Plastic chess pieces/chessmen, Dubrovnik Style, weighted, felted
These chessmen are considered to have significant historical importance and are timeless design classics.
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 miter). The pieces were sensibly designed to play with wide bases requiring a minimum of 55-millimeter chessboard squares. Originally were not weighted, 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 marvelous. 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
Dimensions (height|width at the bottom):
King: 8,2 cm | 3,6 cm
Queen: 7,7 cm | 3,6 cm
Rook: 5,1 cm | 3,4 cm
Bishop: 7,1 cm | 3,4 cm
Knight: 6,1 cm | 3,4 cm
Pawn: 4,7 cm | 3,2 cm
Board:
Material: PVC, canvas
Board square dimension: 5,7 cm
Board dimension: 50 x 50 cm
Washable surface
Warning! Not suitable for children under 3 years due to small parts! Danger of suffocation.
