Interesting that they say that their version is a copy of the 1970s set, as used at the Siegen Chess Olympiad, not the original 1950 Dubrovnik.
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Its nice & the price is right. I wish they would do a face on of the Knight.
I have sent a message off to HOS requesting verification that the set is in fact genuine ebony. If so I'll probably pull the trigger and post pics and review when I receive. As most of you know I am a high end modern collector of mint safe queens and not affilated with any particular company.
UPDATE: Still debating if I will purchases. If it was Walnut and Maple I would buy in a heartbeat. Dubrov's were never, as far as I know, that of ebony, but Dubovie historians feel free to chime in here as I'm not totally sure.
No ebony in Yugoslavia, ever.
It seems like a very nice set, however the knights are *very* crude. It's a reproduction of the 1970 (Croatian, by A. Maurović) redesign of the original 1950 (Serbian, by P. Poček) limited edition sets that were given away at the IX. Olympiad in Dubrovnik.
-Izmet
Thanks... That's what I thought...
Just got message back from HOS... The black pieces are Not ebony but they're indeed ebonized. I assume the description on their site will be corrected. So now I understand the lower price... I assume also that this set might offer a different stain like walnut or redwood etc in the future, but just a guess on my part.
it seems weird that they would decide to add this set (which is good) but then completely throw history/accuracy out the window by offering this set as boxwood/ebony (or ebonized boxwood) rather than including color/wood choices that would be more historically accurate.
Historical accuracy is not a priority at House of Staunton. Their Reykjavik series is a good example, the Zagreb another.
I believe they hit a sweet price/quality spot with this set.
-Izmet
Agreed. And considering how widely the Zagreb set was copied, I suspect the market will be flooded with Indian Dubrovnik copies next few years...
I always wonder where all these sets are accumulating. I mean, there has to be a productive capacity for several million sets per year worldwide. Where are they all going? Is there a heap of chess sets someplace to sop up all the excess capacity?
Somebody has to worry about these things. It may as well be me.
ROBB_CHESS wrote:
Have you folks seen this yet ? My set is Noj in maple and walnut which are the woods used I believe in the Bobby Fischer set and more like his original set in that way. Interesting that the HOS set is ebony and boxwood, but the price is very reasonable... hmmmmm. I might pull the trigger if it's genuine ebony though at the current price.
http://www.houseofstaunton.com/the-dubrovnik-series-chess-set-3-75-king.html?___store=houseofstaunton_en&acc=67c6a1e7ce56d3d6fa748ab6d9af3fd7
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I think I'm going to pull the trigger even if the black pieces are ebonised. Of course the knights are inferior to the Noj Ltd Knights, but for $200 its a great practical set good for tournaments and blitz play.
DrSpudnik wrote:
I always wonder where all these sets are accumulating. I mean, there has to be a productive capacity for several million sets per year worldwide. Where are they all going? Is there a heap of chess sets someplace to sop up all the excess capacity?
Somebody has to worry about these things. It may as well be me.
I know where about 20 of them ended up. 
Finally realized I had another addiction on my hands and quit checking Ebay several times a day. That HOS Dubrovnik sure looks tempting though...
What's up with the bishops? Looks weird to me.......well, I'm ocd, so I wouldn't get that chess set for sure.
FrankHelwig wrote:
it seems weird that they would decide to add this set (which is good) but then completely throw history/accuracy out the window by offering this set as boxwood/ebony (or ebonized boxwood) rather than including color/wood choices that would be more historically accurate.
On Nicolas Lanier's fabulous Chess- Museum website he shows a circa 1950's partial Dubrovnik set with the dark pieces in BLACK. So this may add some crediblity to the historical accuracy of the HOS ebony/ebonized replica set.
http://www.chess-museum.com/staunton-style.html
Christmas please come! I want this set!
Do you have this one baddogno?
No, but I have a never unwrapped baseball set that I bought for the green and maple 2 1/4" square wooden board. I mean $20 with free shipping is almost free, right? Right? Of course I've never actually used it but it's there just in case I need it someday. Sigh...
ROBB_CHESS wrote:
I have sent a message off to HOS requesting verification that the set is in fact genuine ebony. If so I'll probably pull the trigger and post pics and review when I receive. As most of you know I am a high end modern collector of mint safe queens and not affilated with any particular company.
UPDATE: Still debating if I will purchases. If it was Walnut and Maple I would buy in a heartbeat. Dubrov's were never, as far as I know, that of ebony, but Dubovie historians feel free to chime in here as I'm not totally sure.
On Nicolas Lanier's fabulous Chess- Museum website he shows a circa 1950's partial Dubrovnik set with the dark pieces in BLACK. So this may add some crediblity to the historical accuracy of the HOS ebony/ebonized replica set.
http://www.chess-museum.com/staunton-style.html
Have you folks seen this yet ? My set is Noj in maple and walnut which are the woods used I believe in the Bobby Fischer set and more like his original set in that way. Interesting that the HOS set is ebony and boxwood, but the price is very reasonable... hmmmmm. I might pull the trigger if it's genuine ebony though at the current price.
http://www.houseofstaunton.com/the-dubrovnik-series-chess-set-3-75-king.html?___store=houseofstaunton_en&acc=67c6a1e7ce56d3d6fa748ab6d9af3fd7
HOS
MY Noj