Arlindo Vieira's Four Styles of Soviet Grandmaster Chess Pieces

Welcome to my new blog on Soviet and Russian chess sets. As interest in these Stiefkinder of traditional chess collecting has grown, it has become clear that there is a need for more and better information about them. They were, after all, the chess pieces used in the Soviets' ascent to chess dominance.

Chess sets: Russian-Soviet /Шахматные фигуры русско-советской

1920s-1930s Constructivist-Influenced Soviet Chess Pieces – Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets

4.8 Averbakh Soviet Russian Chess Set

Friday Night's Set-Up - Chess Forums

4.8 Averbakh Soviet Russian Chess Set

Mass-Produced State Factory Wooden Sets 1950-1991 – Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets

Team Tal: Epilogue

Four Styles of Soviet Grandmaster Chess Sets: The GM1 Chess Pieces – Soviet and Late Tsarist Chess Sets

The Legacy of Arlindo Vieira--Part One