loubalch wrote:
Hey Chuck, what's up with the midget knight?
Even in the original plastic Windsors, the knights were disproportionately small, but when HOS reproduced it in red, they seem to have made it even smaller.
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May 31, 2016
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#143
fightingbob wrote:
cgrau wrote:
Here's a Bozo Red Windsor I'd allow.
That's not Bozo, Chuck; for Bozo the color requires a little more orange and must look scarier. Your set is close to the candy apple red I was talking about. I'd be tempted to take a bite out of that Windsor bishop to see if it has an apple beneath the skin and to reduce its size. Perhaps give some of that apple to the knight to build up a little weight.
LOL. That knight is the Tyrion Lannister of the set.
May 31, 2016
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#144
n9531l wrote:
Do you think I would be allowed to use my favorite set in a tournament game?
Hello, Dali,
Well Hello, Dali,
It's so nice to have you back where you belong
You're tilted swell, Dali,
We can tell, Dali,
The red's still glowin', some players groanin',
But you're just movin' strong.
We feel the board swayin'
And the pieces playin'
All by themselves some favorite opening from 'way back when, so...
Here's the set fellas
At least half of it, fellas
Promise it won't go fully away again.
May 31, 2016
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#145
fightingbob wrote:
n9531l wrote:
Do you think I would be allowed to use my favorite set in a tournament game?
Hello, Dali,
Well Hello, Dali,
It's so nice to have you back where you belong
You're tilted swell, Dali,
We can tell, Dali,
The red's still glowin', some players groanin',
But you're just movin' strong.
We feel the board swayin'
And the pieces playin'
All by themselves some favorite opening from 'way back when, so...
Here's the set fellas
At least half of it, fellas
Promise it won't go fully away again.
LOL.
Reminds me of Eric the Half a Bee.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlrsqGal64w
May 31, 2016
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#146
To bee compared to Monty Python is quite the compliment; I'll take it, even if it's only half a bee.
cgrau wrote:
loubalch wrote:
Even in the original plastic Windsors, the knights were disproportionately small, but when HOS reproduced it in red, they seem to have made it even smaller.
I think the animal who posed for the knight carving must have been a Shetland pony.
May 31, 2016
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#149
loubalch wrote:
cgrau wrote:
loubalch wrote:
Even in the original plastic Windsors, the knights were disproportionately small, but when HOS reproduced it in red, they seem to have made it even smaller.
I think the animal who posed for the knight carving must have been a Shetland pony.
Good photo, now that's funny, Lou. 
The Clydesdale must have posed for this knight.
fightingbob,
You get the feeling that the knight, besides being butt ugly IMHO, isn't very stable.
May 31, 2016
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#151
loubalch wrote:
fightingbob,
You get the feeling that the knight, besides being butt ugly IMHO, isn't very stable.
Nor would it fit in the stable.
May 31, 2016
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#152
loubalch wrote:
fightingbob,
You get the feeling that the knight, besides being butt ugly IMHO, isn't very stable.
Yes, Lou, I have no doubt that fellow is unstable. Besides that, It looks like it's braying like a donkey, which may be okay if your opponent is a horse's ass.
There are less attractive knights, just click here and scroll down to Post #29.
fightingbob wrote:
There are less attractive knights, just click here and scroll down to Post #29.
There's a fine line between ornate and rococo, and those knights crossed it.
What's the difference? A Supreme Court justice in ruling on an obsenity case once said that he couldn't define pornography, but he knew it when he saw it. Well, I can't define a rococo knight either, but I know one when I see it.
ORNATE KNIGHT
ROCOCO KNIGHT
A less than flattering pose for such a gallant steed.
Garry Kasparov endorsed (in Chess Life, circa 1992) several sets, including a red-and-black set with a harmonizing natural-and-red board. Even the larger set probably isn't tournament-suitable (King is shorter that 3-3/4").
I finally managed to get one of these a couple years back. The pieces are glossier and the red is darker than it appears in the photograph, so there's not too much contrast between the sides. I imagine that it's in the same league as the blood-rosewood vs black sets.
I do like the way that the rook is sturdier-looking than the minor pieces.Nice set to display, but I'm sure that a lot of players wouldn't accept it.
Elder_Knight wrote:
Garry Kasparov endorsed (in Chess Life, circa 1992) several sets, including a red-and-black set with a harmonizing natural-and-red board. Even the larger set probably isn't tournament-suitable (King is shorter that 3-3/4").
The current USCF regs allow for king heights between 3.375" and 4.5".
Elder_Knight wrote:
I finally managed to get one of these a couple years back. The pieces are glossier and the red is darker than it appears in the photograph, so there's not too much contrast between the sides. I imagine that it's in the same league as the blood-rosewood vs black sets.
Exactly! House of Staunton offers (for a premium price) a number of sets in what's called their 'Prestige' edition, which is a combination of ebony and bud/blood rosewood. Chess Bazaar is offering the same combination in their 'Luxury' edition. Which is all well and good (on paper), but once you get the pieces set up on the board, you're going to need flood lights to tell the them apart.
May 31, 2016
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#157
loubalch wrote:
fightingbob wrote:
There are less attractive knights, just click here and scroll down to Post #29.
There's a fine line between ornate and rococo, and those knights crossed it.
What's the difference? A Supreme Court justice in ruling on an obsenity case once said that he couldn't define pornography, but he knew it when he saw it. Well, I can't define a rococo knight either, but I know one when I see it.
ORNATE KNIGHT
ROCOCO KNIGHT
A less than flattering pose for such a gallant steed.
The ornate knight is fine, but the Rococo one looks as if it's being tortured. It's enough to give you nightmares, so to speak. It's Medusa meets Equus.
Jun 4, 2016
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#158
Red? No way.
Brown or maple? By all means.
Pink? Turquiose? Lavender? Fugeddaboutit...
Jun 5, 2016
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#159
Spassky69 wrote:
Red? No way.
Brown or maple? By all means.
Pink? Turquiose? Lavender? Fugeddaboutit...
Good thing you weren't born in the 19th century. It's all in what you get used to. At least I like your favorite player list.
Here's a Bozo Red set from Bohemia I'd allow.
Chuck, what's up with the leaning Bishop of Bohemia?
He's from Andechs Kloster.
It's a proto-Lardy from the fifties, and we all know how the Lardys love to lean.
The bishop has been drinking, not me...