Free Chess set

Ah I see the boy you have locked in the basement is called "son"...

Come on dude, one look at that picture and we know that no one has procreated with you

So sorry, forget everything..

I'm hardly convinced.

You were asking in June 2010 for another free set and you were asking about getting the free chess.com T-shirt.

Taking this and the other threads you started, including the deleted one of the same topic as this one, you are the majority of the time asking for free stuff.

A 1st world adult doesn't go around begging online for free chess sets. 

You don't have the cash to buy a set for your "son" and yourself? Absurd.

What's more, your profile exhibits the same relatively poor command of english as does your "son's" posts. It just doesn't seem probable that a former Lucent employee would be so incapable of putting together a proper sentence or write like gradeschooler.

Still waiting for an explanation that can pass the smell test.

I would change jobs if it paid so little that I had to get online and beg for a chess set...... sheeesh 

I was actually going to suggest to the original poster to save up his allowance and do some odd jobs, because buying your own chess set would give a better sense of accomplishment than just having it given to you.  Now I find out it's a Dad who is begging for a free chess set?  I think maybe a parenting book would be more in order than a chess set.

geez it would be hard to believe a guy who can barely even own two chess sets and still be playing chess.com , tell the truth!

Desperate to play chess? Try the Dollar General store. I know for a fact that you can get a pocket set for... oh... a dollar.  A stranger on the street will give you a dollar.

 This theory is getting stronger by the day.

Or go to Toys R Us and buy one, they're not that expensive.  $10 or so will get you a decent wooden chess set.  But I guess it's more cost effective to beg, right?

OR, take out your trusty pocket knife and start gathering some sticks.  You can whittle the white pieces and your 'son' can whittle the dark pieces.  Unless, you have to share the knife too - that could cause problems. 

Have you considered origami?  You could probably fold some really nice chess pieces, I hear thats how they do it in prison (foreshadowing?). 

My kids once played chess with coins (heads and tails for b/w, penny=pawn, nickle = rook, dime = bishop, chucky cheese token = knight, quarter = queen, sakagawea dollar = king, proving that they are good for something!).  Perhaps you could do that.  Sure, its not quite a 3-4" king, but remember - size does not matter, only playing ability.

Good luck.

good idea!

It seemed like a good idea until they decided to play for keeps, suddenly the knight was worth five times as much as a rook and the game went downhill from there.

1. Draw the pieces on  32 glasses

2. Colour a tablecloth so it resemble a chessboard

3. Fill the glasses with hard liquor, so when a piece is captured you have to X-it

There you go a free chess set with teaching power beyond any chess trainer or book

If you go to his profile thats what hes says about himself...

i think that isn't true...

HI,

An Apology to all for this posting. It was a bad move on my part.  So sorry to all.

By the way we bought your own chess set.

?? how did you buy one?

Is this kid (or whatever) the offspring of WellRead (or related to him in some way)?

could be

You know you may have hit on something, I know this was supposed to be a joke but why not do it. Get some plastic shot glasses and magic markers to draw your pieces fill with  fruit juice--maybe orange juice for white and grape juice for black. Every time a piece is captured the person who wins the piece gets to drink the juice. I bet a game like this could catch on with kids and would be a fun way to teach chess. For adults you could use white and red wines. Party fun for nerds!