Ah, I see. Mine does have that design, which is great. I actually have two sets, a plastic one and a teak one--and both have the Staunton design. The teak one is not as well-made, in my opinion, though; some of the pegs on the bottoms of the pieces are a little too big for the holes on the squares, making the fit really tight and difficult.
Thanks, Ari > On Apr 3, 2020, at 7:30 AM, Charles Rivard <[email protected]> wrote: > > It is the traditional chess set in which the Knights are horse heads, the > rooks look sort of like castles or towers, the queens have crowns with > scalloped edges, and the King has a cross for a crown. HTH. > > > > > If you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished!! > -----Original Message----- From: Arianna Sepulveda > Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2020 1:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] Can blind people learn Chess? > > 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 (#122056): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/message/122056 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]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
