Chess Player Cards

  Magnus Carlsen Sergey Karjakin Susan Polgar Typical CardBack mid 2000's mid 2000's China Tietong Phone Cards China 8 Cards These phone cards feature Magnus Carlsen, Sergey Karjakin, Susan Polgar and other unidentified chess players. The pictures were taken in the mid 2000's possibly at one of the Corus "B" Group Tournaments they both participated in around that time.  If a reader has any further information on these phone cards please comment.   NNO. Magnus Carlsen NNO. Sergey Karjakin NNO. Susan Polgar

  Hikaru Nakamura Tania Sachdev Ruslan Ponomariov Typical Card Back 2009 2009 Hong Kong Telecom Phone cards Hong Kong 26 Cards These phone cards featuring Hikaru Nakamura, Ruslan Ponomariov, Tania Sachdev and other unidentified chess players commemorates the 2009 Women's Diputacion Foral de Gipuzkoa and the San Sebastian Chess Festival (Donostia). The images form four card composites to create one larger image as shown above. There is some uncertainty as to the date of the cards. This tournament took place in 2009 while the cards show an expiry date of 2007.  If a reader has any further information on these phone cards please comment.   NNO. Hikaru Nakamura NNO. Ruslan Ponomariov NNO. Tania Sachdev

  2025 2025 Clutch Chess: The Legends SLCC Editor: St. Louis Chess Club (SLCC) USA 2 Cards  Print Run: Unconfirmed   This 2 (two) card set was released for the 2025 Clutch Chess: The Legends tournament by the St. Louis Chess Club. They are unnumbered and feature player descriptions and ratings on the back of each card. This set preceded the release of the similar Clutch Chess Champions 4 card set. Though similar I have catalogued them as separate sets since they were released that way. NNO. Viswanathan Anand NNO. Garry Kasparov

  2025 2025 Clutch Chess Champions Showdown SLCC Editor: St. Louis Chess Club (SLCC) USA 4 Cards  Print Run: 40 (Unconfirmed)   This 4 (four) card set was released for the 2025 Clutch Chess tournament by the St. Louis Chess Club. They are unnumbered and feature player descriptions and ratings on the back of each card. In addition to the Dommaraju and Carlsen cards I have shown the packs they were sold in. NNO. Gukesh Dommaraju NNO. Fabiano Caruana NNO. Hikaru Nakamura NNO. Magnus Carlsen

  1963 1963 Monty Sports Stars Playing Cards Netherlands At least 52 cards Features 1 (one) chess player card, 2 of Clubs Max Euwe. The cards are playing cards with similar backs with a red background and geometric shapes. The set features famous Dutch athletes of the time. Only the chess player card is listed here. 2 of Clubs. Dr Max Euwe (Schaken)

  Karpov front                 Karpov Back Tretiak Front                  Tretiak Back Checklist Front Cover                                Back Cover 1979 1979 Stars of Soviet Sport Editor: Publishing House Plakat,  Order of the Red Banner of Labor Kalinin Polygraphic Combine of the Soyuzpoligrafprom under the USSR State Committee for Publishing, Printing and Book Trade, Kalinin, 5 Lenin Ave. Moscow, Russia (USSR) 15 Cards Print Run: 600,000 Features 1 (one) chess player card, #NNO Anatoly Karpov. The cards are significantly larger than typical trading cards with a portrait and biographical information on them.  #NNO. Vasily Alekseyev ( ВАСИЛИЙ АЛЕКСЕЕВ) #NNO. Nikolay Andrianov ( НИКОЛАЙ АНДРИАНОВ) #NNO. Valery Borzov ( ВАЛЕРИЙ БОРЗОВ) #NNO. Irina Deryugina ( ИРИНА ДЕРЮГИНА) #NNO. Alexander Zaitsev ( АЛЕ...

  19th century E.D. Williams Paul Morphy Cigar Trade Card 19th century Hartford, Conn., USA 1 Card  E.D. Williams produced cigars and tobacco products from the mid to late 19th century. This trade card advertises the Paul Morphy Cigar among others. Paul Morphy featured prominently in advertising upon his return from Europe. The card is made of sturdy, cardboard like material and is blank backed. If any readers have further info or other famous chess player trade cards please comment. #NNO. Paul Morphy, Pearl Queen, Windmill, and Nutmeg Brand of Cigars