21.6 Inch Chess Set Dubrovnik Zagreb

Description

Plastic chess pieces / chessmen, Dubrovnik Style, weighted, felted

These chessmen are considered to have significant historical importance and are a timeless design classic.
This set was designed and made for the 1950 chess olympiad in Dubrovnik (Yugoslavia).
The 1950 Dubrovnik chess set was designed without religious symbols (king’s cross & bishop’s mitre)..
The pieces were sensibly designed to play with wide bases requiring a minimum of 55 millimetre chessboard squares.
Originally were not weigted, however this set of pieces is.
In a radio interview Bobby Fischer stated: This 1950 Dubrovnik chess set is the best set I have ever played on.
It is marvellous.Fischer owned a 1950 Dubrovnik chess set that he kept in a safe, which was subsequently sold by a storage company to pay for an outstanding storage bill.
A chess collector provided a chess set after Fischer requested it for the 1992 Fischer–Spassky rematch held at Sveti Stefan.
This is the plastic replica of Dubrovnik set

Made in EU

Size:

CHESSPIECES:

King: 3.2″ | 1.4″
Queen: 3″ | 1.4″
Rook: 2″ | 1.33″
Bishop: 2.79″ | 1.33″
Knight: 2.4″ | 1.33″
Pawn: 1.85″ | 1.25″

CHESSBOARD:

Square dimensions: 2″
Set dimension (closed): 21.6″ x 10.8″ x 2.36″

Burned design, Insert tray for chess pieces