Dave Monk Posted June 17, 2023 Report Share Posted June 17, 2023 I saw a magnetic chess set similar to this on Esty so I thought I would give it a shot. The second picture is the back side showing how I put the magnets in the board. I should have cleaned up my bench before I took the picture. I used CA glue to glue the 1/4" magnets on the back of the chess pieces. RabidAlien, ChelCass, Dak0ta52 and 6 others 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preprius Posted June 17, 2023 Report Share Posted June 17, 2023 (edited) very nice. I like the inner frame. It has been a while (25 yrs) since I played chess. So Mate in 27 moves hah. White wins. I think this is a dangerous black opening. It is using opposite bishop pawn of the Sicilian defense. Opens up black kings diagonal. It is nice that you made extra queens. You might want to hang the board with the white square on the bottom right. Or just make the pieces play left and right instead of top / bottom. Edited June 17, 2023 by preprius FrankEV and Dave Monk 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Monk Posted June 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2023 30 minutes ago, preprius said: very nice. I like the inner frame. It has been a while (25 yrs) since I played chess. So Mate in 27 moves hah. White wins. I think this is a dangerous black opening. It is using opposite bishop pawn of the Sicilian defense. Opens up black kings diagonal. It is nice that you made extra queens. You might want to hang the board with the white square on the bottom right. Or just make the pieces play left and right instead of top / bottom. Thanks so much for the reminder about white on bottom right. I sure wasn't thinking there. Will have to change that. preprius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjweb Posted June 17, 2023 Report Share Posted June 17, 2023 Dave, a while back you were talking about this, and I knew it would show up here some day. You have done a excellent job on it, as usual, thx for sharing, RJ Dave Monk and danny 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted June 17, 2023 Report Share Posted June 17, 2023 (edited) I knew it, Dave, when you asked about or showed one several weeks ago you were planning something really cool, You never let us down. But I say shut up you two about the moves.. I am an old chess player from way back.. I hold a record that I am very proud of, I have never won a game! Several years ago, My grandson went with us to Mount Rushmore, I decided to teach him to play chess on that trip...He beat me on my first game when I was trying to train him!! Edited June 17, 2023 by Scrappile MarieC, wombatie and Dave Monk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie E Posted June 18, 2023 Report Share Posted June 18, 2023 Beautiful project Dave! We used to play in high school. Very little strategy. Mostly just move around till an opportunity presented itself. Dave Monk and danny 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Monk Posted June 18, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2023 20 minutes ago, Charlie E said: Beautiful project Dave! We used to play in high school. Very little strategy. Mostly just move around till an opportunity presented itself. That's the only way I know to play the game also. Charlie E 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted June 19, 2023 Report Share Posted June 19, 2023 That is an awesome piece. You could put it any where and who ever is passing could make a move. Cool. Marg Dave Monk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarieC Posted June 19, 2023 Report Share Posted June 19, 2023 Yay! I am so happy you decided to make it! Awesome work as always! I bet that took quite a while to make...so detailed. Dave Monk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudson River Rick Posted June 20, 2023 Report Share Posted June 20, 2023 Great work as usual Dave. I don't play chess, but I sure do know that you do fine work. Rick Dave Monk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter N White Posted June 20, 2023 Report Share Posted June 20, 2023 Great chess set. Dave Monk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk Posted June 21, 2023 Report Share Posted June 21, 2023 Interesting take on an old game. Nice job! Dave Monk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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