Here is a Romanian set made from local woods, one side is covered with black lacquer. The pieces are not weighted and not felted. With a height of 8 cm the kings are slightly smaller than the German "Bundesform" set, which has a king size of 8.5 cm. However, there is a clear relation between the German "Bundesform" design and the design of this Romanian set, in particular visible in the peculiar shape of the bishops, but also the rooks and pawns. The similarities can be clearly seen in the comparison on the last picture.

The set was most likely made in the 1950's. The Romanian writer Mihail Sadoveanu (1880-1961), who - apart from his political career in the Communist regime - was the first president of the Romanian Chess Federation founded in 1925, used a set like this, as can be seen on footage showing him playing chess on a boat trip in the Danube Delta.

Sadoveanu wrote in 1931 that “the poorer the economies of a country and the more economically backward it is, the less known and widespread is the chess”. He also wrote: “When the game of chess begins to spread in a society, it means that the man rises a few steps above the other distractions that now appear brutal and barbaric to him.”