Tuesday 18 August 2009

Star Trek chess



Here we have a lovely picture sent by skeptic. It is taken from the legendary tv series "Star Trek" and features the Star Trek Chess. You can see the chessmen perched on that strange metal tree, which draws your attention immediately, and then you can't help wondering how the game can possibly be played.

There are several sites on the net in which you can get the rules. Also the setis available in ebay and other sale spots. If the trekkies could develop a whole language, no wonder they could create a set of rules for his special chess.

* The rules at chessvariants.com
* Some more images related to Star Trek Chess
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Sunday 2 August 2009

Dominium



Dominium is a pizza franchise with a nice chess logo. Above is the Dominium shop at Talbot st. Dublin. The cuessboard is unusually large (17 x 9) and it qualifies for our "dark-square-on-right-corner" tag. The Knight is neither white nor black, but red.