When non-chess players sell chess equipment -FAIL-
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This is obviously Chess 960 enhanced, they even flipped the board to make grandmasters scratch their heads thinking how to write down a move ;)
when chess equipment nerds try to sound superior to the next guy : annoying or simply irritating? you make the call.
Aug 20, 2015
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Reb wrote:
There are only 24 total checkers at the start of the game .
I like to think someone has a sense of humor taking this picture. Sure made me look twice. Marketing Genius? 
Aug 20, 2015
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PremiumDuck wrote:
when chess equipment nerds try to sound superior to the next guy : annoying or simply irritating? you make the call.
wow, someone skipped breakfast this morning.
They're just trying to make some cash off of stuff they found I don't blame them.
At the Hunter's Point Park in Queens, the chessboards are built into the tables. If you sit the way you are supposed to, the black squares are on the right side of the board. 
Yup... you don't see chess players there too often.
Aug 20, 2015
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Zombie_Agamemnon wrote:
At the Hunter's Point Park in Queens, the chessboards are built into the tables. If you sit the way you are supposed to, the black squares are on the right side of the board.
Yup... you don't see chess players there too often.
Now that is funny!!! And sad at the same time.
Aug 20, 2015
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m0ve wrote:
They're just trying to make some cash off of stuff they found I don't blame them.
True.
Putting the pieces staggered like that makes sense. It's easier to see all the pieces.
Aug 20, 2015
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Mountainstein wrote:
Putting the pieces staggered like that makes sense. It's easier to see all the pieces.
that is one way of looking at it. i still can't see the pieces very well.
Aug 20, 2015
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rcmacmillan wrote:
@Kenardi, I've often found that when people set up the pieces or board incorrectly, not only are they not chessplayers, they often have no clue to the value of what they are selling, and as a consequence the merchandise is either vastly overpriced, or vastly underpriced. I've gotten some great deals that way.
That is what keeps me looking... always looking for the second mentioned.
The most common overpriced chess sets I see are those $10 glass sets you find just about anyplace.
Annoying or Funny? You make the call.