TOURNAMENT SETS
I am intrigued by sets used in major tournaments in major chess-playing countries, including those that were featured in World Championships. UNITED STATES The W T Pinney Liberty set was a main feature in the 1940s as the set used in the US Championships where players like Isaac Kashdan, Reuben Fine, Samuel Reshevsky and Al Horowitz were contending for the title of US Champion. I did not acquire the Windsor Castle set as it was plastic-based. Next was the Herman Steiner set which was used in the 2 Piatigorsky Cup tournaments in the 1960s. The Drueke was featured in the Lone Pine series of tournaments held in the 1970s and early 80s, followed by the New York Open in the 80s and 90s before the Sinquefield Cup tournaments reestablished the US as a major international tournament scene from 2010 till present. The 2014 version had elegant Knights, which was improved in the 2017 edition below. BRAZIL The other South American set that came my way was gener...