uh, plastic?
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stone (marble, alabaster), and maybe metal??? If we're going to group materials this generally, there probably won't be more than 10.
Oct 20, 2008
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ChessPatzer wrote:
stone (marble, alabaster), and maybe metal??? If we're going to group materials this generally, there probably won't be more than 10.
METAL is a bit too generic.
Wood, plastic, stone (marble, alabaster), which metal(s)?, ...
(Incidentally, which type of wood is commonly used?)
glass, i guess you can make some sort of weird chocolate chess, and ice sculptors... and if ice, why not liquid nitrogin... i think my friend has a bronze chess set, but naybe it only looks like bronze...
Oct 20, 2008
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uritbon wrote:
glass, i guess you can make some sort of weird chocolate chess, and ice sculptures... and if ice, why not liquid nitrogin... i think my friend has a bronze chess set, but maybe it only looks like bronze...
If the pieces are going to be made out out of glass, you might as well fill them with alcohol/liqueurs and go in for 'drinking chess' (where you have to drink the contents of a piece after you've captured it).
So we're up to ...
Wood, plastic, stone (marble, alabaster), metal (brass, ...), glass, ...
Don't forget crystal.
Oct 20, 2008
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I've seen a chess set made out of ivory, forgot how much it was, but it cost a pretty penny.
how about paper?!? ....machet that is...!
Thought about another one: bones! I actually saw a set made of bones!!!
chewbacca and c3po played a similar game in star wars :-)
what were they made from?was it a form of galactic chess?
MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU
FEAR THE DARK SIDE
Oct 21, 2008
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The list is becoming more comprehensive ...
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wood |
boxwood, (bud) rosewood, ebony, walnut, maple, sheesham |
Good chess sets have weighting added to the bottom of the pieces. The base is hollowed out, lead poured in, and the base sealed and capped with a leather or felt disc to hide any imperfections. |
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steel, brass, pewter, copper |
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glass |
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stone |
marble, onyx (crystal), alabaster (mineral), jade, |
Naturally occurring stone is carved, turned or machined. Often each half of the set is made of a distinctively contrasting coloured material e.g. jet & alabaster |
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composite stone |
technically Resinous Agglomerate (‘Marble Resin’) the natural aggregate stone is either Marble, Granite or Quartz base. |
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paper |
paper machee, cardboard |
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bone |
bone (particularly camel bone), ivory, tooth |
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http://www.thechesszone.com/chess_pieces_materials_manufacture
We must have missed a few ...
Oct 21, 2008
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dude? Photons! think of all the sets that are recreated over and over just on Chess.com
Photons. PHOtons. PHOTONS? Yes, and we could also say that all sets have electrons and protons and neutrons and quarks and bosons and neutrinos and gravitons and... or we could just stick to normal materials. 
Speaking of which, I think Ive seen a ruby vs. emerald set. Now THAT ain't cheap!
Oct 21, 2008
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The list of PHYSICAL materials (The_Pitts, please note ;) is becoming more comprehensive ...
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wood |
boxwood, (bud) rosewood, ebony, walnut, maple, sheesham |
Good chess sets have weighting added to the bottom of the pieces. The base is hollowed out, lead poured in, and the base sealed and capped with a leather or felt disc to hide any imperfections. |
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plastic |
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metal |
steel, brass, pewter, copper |
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glass |
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stone |
marble, onyx (crystal), alabaster (mineral), jade, |
Naturally occurring stone is carved, turned or machined. Often each half of the set is made of a distinctively contrasting coloured material e.g. jet & alabaster |
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composite stone |
technically Resinous Agglomerate (‘Marble Resin’) the natural aggregate stone is either Marble, Granite or Quartz base. |
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paper |
paper machee, cardboard |
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bone |
bone (particularly camel bone), ivory, tooth |
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gemstones |
ruby vs. emerald |
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edible |
chocolate, sugar (marzipan), ... |
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http://www.thechesszone.com/chess_pieces_materials_manufacture
We're getting closer ...
Oct 21, 2008
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well I was refering to the computer screen's photons, the chess set de rigeur of chess.com
Wood is undoubtably the most common material used for physical chess pieces - but there must be at least 100 other materials in use? It should be fairly easy to determine the top 10!
NOW THE HARD PART - ordering by 'the most common, PHYSICAL material'. This is a fairly vague requirement. I have in mind: popularity in terms of number of chess sets manufactured worldwide.
Assuming WOOD is #1, and that electromagnetic forms are excluded. Which material is in number #2 position?