For board (square) sizing purposes, it is King base diameter that is the important dimension.  Height is a personal preference.

Matt, nice set. Very nice knights.

 Thanks Lou. It's from the Regency Chess Company, their "Sandringham" set. They're a small company on the UK who import these from India I believe.

As the proud owner of over 20 nice "exotic woods" chess sets, I must honestly admit that the two least expensive sets (Chessbazaar "Latvian" and "Red Stained Dubrovnik 2.0") are undoubtably my two favorites.  They beat out sets costing 4x to 6x as much!

Eyechess, are you referring to new sets currently on the market?  The antique Jaques patterns are finely turned and I still find those designs the most attractive; if I had to pick one it would be a small club circa 1895 (the "Marshall" knight and bishops with flame shaped mitre with intact ball).

The Dubrovnik is very popular, but I agree that the knight lacks something--a bit too simple.  Obviously, Fischer liked that design best.

Like the OP we also have one of the first original and most desirable Noj Dubrovniks before the II was added to the name. The original Noj's (pre II) box label is also as pictured and they were also carved by the original Noj carver. Certainly, one of the most desirable modern collectible sets ever made and a great choice. In addition, Fischer had great taste in sets, so I'll go there and say it's a tie between our two favorites sets pictured below... 

Note: The boards are also our favs... Our Drueke board was actually used in the 1986 US Open and our marble board (green & white of course) is a special custom duplicating the marble board used at Spassky Fischer Iceland.

PS-On a side note, "Genuine Ebony" rules the black pieces world in collecting and always will. The only exception would be ivory, so don't kid yourself or let anyone else convince you otherwise.

As a fav honorable mention, in the last photo is of our Buffalo & Camel Bone R-II or as we refer to it as poor man's ivory.  

Not too shabby

I enjoy playing games with this luxury Derby knight set on this board  made of black ash and burl with a high gloss finish and 2.25" squares from Rechapados Ferrer, Spain. The pads underneath are made of a leather like material and the pieces slide beautifully on this playing field as well as on my other wood boards..

Personally, I think the one used for the Reykjavik championship has been the masterpiece. From then on we can see the plump 90s-2000; I love it

The Dubrovnik: well, I think they are nice, but I feel Fischer's words weigh more than the design itself. In any case, it is an easy design to recognize, robust in several of its models and it conserves the section of "tips of the bishop" in FIDE's specifications.

But I think they played bottom in 2013 with the "Greek proportions" of the world championship: long pawns; Rook that really look like an ashtray; Well, they've all seen it at least once.

My vote is Leuchars by the smallest of margins. I don't own any of those, so I am going with looks alone.

I look for the following in a chess set: 1. Pieces should be clearly distinguishable from each other and from the background, else one will lose focus while playing. 2. Size must be appropriate, too small or too large will again distract attention while playing. 3. Storage and ease of use 4. Portability

Clearly, the sets with beautifully carved knights are expensive, because other pieces are usually manufactured by turning. Also, the beauty of the knight primarily decides the beauty of the set. A second concern would be clarity between Bishop and Pawns. Third, appearance of rooks. Lastly distinguishability between King and Queen.

Most of the pieces above are fine, except the wide mitre of the Bishop or the short crenulations of the Rooks. But the dark pieces against the dark squares is distracting. I prefer lighter dark squares, especially a green vinyl mat board for darker pieces, and knights carved in greater detail. Check out chesshouse.com or thechessstore.com for beautiful sets.

Try this. Too expensive for me, but I have my eyes on them .

https://chessartistry.com/products/the-tuscan-ebony-wood-4-4-king

For me it's a Antique Jaques set , As you hold history in your Hands .

The sins of a Emprie in it's rise & fall .

Here are three that I have and like a lot:

The first is a Selchow Righter Deluxe chess set - a tad on the small size at about 3" but I like the appearance of the pieces.  This is the red version (the only one I have ever seen is the one I have) - usually they are black and white.

The second is a Gallant Knight 5" - I have always liked the distinctive rooks and knights - and the pieces look good in all the sizes they made (2 1/8", 2 1/4", 2 3/4", 2.5", 3" and 3.25") - they also made a pretty wide range of colors (one set even had blue pieces) which makes them attractive for collecting purposes.  When you play with a 5" set the weight of the pieces is very satisfying.

The bottom one is a Lowe's Bakelite set - kind of an art deco look from before WWII.

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As a bonus here is certificate for Gallant Knight that I recently picked up:

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   For me it's a Antique Jaques set , As you hold history in your Hands .

   The sins of a Emprie in it's rise & fall .

Here photo of my Jaques  set I use  from 1865 ,

Here's a Jaques set from around 1900 .

And here's a photo of my  4' vintage staunton 1900 probably F H Ayres of London .

The Capablanca Chess Edition - Reykjavik II

Very nice Lighthouse. Your 1865 set has a leaning King, or that just the photo? Is that a 3.5" set?

Hi Matt ,  Thank you , & it's a 3.5" Theres a slight lean to the white king that being exaggerate from taking  photo with Mac , Alan remade my black kings cross on both Jaques sets .

Will you be posting any photo's of your Jaques sets ?