playing with GIANTS

Who has participated in a chess game as a (life-sized) piece on a giant chessboard? Do you have a more useful perspective when you are inside the game?

i have done this dozens of times (i used to own a giant chess set).

i find it terribly confusing. :) it's much easier to play where you can see the whole board immediately.

HARRY ,RON AND HERMIONE

I have played on a giant set in Sydney's Hyde park. During the lunch hour there's always a huge crowd of 50 or more standing around watching, or sitting on the steps eating their lunch. Playing at these times  makes you feel like you're Roger Federer or something :-)  There's seats at each end of the boad and it can be useful to stand on them to get a better perspective.

dommo wrote:

HARRY ,RON AND HERMIONE

 I didn't spot you in the movie http://www.jeremysilman.com/movies_tv_js/harry_potter.html - I'll have to watch it more carefully.

Erik & Quix: Now I'm confused! Are you referring to (approx) 2-foot high plastic pieces - or 2-metre high people-sized pieces MADE OUT OF REAL PEOPLE?

ah, for me 2-3 foot high pieces.

Sorry, I just meant a game with giant pieces. If you are participating as one of the pieces wouldn't someone else be making the moves from the sidelines? Or does the King get to be at the helm?

Of course this happened in "The Prisoner":

http://www.chessgraphics.net/pris1.htm

claypot wrote:

Was not chess played in India (?) by the king/ruler using real people as pieces? That could be quite confusing and disorienting...

Particularly so if pieces taken were also 'taken out'.

Playing with 'giant' pieces sounds fascinating. This type of chess in unqestionalbly a sport - even without supporting evidence supplied by batgirl - http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/is-chess-useful-for-anything-else-than-chess?lc=1#last_comment  Erik: did you sell off your giant set piecemeal or all-together?

Playing with larger-than-usual pieces could be practical in various situations: chess-boxing, for instance. It would not then be necessary for contestants/players to remove their boxing gloves before moving chess pieces. Presumably, one would play with giant pieces on a windy day?

rockettorque wrote: Let's make the worlds first "The Amazing Human Body" Cadaver set. We can then tour the world with our set.