cmexhibited in the Museum of porcelain and are present in the catalogue of the collectables of porcelain chessGorodnitsa porcelain factory was established in 1799 in the town of Gorodnitsa of Zhytomyr region in Ucrane.After the October revolution the factory was nationalized. During the Soviet times Gorodnitsa factory became famousfor its genre sculpture.

Russian chess set "Sea tale»Material: boneKing height: approx. 75mmDiameter of king base: approx. 33 mmPawn height: approx. 47mmPawn base diameter: approx. 25 mmTotal number of chess pieces: 32 piecesChess Board: includedCheckerboard size: approx. 37 * 37mmChessboard size: approx. 330 * 330 mmCountry of origin: Russian Federation, 1990s