Most Beautiful Chess Set - 1950s' Fischer Dubrovnik - Mahogany Stained and Boxwood Royal Chess Mall 

i would sign a petition just for FIDE to use Dubrovnik-style pieces in the WCC. its ergonomic, classy, and simply beautiful.

Dubrovnik sets are always stunning, the Fischer set is the one I’d love to get my hands on.

Now that is absolutely gorgeous. Nicely done! Thank you for sharing..

Excellent review as always. You go for the right aspects and you see them from different angles, which makes the review complete!

Another interesting video....and what a stunning Set.

Dubrovniks are truly beautiful sets, but this one really takes the cake. I absolutely agree with your assessment of the aesthetic elements that make these pieces so unique, well balanced, and beautiful.

I love this set! I’ve been looking at it a lot recently and have decided to upgrade my plastic set to this when I reach 1250 ELO rating online haha. I feel like I need to earn a set this beautiful. Thanks for the video Alex!

Beautiful chess set!

I was eye balling that same set last week. They had two sets instock. The mohagany looks really good. I have a ebony 70's drubrovnik set.

Fantastic set!! This one is up there with the Zagreb as my favourites atm. Great job filming this set review in natural light. & Great camera work all round. Cheers!!

i Just got an email from Ajay at Royal Chess Mall and they now have the 1950s' Fisher Dubrovnik Mahogany back in stock as of August 5th. I've ordered my set and it should be here in about 5 days in Alberta Canada. I'll let you explain to my wife why I needed to have this beautiful set. I always look forward to your great reviews. If you ever want to practice dentistry in Canada, let me know.

Stunning! I just ordered a 1950 Dubrovnik set from Chess Villa and also have a revised 1970 Dubrovnik on the way as well. Great review which makes me more anxious to get mine! Cheers!

I really like the Dubrovnik bishops. They resemble the Zagreb set ones. That top sits nicely in a pinch grip. Overall, IMO the Dubrovnik knights are slightly less aesthetic but their sturdiness makes the set very durable. As to the material, I reckon mahogany is one of the best for black pieces after genuine ebony.

Thanks for another informative video, pertaining to a chess set regarded as the favorite pieces of Bobby Fischer. I have never seen you as excited with the other pieces that you have reviewed, so you must really have felt some connection with the Dubrovnik pieces. My suggestion, from my point of view, is for you to include some facts so we can relate the pieces you are reviewing with our own pieces. For example, make mention of the King's height, base, and the total weight of all the pieces in grams or ounces.

I’m very familiar with Mahogany as I’ve been a Piano Restorer for more than 35 years now. From what I can see in your video I would say that the ‘Black’ pieces are indeed actual Mahogany and not just stained. Mahogany is relatively light weight so I wouldn’t be surprised by weights in the pieces to help them be stabile.

Nice review man. I got the ones from chessbazaar on my channel. Love them so far!

Thank you for your review. I got a copy of this particular set last week. It features an excellent combination of weight, size, and design, making it different and better from most chess sets. There is contradictory information on which set Fischer named his favorite; some say it is the 70s, while others say it was the 50s. In any case, the original design is better than the new, which is explained since the last was designed for mass production. In my view, the size is more balanced than other "standard" chess sets like the plastic HOS Marshall set. The weight is enough to be stable on the board and substantial when moving pieces. Finally, the superb design stands out easily from most others; here, the knight is the work-horse, yet the others are also great. For example, the queen's top with no sharp corners is a relief from those others with pointing crowns; the rooks, in my case, are chunkier and fattier than yours (just like the original Dubrovnik 50s) and look more balanced. The Royal Chess Mall's version is close to Staunton Castle's version, at a fraction of the cost. This RCM's 50s Dubrovnik would be the best of everything, and I found it to be my endgame set. Now I feel free to sell everything I have in my modest collection. Who needs any other chess set when having this that Fischer regretted did not? Some interesting links that may help those interested in comparing this with different similar sets are these two: www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-equipment/5-dubrovnik-sets-comparison bestchessmenever.com/blog/files/the-dubrovnik-chess-set.html

Just purchased these Chessmen from RCM based on this recommendation. Can't wait until they get here. Thanks!

great review. btw the rooks on this set are now sold with slightly different design. according to website: "Update: After feedback received from many chess collectors and players from the chess community, we have made revisions to the rook which has now a straight body and shank as compared to the tapered variant which was sold earlier." so now the rook looks the same as it did in the 50s design.

The set I received from Royal Chess Mall has one significant change from the set you show in this video. The Rooks are not tapered - but thick and straight up and down - just like the Guard Towers in Dubrovnik from which they are supposed to represent.

Very nice, but King should have a cross on his crown. Just my opinion. Personally my favorite set is the Morphy sold by House of Staunton. I like the Marshall slightly better, but I could not afford it. I snagged the Morphy on sale a few years ago, and I could not be happier. I told my wife "It is heirloom quality".,

Beautiful. And still currently sold out. :)

Great video as always! In my opinion, currently this might be the best knight replica for 1950 Dubrovnik. I would say the Staunton Castle replica might take the second place, and Noj from Slovenia third place. However, SC rook of this set is for sure more accurate than the tapered one from Royal chess mall. Tapered Dubrovnik rook came in existence with later Dubrovnik version, in the famous Fischer set. At this point I believe only 3 companies have the actual Fischer replica, it is Noj from Slovenia, Chessbazaar and House of Staunton. All 3 of these have tapered rook which is accurate to the set they are tributing. Dubrovnik sets are like a topic for itself, happy to see this is your favourite set. My favourite are Nathaniel Cooke 1849 Staunton Castle, both Dubrovnik versions (Staunton castle version for 1950, and Noj Minceta for Fischer version), and vintage French lardy knight set, i believe at this point you can only buy used lardy sets because what they make today and name as Lardy is really not as accurate or beautiful as the vintage ones. Do you own original Lardy set maybe? It would be great if you could make a video one day of it Edit: fun fact the Dubrovniks always have 5 cut rooks because it resembles the actual tower Minceta in city of Dubrovnik which has 5 cuts

I still have a soft spot for the old Regence set... 😁

The most similar to this one is the Staunton castle reproduction, the biggest difference is the rook. Their rook is not tapered. The original rook top was tapered but in overall doesn't look as tiny as this one. The knight is stunning. All in all, beautiful set

Nice that the King doesn't tower over the others. In some sets it is hard to teach over it to move shorter pieces.

nice chess set! but that Staunton looks very nice can we see a review ?

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Apart from the Rooks RCM has done a great job with this set, the Knights are exceptional. If it weren't for the Rooks being too slim I'd get it, but that's just me. IMO Noj does the most accurate Dubrovnik reproductions but they are expensive and there is a very long waiting list. Next best would be Staunton Castles 1950 Dubrovnik.

I think the reason for those bishops having differing myter lengths / shapes is that they are based on Dubrovnik sets of different years.

Excellent video. Which of those sets has the most weight?

Your Boxwood king has a “lean” to it. In the video looking at your it’s to the left. As you fact the boxwood army it’s to the right. Subtle but it’s there. I’d ask for a replacement if that’s still possible. I have this same set stained in a dark Mahogany color but Staunton Castle was the manufacturer Mandeep Singh Saggu. I also have this set in Padaulk wood the only issue I had with either of these sets was the powdery white residue Padauk or Bud Rosewood pieces develop over time which is remedied with a Microsoft cloth towel. The knights seem identical in the carving aspect of both the Royal Chess Mall set and the Staunton Castle sets. FYI.

The wood is pronounced mah hogany

Hi I’m sure this has been asked. But what board is that. Thanks for all your videos. Gavin

What are your 5 best chess sets in ranking order 1 through 5?

What is the size of the chess board ?

what wood is used? What is meant by Mahogony stained? Beautiful set

Do you know if these are weighted?

Fischer preferred them light weight so he could carry them around. But if you don't want to carry should you get them weighted? Or should they be light like Fischer experienced them?

This is a little confusing; In your video, the ROOK has its walls( merlons) ANGLED in, just as you described, but, when I watched the video from Royal Chess Mall -- who made their own video; I do not see the walls of the Rooks ANGLED at all, in the video they produced for their own set, it is the Mahogany stained set. The guy "Random Chess Talk" also does a video review and I do not see same ANGLED in walls of his 1950 Dubrovnik set -- that is from Royal Chess Mall. Did they change the Rook design, or is there another reason for that your Rooks are different??

Really wish the bishops had that miter's cut, though

Hello Al Su can you tell me what set does that Staunton knight come from that you are comparing the Dubrovniks knights to? It’s quite stunning. Thank you.

If the difference between "mahogany" and "mahogany stained" doesn't matter when buying chess sets, then I suppose the difference between "gold" and "gold colored" also doesn't matter when buying precious metals.

The Rooks have been corrected

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The knights are an acquired taste. Also, it's "ma-HOG-ony", not "mo-HAG-ony"! 🙂

I think Dubrovnik are a very serious chess set..... not sure about Zagreb

Mahogany......not mohagany 👀

Horses for courses, I guess...

It's Mahogany stained. When Mahogany has a finish on it, it will glisten. It is the only wood that will glisten with a finish. I am not seeing the glistening effect from these pieces. The height is not historically correct. Original Fischer Dubrovnik sets were 3.6 not 3.8. Also the eyes of the Knights should be forward and not on the sides. The Bishops head is too big and wrong shape. Rooks should be fatter. Other than that the set does look really good.