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.
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> 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:
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>> 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.
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>> 
>> All the best,
>> 
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>> Dark.
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