Bobby Fischer's Favorite Chess Set

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How do you know this picture was taken at the 1950 Olympiad? The knights in the picture do not look like the "1950 knights"

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@goodknightmike -   here:

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/gligoric.html

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Watch This Video-Bobbie Fischer's Fav Playing Chess Set With "His" Dubrovnik Pieces...

The Current Production Set Remake I Have Looks The Same To Me...

Notice that the video title which says "1970" Dubrovnik ??? 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S3lKm9gw3I

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The Dubrovnik set was introduced in 1950 when Fischer was seven. The set he plays with was made later. As he explains in one of the interviews, he bought it in Zagreb in 1970.

-Izmet

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I wonder if you know the maker of  Bobby Fischer's Dubrovnik set that he bought in Zagreb in 1970?   Noj Ltd. was not the maker as their business was started 1978.

Is it true that the 1990 Olympiad in Novi Sad used Dubrovnik sets?

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Nice set.  The knights are particularly beautiful!

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Oooh, he's handing me a delicious chess piece! *Nom-nom-nom-nom*

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Not to steal the subject from the OP, but I am wondering, how did Bobby carry his chess set while traveling?  In some pictures he is seen with a brown briefcase, but other then that he is just seen always carrying his books. 

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It is a well-known fact that Bobby Fischer´s favourite set of chessmen was the so-called "Dubrovnik" set - and I must say, I have never understood the enthusiasm about these chessmen. In my opinion, they are the most unaesthetic modern chessmen ever produced; especially the knights look unbelievably ugly, just one undefined chunk.