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It is a staunton alike set.
The design of this chess set is from 40s and 50s.
There were several companies as Marigo or Industrias del Ajedrez working to make these sets.
The one that became more popular was the Indajesa (Industrias del Ajedrez) design.
The set has a very distinctive knights and queen.
Anand and Kasparov analyzing with Indajesa set in Linares.
About Indajesa:
In the 1930's a lot of small wood-turning workshops were opened in Sant Pere de Torelló by workers in nearby Torelló textile turneries, fed up with the precarious job conditions they were suffering.
That was the way Indajesa company was founded by the brothers Gaspar and Josep Furnols and their sister's husband Josep Graseras in 1935.
In tune with the current attitude of the time and yielding to a blazing spirit as they were daring unknown waters, they named their new enterprise INDUSTRIAS DEL AJEDREZ (CHESS INDUSTRIES) which can be deemed a little exaggerated.
By then a few turneries had been making chess sets in boxwood for some time, two of them JOAN PUIG and JOAN SERRA would be over a hundred years old now.
The first years after its foundation, this company used to make small size chessmen in high quantities which were used by board game manufacturers as accessories in their multi-purpose games. Standard size chess sets for competition and medium size ones were also being produced and sold directly in the market with its own finish and brand name.
The founders tenacity at work deserved the trust of scores of good customers and their rigorous management succeeded in self-financing the business. Thus the firm became well known and appreciated in its sector.
Thanks to the good groundwork left by the founders they have been able to face the social and economic changes which have happened since.
The natural market for wooden chess sets was toy shops and wholesale merchants. Workforce cost those days made it possible.
Technology development, introduction of new materials and a continuous increase in labour costs limited the market within a circle of people with special interest in the product and purchasing capacity.
In 1976 the firm was constituted as a Joint Stock Company taking the name of the commercial brand and became: INDUSTRIAS DEL AJEDREZ, S.A..
The company address, "Carrer Rusiñol 6", is the same it was at the firm's foundation.
The distinctive logo of the company is the following:
Bought in "la casa del ajedrez", 2015, in Madrid, Spain. New indajesa Design.
Box wood, natural & dyed mahogany . Non weighted.
This set has a king of 90mm-35mm and a pawn of 48mm-28mm. It suits best in 50mm chessboards.
Bought in "ajedrezwebstore.com", 2015, New indajesa Design.
Olive & dyed black . Non weighted.
This set has a king of 90mm-35mm and a pawn of 48mm-28mm. It suits best in 50mm chessboards.
Source:
recommended purchase site:
http://www.ajedrez-webstore.es/
http://www.lacasadelajedrez.com/
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Cristóbal Ortega
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