Charles, what do you mean by "The usual Staunton design?"
Thanks, Ari > On Apr 2, 2020, at 9:19 AM, Charles Rivard <[email protected]> wrote: > > Usually, the black squares are raised, and the black pieces are tactually > marked with either a dot or a nail sticking out of the top. They are not > sharp, so there is no worry of getting, um, nailed, so to speak. The hard > part about finding a good chess set is that most are not of the traditional > Staunton design, which, to me, makes no sense. > > > > > If you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished!! > -----Original Message----- From: Arianna Sepulveda > Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2020 3:49 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] Can blind people learn Chess? > > Hi, Luke, > > > I think it’s silly that the color of the raised squares and the color of the > pieces with the dot on them don’t match. Of course, I figured this out after > I started Googling accessible sets. > > > Thanks, > AriI > >> On Apr 1, 2020, at 4:18 PM, Luke Hewitt <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Most often in tactile chess sets it seems to be the white squares that are >> lower than the black ones, though I think it depends upon the design of the >> set you get. >> >> >> All the best, >> >> >> Dark. >> >> >> >> > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#122043): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/message/122043 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/72705263/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/leave/607459/1071380848/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
