Between
7th September 1959 and 29th October 1959, eight of the strongest GMs in the
world met in the Yugoslav cities of Bled, Zagreb and Belgrade for the right to
a challenge Mikhail Botvinnik for the World Championship. The tournament consisted of 28 rounds, each player
facing the others four times.
The
eight players in this competition had qualified as follows:
ex-World
Champion Vasily Smyslov.
second
place finisher in the previous Candidates Tournament - Paul
Keres.
The
other six places were determined by an Interzonal tournament, held in 1958 in Portorož,
Yugoslavia - Mikhail Tal, Svetozar Gligorić, Tigran Petrosian, Pal Benkö,
Fridrik Ólafsson and Robert Fischer.
Ex-World Champion Vasily Smyslov and Paul Keres were considered strong favorites with Tigran Petrosian being given an outside chance. Of the non-Soviet players Gligorić was considered the strongest but not a likely victor. Olafsson and Benko had only recently been awarded the GM title and were not considered serious contenders. Everyone’s eye was on Bobby Fischer and it was expected he would play the role of spoiler in a few games, but he was not considered a threat to win the tournament. Tahl won the event one and a half points despite losing 3 out of 4 games to the unfortunate perennial runner-up, Paul Keres.
In commeration of this event The House of Staunton offers the Zagreb '59 Series set which is a reproduction of one of the most popular sets used in international tournaments durign the 1950s and 1960s. This my set of choice and as usual, the set from HOS comes with two extra Queens.
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ReplyDeleteThis set isn't a reproduction of the Zagreb, is a new set, designed and inspired ( litlle) in the Duibrovnik chess pieces!
A shame that a "no-true" comes to true. I have a serious reproductin of Duvrovnik chess pieces.
I hate the lie even heiden in marketing. HOS is very powerfull, but no more is chess "conoisseurs"!
Go to https://www.noj.si/ and see what I mean.
The set of Mr. Camaratta as litlle or nothing to the Dubrovnik set!
I love this site, but sometimes I wonder some themes are written so lax, whitout study!
Sorry, But the true above all.
HOS does not claim this set is an exact reproduction. Their ad clearly states it is an adaptation.
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ReplyDeleteI have both sets, the HOS Zagreb set and the Dubrovnik 1950 set. Both sets are very nice but for playing, I prefer the Dubrovnik 1950. Especially for playing speed chess, the Dubrovnik set was made for. I have bought the set directly from the manufacturer in a town close to Ljubljana (Slovenia).