which chesspiece is most pritty?
Sisse Rasmussen
im looking for some pritty chesspieces,
which one du you think is the prittyest ?
PMG
pieces. Some Chess set manufacturers don't have good looking Bishop. I
think that the fake wood Chess set sold by USCF did a great job with the
shapes of all of the pieces except the Knights, I don't care for their
Knights but overall it's my favorite Chess set.
Pete
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laocmo
Of course its the knight! The looks of the knight determines in a lot of
cases whether a set is purchased or not. I've seen otherwise beautiful sets
that I would not own because of the ugly knights.
EdDerBall
and mane a-flowing, is far and away the most attractive chess piece.
As I said, it must be made correctly because, in my experience, the knight is
so easy to get wrong. In the classical style the knight exudes power and
freedom of movement. Just my ha'penny's worth! :-)
Regards,
Graham Moore,
Liverpool UK (best music, great football, good chess)
http://members.aol.com/edderball/index.htm
PMG
adaquate detail in knights in the plastic set, I have no idea if that can be done
with a mold, probably not. I have to stick with the poor man's plastic sets
though. I can only look at pictures of the good sets.
Pete
Ben Leostein
Ben
Jonathan Beckett
in London. I don't know if it's on display at the moment, but when you
see pictures of it, it is definitely the original inspriration for
most Knight pieces.
Greg Kennedy
>
> The queen. No doubt.
>
> <delighted sigh>
You women are so biased! :-)
If the Queen looked like a real woman, then 'twood be
the most pritty. But it don't, do it?
So then, the horsey is the fairest chesspiece of all,
resembling, as it does, the beautiful animal's head.
-isolani
William I. Johnston
Elgin Marbles, in the British Museum right now.
http://www.uk.digiserve.com/mentor/marbles/index.html
This is the first page of a set of pages discussing the ongoing
controversy over whether the museum should return these works
to Greece. The image shows several horses from the frieze. Another
head, by Phidias, is at the extreme corner of the pediment.
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Sisse Rasmussen
this set must be the most pritty.
http://www.icdchess.com/pieces/staunton/ebony/23-H01.jpg
Sisse Rasmussen skrev i meddelelsen ...
Sisse Rasmussen
http://www.icdchess.com/pieces/staunton/ebony/23-H01.jpg
William I. Johnston skrev i meddelelsen ...
Paul Onstad
>
> This set must be the most pritty.
>
> http://www.icdchess.com/pieces/staunton/ebony/23-H01.jpg
But the slot in the bishop is too large, the top of the rook too small, and
the knight's eye bulges out (the other pieces are fine).
My hand carved knights (from India) have very realistic eyes with pupils.
-Paul
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Paul Onstad <pon...@sihope.com> wrote:
> Sisse Rasmussen wrote:
> >
> > This set must be the most pritty.
> >
> > http://www.icdchess.com/pieces/staunton/ebony/23-H01.jpg
>
> But the slot in the bishop is too large, the top of the rook too
> small, and the knight's eye bulges out (the other pieces are fine).
But the features you dislike so much are all derived from early Jaques
chess sets. The House of Staunton intentionally emulated those
features in its Professional Series.
Personally, I prefer the wide bishop's mitre, the short rook's crenels,
and the undrilled pupils on the knights. You can't go wrong with an
early Jaques!
>
> My hand carved knights (from India) have very realistic eyes with
> pupils.
>
> -Paul
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Jeroen ;-}
> Jeroen ;-} wrote:
> >
> > The queen. No doubt.
> >
> > <delighted sigh>
>
>
> You women are so biased! :-)
>
Whoops! Seems I've been mistaken the last 38 years about my gender :-) How
am I gonna tell mom?
PMG
Jeroen ;-} wrote:
> > Jeroen ;-} wrote:
> > >
> > > The queen. No doubt.
> > >
> > > <delighted sigh>
> >
> >
> > You women are so biased! :-)
> >
>
> Whoops! Seems I've been mistaken the last 38 years about my gender :-) How
> am I gonna tell mom?
It would help if you were a sweater girl, maybe you wouldn't have to tell her
at all. Maybe you should consider a wig, unless you're going for that Shinaid
look.
Pete
PMG
72510...@compuserve.com wrote:
> In article <37E4EA64...@sihope.com>,
> Paul Onstad <pon...@sihope.com> wrote:
> > Sisse Rasmussen wrote:
> > >
> > > This set must be the most pritty.
> > >
> > > http://www.icdchess.com/pieces/staunton/ebony/23-H01.jpg
> >
> > But the slot in the bishop is too large, the top of the rook too
> > small, and the knight's eye bulges out (the other pieces are fine).
>
> But the features you dislike so much are all derived from early Jaques
> chess sets. The House of Staunton intentionally emulated those
> features in its Professional Series.
>
> Personally, I prefer the wide bishop's mitre, the short rook's crenels,
> and the undrilled pupils on the knights. You can't go wrong with an
> early Jaques!
It has to be a matter of taste, personally I like a narrower slot with what
appears to be a 20 degree angle (or 70 degrees depending on your zero
access) and the generally sturdier shape of the normal post war Jaques
sets. And I'd also agree with Paul about the Rooks needing to be wide on
top because Rooks sometimes need to be placed upside-down to represent a
Queen in the case of a pawn promotion when the Queen has not yet been
captured.
But to be honest, I'd play with just about any Chess set as long as it
wasn't one of those Civil War Chess sets. I prefer to be able to knock
Chess pieces off the table or throw them at (the wall) and not damage them,
not possible with ornate sets.
Pete
sprin...@my-deja.com
"Sisse Rasmussen" <isl3...@image.dk> wrote:
>
> this set must be the most pritty.
>
> http://www.icdchess.com/pieces/staunton/ebony/23-H01.jpg
>
Indeed! I like the Supermodel myself, residing in the Spring Rook.
Edward David
EdDerBall
weighted. You can't go wrong with a triple weighted set! :-)
Peter Rice
> The Knights made by Jaques or House of Staunton are great
The Jaques King's Knights are easily the prettiest. They had a gold
crown printed on the top of the head.
I have seen players swap their opponent's Knights during a game to
make sure the King's Knight was the one with the crown.
They do have a tendency to induce Black to try Alekhine's Defence,
because it is such fun to swap the Knights over. Same for White in
some lines with Nd2-f3 and Ne2.
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