Baku Soviet chess set 1963 made.
This style chess was used at the Baku chess tournament in 1961, Baku city, Azerbaijan SSR.
Chessboard made by Lvov furniture factory, Lvov city, Soviet Ukraine.

Board size: 42x42 cm.
King is 9.7 cm. (without finial)
Bishop is 8.4 cm.
Pawn is 5.6 cm.

Weight of the chess set is 1.47 kg.

Damages: no board`s hooks, broken finials of the kings and brown bishops, glued muzzle of the black knight, black pawn lost it felt. See all the photos, please.

Chess pieces have non-metallic weightings.

Chess was a very popular game in the Soviet Union. 
Children and adults were playing chess regularly, playing at home, on the streets, in the clubs.

Chess is considered one of the most interesting, exciting and educational games, training concentration, attention and learning to think.

Most of the world chess champions were citizens of the Soviet Union. Chess crown belonged to us in the period from 1948 to 1972 and from 1975 until 1993 before the fall of the USSR. From 1993 to 2000 world chess champions were also Russians