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Zagreb Elite Series Wooden Chess Set - 3.875" King Acacia Wood/Ebonize Boxwood Staunton Chess
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- Опубликовано: 13 авг 2024
- Zagreb Elite Series Wooden Chess Set, an excellent choice for an inexpensive quality chess set if you don't mind the darker look. Cheap chess pieces are usually light and not as well made so for the price this is an excellent chess set. Tournament size and can be also used for casual play. These chess pieces are affordable and of high quality. Staunton Chess Collection.
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this is my favourite chess set. Love it!!!!!! I actually asked you about this under one of your other videos. Good to see here that you've covered it.
Thanks! This set goes really nicely with that board too!
Dark Zagreb… so goth!
My English leather board will find genuine love!
What's going on my good chess friends! Found a moment to sit down and catch up on all the great comments you guys leave! These comments, people watching is what it's all about, if it wasn't for social media, I don't think I would be surrounded by so many great people such as yourself with similar interest to mine, out to build a true chess community. If you happen to come across this comment, I wanted to update you guys as to the recent changes I see happening with RUclips. If you have started to see ads run prior to my videos, it means that RUclips started to run ads for my channel, however, not until I hit the 1000 subscriber mark and 4000 hours of viewing time, can I monetize. Some of the more elegant and cooler chess set I so much wish to show you are outside of my budget so my intention is when I finally hit those numbers and youtube starts to pay me for the ads, then I can use those funds to get better chess sets, and show you guys so much more, find time to travel and even perhaps go to some chess events. Before I hit those marks though, you will see ads on my channel but the funding from ads is going to RUclips only, which is fine, they need to be able to justify the HUGE amount of space that they have to make for all of my videos. With that being said, lets all make an effort to get subscribing and watching so we can get to the point where the ads you guys have to skip would translate to pennies for newer and better chess merchandise instead of just going only to RUclips! If you like this channel, share it with your friends if they also enjoy chess, if they don't enjoy chess don't share otherwise I'll be swarmed with dislikes lol. Have a wonderful day everyone! Stay safe and enjoy being in the moment! P.S. I'll drop this same comment in some of my other chess videos so more people have a chance to see it! Cheers!!
Congrats on the nice video presentation. I received my 1959 Zagreb pieces (3.89" King) two days ago, and I am quite pleased with it. The dark pieces are Indian Rosewood, and the light pieces are Natural Boxwood. Total weight of all pieces was 1,289 grams. I was surprised that yours weigh 64 oz., or roughly 1,815 grams. Two weeks ago, another set of pieces arrived from India. They are the regular Staunton model, and total weight of the pieces was 1,214 grams. This Staunton model has a broad base for the pieces, to prevent pieces toppling over when playing.
Your reviews are good, and I am glad I found it. Keep up the good work, and best wishes from New Westminster, BC, Canada.
Hey thanks a bunch for a good review! The pieces I have do feel pretty heavy, its possible they are possibly adding extra weight inside, but they feel heavy and stable, like the wood feels dense in the hand. I think Indian Rosewood and Boxwood is a great combination! I Know they sell other Zagreb sets but most of the other ones are a little bit more expensive! I am grateful that you and others are finding my content of some use, that's sure to motivate me to make more content!
Do these measurements include 4 Queens?
Hi Alex! After this video I went ahead and ordered my set. Very nice set. Thanks, got a very good deal.
Thanks a lot for watching! This is a very well made Zagreb set and heavy too! I think its a good deal also!
Very nice set, this is one of the iconic sets I aim to get when I can along with the Dubrovnik and Reykjavik.
I think that's a good idea! I am not really sure if this specific one is still available on the House of Staunton at this point though.
Yeah you're right that wood combination is unavailable at the moment so I'll put it off for now but I should have the Reykjavik ll set from HOS within the next few days. Really enjoy your reviews by the way, they're a big help. Thanks
@@tank.4496 thanks a lot! I hope you enjoy your set! Let me know about it! I'll keep more videos coming, people seem to enjoy them
Several years ago I purchased from US Chess, a Zagreb 1959 set with 3.875" King made of Boxwood and Anjan. I loved the knights. Then about 2-3 years ago I saw on the same site (US Chess) a set called the Leningrad with very similar Knights, also with the 3.875" kings made of Boxwood and Ebonized Boxwood. The basic difference between the two sets are the contrasting tops of the Zagreb '59 Kings, Queens, and Bishops while the Leningrad set are all of the same color. Enjoy your set, it's quite sturdy and playable.
Oh how interesting, I like the zagreb a lot for the reason of alternating tops, but I am sure the leningrad set looks great too! Thanks for that info!
I just got my set from House of Staunton today.🥰 I got the genuine ebony and boxwood. 4 days from HoS to me in Denmark… pretty good, I think.🤔 Thanks for the recommendation. I love it.❤️
How wonderful! I am glad you got a set you wanted. HOS tends to be pretty great with their shipping speed, sometimes I would order a set Thursday morning and it would arrive next day from them. Not sure how it is now, but that fast shipping was very surprising.
Since India has clamped down on harvesting and exporting of Golden Rosewood aka Sheesham. They are using Acacia wood as a substitute for Golden Rosewood. I got a library sized set from House of Chess that is advertised on their website as Golden Rosewood and Boxwood. What I got was Acacia and Boxwood. It is no biggie. I am willing to cut them some slack for this transition but not too much longer though. Once they have run out of legal Golden Rosewood on stock. They should update their website to show the proper wood. I do have a Zagreb set but it is a bit smaller than yours. I have always liked this design even though it was never used in the Zagreb 1959 tournament. What was used is the Dubrovnik set for that tournament.
Love your channel, keep up the good work!
Thanks a lot! I am not a pro by any means, but my intention is to bring to you a lot more chess content!
I have the Zagreb set, one of my favorite set so far.
@@spirit_of_7614 I like it a lot too, the knights look really nice!
Beautiful and elegant!
I love this pattern,.
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Heavy! I wish all the chess suppliers would allow you to sort pieces by weight. I'm forever looking for heavy pieces.
Man, this set is handsome.
That would definitely be a good idea! Perhaps something to suggest. That a really nice set for the price, the pieces are definitely heavy and well made.
So beautiful hess set , dont return it , congrats , so so beautiful videos
No I probably won't return it!
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I ordered a Zagreb from Staunton Castle Inc. It was described as being a 3.75" natural and black lacquered (didn't read the full description closely enough) priced at $240 US, I assumed it was ebony and boxwood but it isn't. You won't see this set on the SCI website I found it on Amazon. Just curious as to why this set was so expensive (being just ebonized boxwood,) since I've seen Zagreb pieces in ebony and boxwood for much less.
I haven't received it yet, should be soon.
240 is around the price this set was originally priced at on House of Staunton, they threw a sale on this "Elite" set, I think being that dark on dark pieces like these are just less in demand as regular boxwood. So this set cost me around 124, but I know House of Staunton has other Zagreb sets for around 200. Let me know if you like the set when you receive it and if you feel like it's worth the price. I was happy with mine, as it is a really nice and overall heavy set which is what I like about it. It feels more solid in my hand than the 219 dollar Cambridge Srping set I purchased before.
Thank you for your videos.
thanks for watching!
In House of Staunton the Zagreb Elite set seems to be replaced by the Zagreb Prestige set. I just ordered the last stock (not received yet). I hope Blood Rosewood will looks as nice as Gold Rosewood. Love this set from your video!
Thanks a lot!! I think your set will look very nice as well. I really enjoyed the way this set feels in hand, sturdy design!
So I got the pieces and they look and feel great. Just the color contrast is poor. You need excellent illumination to play with this combo.
@@tomriddle2257 that's a very good point! Semi dim lit rooms might not work as well for a set where most pieces are already dark.
very nice set i want to get this in a different color
I love the Zagreb design, the knights especially. I have the HOS Zagreb '59 Series Chess Pieces - 2.875" King for $85. No flaws whatsoever. I also have a 4.0" king Zagreb set from chessbazaar., which isn't so refined, but still pretty nice.
Yeah the knights on the Zagreb are very similar to the knights of the Leningrad series, I like them too, conservative design!
Just bought these pieces last night from a clearance sale. I would not mind to get the acacia wood instead of the golden rosewood, but you're right that they should advertise properly. I can't wait to get it!
Oh yeah!? This is one of my all time favorite sets, especially for the price, it's solid, weighty and all around a great set! I am sure you'll like playing with it! Just make sure you have a nice board to complement the set!
@@AlSuChess I received my pieces last night and guess what, Alex? My white pieces were acacia as well, not golden rosewood, even though that's what was advertised. I'm keeping it. I actually prefer the lighter tone of acacia. And you're right, it's a beautiful set. I first thought it was going to be too precious for actual playing, but it's not. It's a great set of pieces. Thanks for your review and the info you provided in this video.
@@Kubooxooki thanks a lot for sharing! I am glad you got what you were hoping for! Good for you!
You must have a museum of chess colletion. Where do you stored it?
Lovely set and great cinematography, keep up the great work.
I see a Zagreb Elite Series listed on their clearance section, for $124.95, with the golden rosewood and the ebonized boxwood. I don’t think they’ll ask you to return it. Specially with that comically large -No returns- sign.
I’ve had the folding (because of my limited display space) walnut and maple board on my wishlist forever. I imagine it would pair nicely and elegantly with a blood rosewood and boxwood set (also on the wishlist). Do you think the contrast between the board and the pieces would be enough?
Thanks for the reply! I agree with you about returns, I am still interested to see what they'll say. I wanted the rosewood because I felt like red and black combination looked nicer than this acacia wood/ebonized boxwood combo, but the pieces are nice so I like this set too. I saw the folding walnut/maple board you mentioned, I think that a lot of pieces will go well on it, as well as the set you are looking at. I wouldn't know for sure until I see it with my own eyes though. Let me know how it looks if and when you get it!
I think it blends in more when you have very dark squares and very dark black pieces, then you would need to be more careful. I like a house of Staunton blackwood and olivewood satin board but i would need to have the black pieces in a light brown or rosewood, not ebony or ebonized boxwood.
@@AlSuChess Sure thing! Maybe I'll even make a little video to showcase that board, who knows, haha. Did you hear back from HoS? Also, will you get a rosewood (or blood rosewood) set in the future? Or are keeping this one?
@@dbmillan I called them back, they weren't super helpful and no returns offered on clearance items. I was a little upset at first but honestly not really a big deal, I got a good set in the end that that's all that matters. I am looking to see if I can find a less expensive venue to get my hands on some of these chess sets, maybe I'll have to start selling off some of the ones I am buying. Cheers!
Beautiful set, one of my first sets was an ebonized Zagreb. I also have a Leningrad set which has the identical knight. Now in terms of woods I have sets in Sheesham which is just another name Golden Rosewood and Acacia. They are extremely similar to the point of being identical. If I showed pictures of my acacia pawns and sheesham pawns I don't think many would be able to tell them apart.
I am nearly positive HoS, Staunton Castle and Official Staunton all get there sets made in the same place by Mandeep. If you look at the packaging they are identical with the exception of company logo stamps. I also know that Official Staunton usually carries Acacia for their lower tier sets instead of Sheesham/golden rosewood. I highly suspect this was acquired at an overstock deep discount by HoS but was originally commissioned or meant for another vendor. I personally wouldn't bother with calling HoS with replacing or swapping unless you want to just maybe get them to concede an additional % discount on your next order.
Also checkout chesshouse. They restocked some nice relatively cheap storage boxes. And as always keep up the great work. Not that it was ever bad but I can definitely see your video quality has improved, (angles that better show pieces and editing).
Thanks so much for this in depth explanation, that's what I figured as far as the differences between Golden Rosewood and Acacia. I was reading online about different types of wood and seems like there might be additional importing paperwork for Golden Rosewood possibly. I am currently trying to read about the distinctions between Bud Rosewood, Redwood, Bloodwood, Blood Rosewood, Red Sandalwood, all seem to be related and some chess websites seem to lump them together, while other websites indicate the distinctions, and then there are different varieties of Sandalwood that are not exported out, so there's the issues with some woods being endangered. What I would enjoy is getting my hands on some exotic wood varieties and see if I can turn a couple of pieces myself. Would allow to gain a greater appreciation of what all goes into making this pieces. Thanks for watching, filming and editing is definitely not easy, so I appreciate any feedback and just happy people are able to watch my videos.
I think it would be interesting to see if snakewood can be turned into a piece, or cocobolo wood, pink ivory, or black palm and to what extend these different woods could be polished out, and how the grain pattern would look.
@@AlSuChess I think those would be awesome woods. I don't know what woods are native or cheaply imported to India but I would love a set in those woods. A long time ago I contacted Singh from Chessbazaar about a set with maple for white side (Hard maple has a beautiful whiteness to it different than boxwood) but was essentially told that importing hard maple to India was cost prohibitive. The thing is that almost all the craftsmen are in India. Maybe in the future an American or Canadian will use CNC machines and start manufacturing sets and could use maple and other exotic woods for the sets.
Here is a very cool example of a CNC machine making a beautiful knight.
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@@ragnorak56 That's a really great machine, still took quite a while to finish 1:45 per single knight, and then there is fine tuning and polishing. Faster than by hand, and more accurate, considering you would need to have 4 knights more or less identical.
I looked up the characteristics of hard maple and I like how it looks, perhaps with a light stain it would be really nice too.
I have some liking towards the look of distressed boxwood, where it looks like it has aged considerably, not sure how it looks in reality but those sets are a little bit outside my range as of now, maybe I could get someone to send me some nice sets to review.
@@AlSuChess @Al Su Chess I'm not saying all white pieces in Maple but certainly some. I didn't really see the difference between Maple and Boxwood until I I got my hands on a NOJ of Slovenia set and the whiteness of the maple gives the dark side extra pop. You can look up him up online. He is the only real chess craftsmans outside of India that I know of. I'm sure being in Europe makes the maple wood he uses much more economical than it would be for an Indian maker. He actually only uses maple, stained maple and walnut wood.. Obviously it doesn't make sense for Indian manufacturers to use CNC because they have cheap skilled labor. That's why I said if an American or Canadian entrepreneur decided to use a CNC to make their own pieces then. But another thing is that while it takes 1:45 of skilled labor to make the knight using the CNC it takes just as much if not more time by hand. In this video you'll see a major manufacturer saying that his factory can make hundreds of pieces in a day but only 5-10 knights a day. Now all this is just hopeful thinking for now.
First of all 3:21 design of queens are french lardy. They should keep whole piece of queen the whole color. What's the point of giving the tip top a different color😜🤪. Bobby fighter used to play on these kinds of chess sets in 70s.
Knight design At 4:53 worse like Arabic design.
Interesting observation. Some of these sets seem like they mix designs from different sets.
Nice, I'm somewhat of a chess piece fanatic myself ... Is that a 21 inch board with 2.25 inch squares? The combo looks nice. Cheers!
That I believe is a 2.5 inch board but this set has really broad bases so it looks well on this board!
@@AlSuChess whoa, really?? 2.50” squares is gigantic! No more than 60mm would be proper, I’d say
@@conjured_up_skeletons6178 2.5 inch squares may sound large on paper but eventually it feels just right. I used to think that having a 32 inch monitor for my editing setup would be too large, now it seems not enough sometimes!
Hey Guy, you're videos are interesting and informative. I find them useful in the decision-making process of buying chess products for home, clubs and tournaments. I am currently looking to buy an excellent wooden chess pieces set for my home mahogany chess board with 2.25" squares that offers the most satisfaction in long term value. This is one of the pieces I'm considering, but there are other great ones in this category. What are your two favorite chess wooden chess pieces that you recommend either for the price or satisfaction and can you do a comparison video of them? Comparison videos are great for several reasons, as you know, it shows the similarities and differences of each and where one is better in one way or not. Thanks for the videos.
Man that's an excellent point! I will probably do some comparison videos in the near future! I would probably say that of all chess sets I have reviewed, my favorite ones would be the 1852 Paulsen, the Walter Grimshaw, and the Cooke, be sure to check out the videos I made of those sets!
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Do you have a couple board recommendations for this set?
Something where there is good contrast between square colors and piece colors. The Elm Burl Birds Eye maple you see here color matches well, but if the dark squares were black, then it probably wouldn't match as well.
@@AlSuChess I went with erable mable and Maple.. Sort of looks like the Burl but only $130
A great set. The only thing I don’t like is the top pieces of the opposite color.
Why do they do that. ?
It's part of the style of the set
Because it’s an “adaptation” of Dubrovnik with gorgeous goth knights. If you dislike the finials, go with the Leningrad set :)
Did you keep this set or send it back??
No I kept it, it was a nice set overall, tough build, great quality. I actually sold it to one of my subs in the area, figured I'd make someone's day!
How heavy is the total weight?
It approximately 64.6 ounces, which is around 1831 grams, so close to 4lbs. The pieces are well weighted, especially for the price, in hand they feel like they would cost a lot more.
Where could I order this set?
This set was available at house of staunton in their clearance section forever until recently when they removed it, not sure why, hopefully it will return, because for the price it was a solid set.
I hate small Queens!