The Best Plastic Chess Set Ever: The Windsor Castle Set

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TheOneCalledMichael wrote:

Looks interesting, but why does this set chip easily as mister Mike said? It's plastic right?

The #1491 Cavalier set does not chip easily.  Not if you don't abuse it.  The set is made of a harder, denser plastic formulation than the earlier models of Cavalier plastic sets by Pacific Game Co., so the #1491 set is more robust, resistant to abuse.  The earlier sets used a lighter, less dense plastic which was easier to chip (not particularly easy, just "easier").

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Ah okay, I see thanks! Well the set is sold anyway so I don't have to worry about it happy.png

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@TheOneCalledMichael -

Off topic, but you might get a kick out of this.....your user name always makes me think of a song by an American pop musician from the 1960's......

the one they call the...

Seventh Son (performed by Johnny Rivers)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc0ye-LJAdE

'Seventh Son'...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh_son_of_a_seventh_son

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Never heard of it but it's my kind of music haha nice nice..actually it's from friends, I'm a big fan happy.png

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TheOneCalledMichael wrote:

Never heard of it but it's my kind of music haha nice nice..actually it's from friends, I'm a big fan

Very good.

Johnny Rivers was very popular on the American pop music scene in the mid-to-late 1960's......my generation!

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A few years ago, one Captain D's restaurant had a free jukebox that could play many 1950s-1960s songs. While waiting, I used to play Johnny Rivers' Secret Agent Man endlessly, just to drive everybody else crazy.

"Secret Agen' Man, Secret Agen' Man! They's given you a numba, anna taken 'way your name!"

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Lisa Lane just reminded me that she was the original "Queen's Gambit".

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I played with the Windsor Castle chess set at the Manhattan Chess Club when it was located at the Henry Hudson Hotel. Would love to play a game with this set or the E S.Lowe Renaissance set .