Dubrovnik Chess Set
A full tournament sized chess set it features a 3 75 king with a 1 75 diameter base.
Dubrovnik chess set. Noj is well known for making the best dubrovnik reproductions in the world. Over the decades the dubrovnik chessmen were redesigned several times. Our dubrovnik chess sets are available in maple walnut maple brown stain maple red stain maple black stain. The chess pieces are hand carved by our master artisans and crafted out of the highest grade woods.
4 5 out of 5 stars 113 113 reviews. Marked white king s felt every white king features a noj logo on its felt. Most of the work is done by hand since only this way leads to high quality pieces. The olympiad was held in dubrovnik croatia between august 20 and september 11 1950.
A full tournament sized chess set it features a 3 75 king with a 1 75 diameter base. The dubrovnik design was initially introduced at the 1950 dubrovnik olympiad and was gm bobby fischer s favorite set. He is seen in many pictures and images using his dubrovnik set including his life magazine cover. Dubrovnik chess pieces set in painted boxwood red natural yellow king 4 weighted 2 extra queens 1950 reproduced bobby fischer set chessncraftsindia.
The house of staunton is proud to offer the dubrovnik series chess set. The house of staunton is proud to offer the dubrovnik series chess set. The chess pieces are hand carved by our master artisans and crafted out of the highest grade woods. In small details pieces can differ among themselves however the meaning of handwork is far from making products that look 100 the same.
The dubrovnik chess set is a style of chess pieces influenced by the staunton chess set and used to play the game of chess. But this kind of quality doesn t come cheap and the dubrovnik minceta set costs 598 plus shipping. These chessmen are considered to have significant historical importance and are a timeless design classic. Every piece is hand carved and the attention to detail cannot be matched by the factory produced chess sets coming out of india.