I’ve posted photos of it here on another thread. But those knights need to go pack from the glue factory where Jaques rescued them. I also own a post-WWII 3.5” Jaques in ebony that but for the butchered knights is a spitting image of the Jaques set used in the match. Decent for playing, and a reasonable facsimile of the original sets, but after seeing many of the photos of the original sets from the match posted here and elsewhere I wanted a better reproduction that had kingside stamping. I already own two Reykjavik IIs from years ago, one DGT-enabled. Now it’s time to commemorate the movie about the match (3.75” king, ebonized, no stamping, but with a “free” box, leather pads embossed with the movie name, a certificate of authenticity, and an engraved plaque, $395.)
HOS already offers other sets commemorating this historic match, its Reykjavik II (3.75” king, ebonized and other, no stamping, $199), its Fischer Series set (4.4” king, ebony, kingside stamping, $795), its set commemorating the 40th anniversary of the match in 2012. The first offer to appear in my inbox was from House of Staunton. While I am not convinced that Edward Zwick’s excellent film Pawn Sacrifice will generate a resurgence of interest in American chess any more than it will obviate the paranoia Zwick posits drives American foreign policy, it has already elicited a resurgence of vendors offering another round of chess pieces commemorating Bobby Fischer’s historic victory over Boris Spassky.
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