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Chess in a Can

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by: Quadibloc - Fri, 22 Jul 2022 03:46 UTC

I was at a "discount superstore" recently. Browsing the aisles, I saw they were sold out of some all-plastic playing cards that I liked for their durability...

but they had, for five dollars, a chess set in a container styled to look like a soft drink can. The modern kind, that was inspired by the fuel tanks of the Atlas missile.

It contains a small cloth chess board with, of course, printed squares.

But what surprised me pleasantly enough to buy it... was that the chess pieces included were not plastic ones, but wooden ones.

They were very simple in shape. Not only was the knight not sculpted, but also omitted were the crenellations of the Rook, and the diagonal cut to imply the Bishop's mitre. So everything but the Knight is strictly lathe-turned, and the Knight is as simple as can be.

But at that price, one can't complain.

John Savard