From the pictures it looks like the Kings are about 4" in height. The Bishops are really awesome!!
1972 Skopje Yugoslavia Olympiad Chess Set How about a replica?
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The Knight looks different as well. Hope you can get some better pics. Maybe Chess Bazaar can do a replica of the set..? 4 inch King... naaa.
What is the King's finial?
Yep... Navy Seal Pawns for sure.! 4 Inch Kings are too big, 3 3/4 inch King would be much better for Chess Bazaar to replicate IMO.
rcmacmillan wrote:
The thing that strikes me about this set is those pawns. The are almost as tall as the rooks.
Yeah, those pawns are quite tall. Do you think the set would be better with shorter pawns?
cgrau wrote:
What is the King's finial?
Looks like crosses Chuck
I blew one pic up on my iPhone here, Mike, and it looked like a spike.
Reducing the size of the pawns to satisfy our Western tastes would do violence to one of the key design elements of this socialist set. The size of the pawns reflects the importance of the proletarians. It's a design element seen in a lot of sets designed in what then were communist countries.
Just blew up another one and it clearly was a cross atop the King.
The Bishops are mitred, so the non-Christian motifs of the Dubrovnik have been abandoned.
cgrau wrote:
Reducing the size of the pawns to satisfy our Western tastes would do violence to one of the key design elements of this socialist set. The size of the pawns reflects the importance of the proletarians. It's a design element seen in a lot of sets designed in what then were communist countries.
Good points Chuck
cgrau wrote:
The Bishops are mitred, so the non-Christian motifs of the Dubrovnik have been abandoned.
Hey Chuck, if a replica is made, maybe it can be made with both style bishops as I'm sure collectors would like this.
Here's a short YouTube video on the Soviets at the 1972 Skopje Olympiad. Unfortunately, no good views of the Skopje Set.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwXMAFf35ls
Here are a couple more pictures I found.
The top picture is of Walter Browne at the event. I think this picture shows some of the pieces nicely.
The bottom picture, in color, appears to be Lubomir Kavalak.
I love these projects. I haven't given up the Tal project either. Good work, Mike!
Could this be a 1972 Skopje Olympiad set? The photo is captioned "Borislav Ivkov, 1972"
JamieDelarosa wrote:
Could this be a 1972 Skopje Olympiad set? The photo is captioned "Borislav Ivkov, 1972"
Thanks for the nice picture, but its not the Skopje set
I'm trying to find some clear pictures of the 1972 Skopje Olympiad Chess Set that was made especially for this event. With clear pictures the possiblity of a replica exists. I have not seen this extremely rare set offered on Ebay or any other sites. Please post any clear pictures of the 1972 Skopje set in this forum. Below are some pics I took from the Skopje 72. Chess Olympiad Book by Chess Informant. Unfortunately, none are clear enough to make a replica possible.