HERE ON OFFER IS
A VINTAGE SOVIET RUSSIA FIGURAL CHESS SET
REPRESENTING THE KURSK SETTLEMENTL GOVENRNORS "IVAN POLEV AND NEYLUB ORGARYOV AND HIS ARMY ORIGINALLY KURSK WAS A FORTRESS CITY AND BY 1603 KURSK HAD BECOME A LARGE MILITARY,ADMINISTRATIVE AND ECONOMIC CENTRE OF A VAST TERRITORY IN THE SOUTH OF THE COUNTRY
THIS CHESS SET WAS MADE IN COMUNIST RUSSIA FROM AROUND 1970-80s THE CHESS PIECES ARE MADE FROM CARBONITE SIMILAR TO BAKELITE, IN BLACK AND MILKY WHITE WITH BRASS DETAILS THEY ARE VERY SUBSTATIAL AND HEAVY PIECES THE BASES ARE BAIZED WITH BROWN LEATHER SO THEY DON'T SLIP WHEN YOU PLAY WITH, THE PLATE IS STILL QUITE SHINY, IS A LOVELY DECORATIVE ALSO PLAYING CHESS SET
IT COME WITH THE ORIGINAL FOLDING CHESS BOARD WELL MADE FROM CARBONITE SO IT IS VERY HEAVY, HALF OF THE CHESS BOARD SQUARES ARE NICELY INLAID WITH ALUMINIUM THE REST OF CARBONITE, ON THERE EDGES IMPRESSED IN GOLD THERE ARE RANKS AND LETTER SO USEFUL FOR PLAY ALSO TO LEARN THE GAME OF CHESS
NICE COLLECTABLE SET
THE KING STAND AT 115mm OR FULL 4.5" THE BASE 30 mm AND WEIGH 100gr THE PAWN IS 68mm OR 2.75" THE BASE IS 29mm AND WEIGH 47gr
THE CHESS BOARD DIMENSION WHEN FULLY OPEN ARE 47cm OR A TAD TO 18.5" ACROSS
THE COMBINED UNWRAPPED WEIGHT IS 4.060 kg (in my scale)
THE BUYER WOULD HAVE A VERY GOOD VINTAGE PLAYING CHESS SET
CONDITION REPORT
THE CHESS PIECES ARE IN GOOD USABLE CONDITION BUT THERE MAY BE LITTLE COSMETIC MARKS AND SIGN TO THE PLATE FROM USE AND AGE, MIND YOU IN THIS SET HAS BEEN USED OVER THE YEARS, THERE IS A TINY CHIPS JUST UNDER THE BULB TOP OF 1 WHITE KNIGHT
THE GAMES BOARD SHOW LIGHT COSMETIC MARKS AND SIGN TO SOME SQUARES HARD TO SHOW IN PHOTOS,THE UPPER PART OF 1 CLASP IS MISSING BUT STILL THE BOX CAN BE SECURE WITH THE REMAIN CLASP
I HAVE DESCRIBED THIS LOT AT THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE ALSO HOW I SEE IT SO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK TO THE PHOTOS PROVIDE AND MAKE UP YOUR MIND YOUR MIND
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