Zagreb Ebonised Wooden Chess Pieces

Description

In the 1950s and 1960s, the beautiful “Zagreb” chess set was one of the most popular chess sets used at major chess tournaments around the world, including the 1959 Candidates Tournament held in the three cities that were then part of Yugoslavia – Bled, Belgrade and Zagreb.

This beautiful set of chess pieces is provided with two additional queens (white and black). The pieces in this set are very specific – especially King, Queen and Bishop. The Knight is made ​​in the Russian style (note that the head is carved very meticulously its uniqueness being underlined by the horse’s mouth which is closed, slender and bent over a thick neck).

This set is ebonized, giving the black pieces a rich, deep black color rather than a brown tone.