Famous Chess players set

Taken from the perfect Chess board thread:


Originally Posted by nfms
I'd say pieces that look like star wars characters or maybe famous chess players.

Originally Posted by Najdork
I like the famous chess players idea. This could start another thread by asking who would you choose for each piece.
This is a cool idea for a thread.

So let's hear it - who should be in a famous players set?

Modern vs historical players? (I'm thinking Kasparov and Lasker as the kings, due to their long reigns as world champions, but Morphy would have to be a top figure on the historical side, too)
World Champions vs their rivals?
Soviets (Russians?) vs everyone else? (Kasparov and Fischer as kings? After all, Fischer's the epitome of anti-Soviet )
Players with K names vs other Russians?
Classical vs FIDE World Champions (with Anand on both sides!!!)

I think it's safe to assume that Judit Polgar would be a queen in any set that includes modern players. Unless it was a male vs female set, in which case, she might be the king on the female side instead!

I've got another one - Players with openings named after them! Najdorf would be the a7 pawn, Ruy Lopez as the f1 bishop...

--Fromper

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Just wanted to see what your thought of this idea

Originally posted by nfms
Taken from the perfect Chess board thread:


Originally Posted by nfms
I'd say pieces that look like star wars characters or maybe famous chess players.

Originally Posted by Najdork
I like the famous chess players idea. This could start another thread by asking who would you choose for each piece.
This is a cool idea for a thread.

So let's hear ...[text shortened]... on/2467-famous-chess-players-set.html

Just wanted to see what your thought of this idea

I like the idea of naming pawns after players who are associated with them.

(I believe Caxton's The Game and Play of Chess named the pawns.

The Miller's Pawn, The Blacksmith's Pawn etc.)

How about this...

White
a-pawn = ??
b-pawn = Larsen
c-pawn = Stanton
d-pawn = ??
e-pawn = Fischer (Best by Test)
f-pawn = Bird
g-pawn = Grob
h-pawn = ??

Black
a-pawn = Miles (1...a6 v Karpov)
b-pawn = Owen
c-pawn = Khan/Caro
d-pawn = Pirc
e-pawn = Morphy
f-pawn = Greco (old name for Latvian Gambit)
g-pawn = Basman
h-pawn = beginners (beginners often play ...h6)

Anybody fill in the gaps or come up with better names.

We could invent our own RHP annotations.

I had doubled Staunton's his Morphy was isolated but I
was worried about the passed Grob. The I noticed a
backward Owen on an open file.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
I like the idea of naming pawns after players who are associated with them.

(I believe Caxton's [b] The Game and Play of Chess named the pawns.

The Miller's Pawn, The Blacksmith's Pawn etc.)

How about this...

White
a-pawn = ??
b-pawn = Larsen
c-pawn = Stanton
d-pawn = ??
e-pawn = Fischer (Best by Test)
f-pawn = Bird
g-pawn = Grob ...[text shortened]... ut I
was worried about the passed Grob. The I noticed a
backward Owen on an open file.[/i][/b]

Yes - that's it. I was getting bugged about that.

He played it against Morphy.

When we have finished with the pawns we can start naming
the ranks and files...

...hang on here comes nursey with my medication.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_Attack

Whites D pawn could be stonewall.

Could the king's bishop be Fischer because he considered it to be the best minor piece? i.e he preferred it over his queen's bishop and knights.