An advertisement for an unusual, meta-stable chess set which is new to me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VczLeRYtqMw
Perhaps if one drinks enough pre-game alcohol, the pieces will appear to stand still.
An unusual chess set
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Re: An unusual chess set
totally unacceptable for playing chess in my opinionsje wrote:An advertisement for an unusual, meta-stable chess set which is new to me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VczLeRYtqMw
Perhaps if one drinks enough pre-game alcohol, the pieces will appear to stand still.
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Re: An unusual chess set
I wonder where the style for accents of the opposing color on some of the pieces came from?
I'm fortunate to have the Maryhill Museum of Art nearby. They have an excellent chess set collection displayed in their basement level.
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http://is.gd/Qy9BtoIanO wrote:I wonder where the style for accents of the opposing color on some of the pieces came from?
I'm fortunate to have the Maryhill Museum of Art nearby. They have an excellent chess set collection displayed in their basement level.
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Re: An unusual chess set
At least if you a winning, your opponent cant knock the table and cause the position to scramble.sje wrote:An advertisement for an unusual, meta-stable chess set which is new to me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VczLeRYtqMw
Perhaps if one drinks enough pre-game alcohol, the pieces will appear to stand still.
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Re: An unusual chess set
On the other hand, the above set is forbidden to me as my four cats would surely see it as 32 irresistible kitty toys.Cubeman wrote:At least if you a winning, your opponent cant knock the table and cause the position to scramble.sje wrote:An advertisement for an unusual, meta-stable chess set which is new to me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VczLeRYtqMw
Perhaps if one drinks enough pre-game alcohol, the pieces will appear to stand still.
But I do congratulate its designer. It is an original approach and not something I myself would have considered.
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Re: An unusual chess set
I am amazed at the quality and detail of the sculpting and painting seen in some of those sets. The artisans who made these must have had a level of skill and patience far, far advanced compared to what I could claim.reflectionofpower wrote:I'm fortunate to have the Maryhill Museum of Art nearby. They have an excellent chess set collection displayed in their basement level. http://is.gd/Qy9Bto
Where are such artisans today? Saying that such chess sets would be too expensive to make in these New Days, well, they were surely just as expensive in the Old Days.
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Hi there,
that's great for the particular conditions in our marital bed.
Good!!
Best
Frank
that's great for the particular conditions in our marital bed.
Good!!
Best
Frank