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Sep-16-15
 | | keypusher: I'm looking for a 1960-era Soviet chess set as a gift (the sort of thing on the cover of Tal's autobiography). Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions (besides eBay)? |
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Sep-16-15
 | | Fusilli: <keypusher> Maybe etsy.com? I posted a specific link on <Phony Benoni>'s chess forum. |
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Sep-16-15
| | Fusilli: Is User: Plaskett GM Harold James Plaskett? Any chance to get him a little more involved? Or at least noting on his player page that he is a user? |
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| Sep-16-15 | | zanzibar: <keypusher> hope you find something good; I'd be interesting in knowing. Here's a nice piece describing some of the various styles available: http://www.chess-museum.com/essays-...
I like some of the designs in general, but always find the sometimes used color cross-over on the tops a less desirable feature of certain sets. |
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| Sep-16-15 | | zanzibar: I did find somebody saying one of these sets from HoS might be close (Zagreb '59): http://www.houseofstaunton.com/cata... |
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| Sep-16-15 | | zanzibar: And here is a set claiming to be traditional Russian, available new (I presume): http://www.chesscentral.com/traditi... |
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Sep-16-15
 | | offramp: Russian sets always seem to have an opposite colored bobble on top of the bishops. Why is that? |
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| Sep-16-15 | | MarkFinan: <offramp: I happened to look at this page, User: LIFE Master AJ
where the top line reads:
<LIFE Master AJ
Member since Aug-21-03 · Last seen Sep-14-15>.Where was he?>
He's on the other chess site. Although if you were to ask him he'd probably say he's been riding unicorns bareback with the Hilton sisters in the Bahamas. |
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Sep-16-15
 | | MissScarlett: A word to the wise: the <City of London CC> (before WW1, probably the strongest chess club in the world) that I gave as the site for Capablanca vs Loman, 1911 cannot, in all good conscience, be shortened to <London CC>. Admittedly, I don't know if there's any historical link between the club and London Chess Club or Chess Club of London, but it's best to avoid any possible confusion. I mention this here, and not simply in a correction slip, because the same goes for a few simul games that Capa played at the club in 1913, that I'm in the process of submitting. |
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| Sep-16-15 | | zanzibar: I miss the old Miss.
The new Miss is amiss and a miss, not to be missed when dismissed. Of course, the old miss was slightly remiss, he noted demissively. |
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Sep-16-15
 | | chessgames.com: <Richard Taylor: <CG.com>For the record I discovered why the PGNs for the NZ Seniors (earlier this year) were unobtainable. They were for the simple reason that no one wanted to enter in all those games.> I figured as much. That makes the scores all the more valuable. If you transcribe scores of your own games into PGN format we'd be happy to have them. <Last seen Sep-14-15> That means he was here signed-in under his account on that date, his name was on the "recent visitors" part of the homepage, etc. (BTW, any member can disable that display in their preferences.) <not long ago, <MissScarlett> wanted to use the same avatar, and you told him the symbol was not acceptable.> Did I say it wasn't acceptable? I think I said that it would be best if we didn't "go there." Apparently we already went there years ago, since it's in our avatar gallery all along. Perhaps we need to update our disclaimer: <Messages <<<<and avatars>>>> posted by Chessgames members do not necessarily represent the views of Chessgames.com, its employees, or sponsors.> <MissScarlett: A word to the wise:...> Thanks. I realize that we've made a hash out of some previously submitted Chess Club game pages through overzealous merging. You are clearly very knowledgable when it comes to the history of these institutions so we'll follow your advice. <Fusilli: Is User: User: Plaskett GM Harold James Plaskett? Any chance to get him a little more involved?> Yes, that's him for sure, confirmed.. Of course we'd love for him to participate more. <offramp: Russian sets always seem to have an opposite colored bobble on top of the bishops. Why is that?> I've always wondered that myself. |
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Sep-16-15
 | | Annie K.: <cg: <<offramp: Russian sets always seem to have an opposite colored bobble on top of the bishops. Why is that?> I've always wondered that myself.>> So why didn't you just ask? ;)
Keeping in mind that a lot of East European chess sets are handmade, and so piece sizes are often not perfectly uniform, this opposite-color mark helps distunguish the (sometimes too small) Bishops from the (sometimes too big) pawns. :) |
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Sep-16-15
| | offramp: <Annie K>, thanks. That makes Lot of sense! |
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Sep-16-15
| | offramp: <MarkFinan: <offramp: I happened to look at this page, User: LIFE Master AJ where the top line reads:
<LIFE Master AJ
Member since Aug-21-03 · Last seen Sep-14-15>.
Where was he?>
He's on the other chess site...>
His page says that he was last seen here two days ago. Where? |
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| Sep-16-15 | | TheFocus: <chessgames> <<Last seen Sep-14-15> That means he was here signed-in under his account on that date, his name was on the "recent visitors" part of the homepage, etc. (BTW, any member can disable that display in their preferences.)> He missed me and <Mark> and wants to see how we're doing. |
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| Sep-16-15 | | TheFocus: <not long ago, <MissScarlett> wanted to use the same avatar, and you told him the symbol was not acceptable.> <chessgames> <Did I say it wasn't acceptable? I think I said that it would be best if we didn't "go there." Apparently we already went there years ago, since it's in our avatar gallery all along.> So what stops you from deleting it as inappropriate? If you asked 100 people here if they objected, I bet 90 or more would say yes. I changed my avatar to it yesterday because some creep called me racist. I did it to mock him. Then I came to my senses and changed it back. I was wrong. What flags hang on my wall at home are my business. What we put up here on <CG> is not always acceptable. You won't allow the Nazi flag here, and the Confederate Battle Flag is also used by Neo-nazis. Do the right thing and delete this avatar. |
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Sep-16-15
| | keypusher: <zanzibar> Thank you. I actually own the Zagreb '59 set, but I got it cheap because it had the Western cross on the kings. Also loved the chess online museum site -- wish they were selling those sets! Re where to look, Etsy, which Fusilli recommended, seem pretty good. |
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| Sep-16-15 | | zanzibar: <keypusher> Yes, I saw a lot of boards on Etsy, but I had the opinion it was somewhat akin to Ebay. Here is the "classic" Russian traditional set, or what I think as the classic, for those wondering about the exact style: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Rus... No crosses for those atheist Soviets.
But note that <Annie K>'s explanation of the color-reversed "bobbles" doesn't really apply here - because it's the K+Q who have the cross-over. |
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| Sep-16-15 | | zanzibar: Here's some recognizable (or not) young players with trad sets: http://images.chesscomfiles.com/upl... http://files.chesscomfiles.com/imag... http://www.kingpinchess.net/wp-cont... and a repeat:
http://d1lalstwiwz2br.cloudfront.ne... And to finish, a not so young player, with a KQB bobble-head set. |
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Sep-17-15
 | | Check It Out: CG - your waffle on the confederate flag contrasted with your stern stance on the nazi swastika has given <MissScarlett> the opening he needed. Not well done. |
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Sep-17-15
| | offramp: Is today's Game of the Day meant to be Chao's Theory? |
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Sep-17-15
| | chessgames.com: <Is today's Game of the Day meant to be Chao's Theory?> It wasn't, but now that you mention it that's actually a lot wittier. I'm not above retroactively changing it. Thanks for the idea. Now we just need somebody to complain that "Chao's" doesn't sound anything at all like "Chaos" and we can call it a complete success. |
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Sep-17-15
| | chessgames.com: <Check It Out> / <TheFocus> <CG - your waffle on the confederate flag contrasted with your stern stance on the nazi swastika has given <MissScarlett> the opening he needed.> We have not waffled, and I didn't say anything about a swastika one way or the another. The swastika example, I believe, was a hypothetical that somebody posed. I told Miss Scarlet that we would not upload a confederate flag for her to use, and we did not. However, she found one that happened to be in the avatar gallery from years back. That's an important distinction. I decided that I'd switch the avatar out as soon as two people complained about it, which I didn't expect to take very long. Check it Out, you make #2. It will be replaced by something uncontroversial. I'm sorry, Miss Scarlet. |
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Sep-17-15
| | chessgames.com: Other avatars that have elicited complaints:
• A likeness of Karl Marx, said to be offensive to any citizen of the free world. • A photograph of Fidel Castro, said to be offensive to Cuban refugees (and perhaps even Cubans). • A depiction of Brahma was said to be offensive to Hindus. • A depiction of Caissa, who was just a bit scantily dressed. (Some photoshop magic obscured the more revealing part.) • A cherub which was likened to "child pornography."
Compared to those complaints, this one sounds eminently reasonable. |
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Sep-17-15
 | | Richard Taylor: Eventually everything can be offensive to someone. The persons offended makes themselves offended. I can understand in extreme cases where one mocks someone else's religion or whatever. |
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