Author: Steven Edwards
Date: 06:16:26 07/04/05
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On July 03, 2005 at 17:46:45, Dick Schneiders wrote: >At that price, those have to be Lardy copies and not original. Also, don't the >original Lardy sets have beads for the eyes of the knights? My 1940's >rosewood/olivewood Lardy set has them and I thought they all did. http://www.thechessroom.com/frchset1.html I have a set of these including a wooden box. I purchased them back sometime around 1980 from the USCF, although I don't recall the price. They are indeed the originals and were advertised as being used in the Nice Olympiad (1974, I think). The knights do not have porcelain eyes. I added felt to the interior of the could-be-larger box to help prevent damage to the pieces. I've used the set in a number of events including ACM 1994 if I recall correctly. It's my favorite set and, alas, not for sale.
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