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 Post subject: Not a review, but...
PostPosted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 5:37 pm 
This isn't a review (but if you have this set, review away!), but I found this interesting.

A chess set nearly a thousand years old brings more visitors to ChessCentral's blog than any other Internet engine search terms. Can you guess what set it is?

http://wp.me/pAdpb-4D

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 Post subject: Re: Not a review, but...
PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 6:29 pm 
It's a great looking set isn't it. Makes you want to know more about the designer...I guess we'll never know!

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 Post subject: Re: Not a review, but...
PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:28 pm 
I don't own one of these (yet) but I've loved the Isle of Lewis set for a long time. It was written up in chess magazines all the time back in the 1980's/1990's (and this was pre-Potter).

My guess as to the creator? A monk carved 'em, prior to the place being sacked by Vikings. (At least that's how it plays out in my head) :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: Not a review, but...
PostPosted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 11:16 pm 
Check it out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_chessmen

And the authority:


http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/hi ... ssmen.aspx

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