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Subject: Re: Lardy of France chess set

Author: Steve B

Date: 06:53:40 07/04/05

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On July 04, 2005 at 09:16:26, Steven Edwards wrote:

>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.

i think Charles is looking for a set of pieces made to work with the Elite AG
chess computers and therefore had magnets in their bases

Steve



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