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We have a fancy new shopping district in town. They have a giant chess set (3 foot pieces) out in the open that people can play with. I saw the guy setting the pieces out, he obviously didn't know or didn't care about the correct starting position. It was like this -

  • 8
  • a
  • 7
  • b
  • 6
  • c
  • 5
  • d
  • 4
  • e
  • 3
  • f
  • 2
  • g
  • 1
  • h


I was going to put them in the right place, but then I noticed the bigger problem.

I call white.

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Originally posted by Jasen777
We have a fancy new shopping district in town. They have a giant chess set (3 foot pieces) out in the open that people can play with. I saw the guy setting the pieces out, he obviously didn't know or didn't care about the correct starting position. It was like this -

[fen]kqrbrbnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNBNQQRR[/fen]

I was going to put them in the right place, but then I noticed the bigger problem.

I call white.
I don't think you will get in many checks then...

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I call white.[/b]
But without a king, haven't you lost?

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Without a king I can't be checkmated. It is of course a illegal position.

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Somewhere in another city, there's a mall with two white kings. 😞

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In the Baltic at Newcastle they have a giant marble chess set. All the pieces and squares are white.

http://imaginepeace.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/yokochess77.jpg

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Originally posted by Jasen777
We have a fancy new shopping district in town. They have a giant chess set (3 foot pieces) out in the open that people can play with. I saw the guy setting the pieces out, he obviously didn't know or didn't care about the correct starting position. It was like this -

[fen]kqrbrbnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNBNQQRR[/fen]

I was going to put them in the right place, but then I noticed the bigger problem.

I call white.
Brilliant.

Jasen please get a photo of the set for me.

send to the email address at The Corner.

http://chessedinburgh.co.uk/chandler.php

Need to know the place where this set is.

Cheers Mate.

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At first I was thinking fisher random minus the "castleable" rule.

Then... yeah... white.

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A fake beard and an old hat on one of the white queens... problem solved!

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so since white has no king does white loose by default since he/she has lost the king?? or have they won since they can't be checkmated?

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Originally posted by Jasen777
I was going to put them in the right place, but then I noticed the bigger problem.
It's not a problem, it's just a modern, politically correct chess set that acknowledges the possibility and validity of homosexual royal marriage.

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Originally posted by Nordlys
It's not a problem, it's just a modern, politically correct chess set that acknowledges the possibility and validity of homosexual royal marriage.
It goes much farther than that. Not only is it acknowledging a possible homosexual royal marriage but it also supports adoption for said couple.
Usually you teach the kids about the king and queen and their little pawns. In this case you learn about the 2 queens and the adopted pawns.
One pawn might wonder why it has no father, yet a pawn in a different mall now has two dads, and is wondering where mommy fits in.

It's a variation on the birds and bees, but we use chess sets instead and include the possibility of gay marriages and adoption in said marriages. Complicated times we're in.

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And you can see that the bishops are all confined to the dark squares, and thus are kept separate from the workings of the state, as it should be.

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Originally posted by pijun
It's a variation on the birds and bees
I know what the Bird is (and play it), but what's the Bee opening?

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Originally posted by Nordlys
I know what the Bird is (and play it), but what's the Bee opening?
1. e4 without ...e5 or ...e6?

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