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Where can I find a Themed World World II chess set? I've been looking all over the internet and in stores for years for a World War 2 chess set but I can't find one. The closest I've ever came was this website here: It might as well be a dead site though. If anyone knows where I can find a World War 2 version chess set please let me know, I will greatly appreciate it.

Trinity replied: "Is this what you were looking for?"

Q replied: "These places have cool chess sets. closests i could find."

Code Geass themed Chess Set? You can't tell me this wouldn't be a bitch'n chess set. Anybody know if there is one, or if one is being made. not the 1 used in the anime, but one made based on the anime, like lelouch or ''zero'' would be the king piece

Jesse J replied: "I would wish there was one. That would be wonderful. And although I'm sure that some CG fanatic probably has made one by themselves, there isn't an official one. And that also depends which chess set you're talking about. The one that they use in the anime itself, or Chess sets that look like the characters. I'm pretty sure that neither exist officially."

Cotton Candy Ninja replied: "i wish!! im going to look it up!"

What would a YA! Polls & Surveys-themed chess set look like? Someone get me the Franklin Mint on Line 1...they love to make and peddle this kind of cra-- .aaa.....ffffttmanship...stuff...., yes they do!

D.B Cooper replied: "Judas Rabbi would be the Bishop."

Valkyrie replied: "beer bottle caps and zippo lighters"

Bluebird in my heart replied: "You look like a rook to me, not bad and still a major piece. Buk would be the White King a.s.o. Plenty of room for imagination. It seems however White would not have a Hope of winning. And chess notation would be totally different. The Evil Black forces would change the rules every move. " Yamster suspends Bishop " ... Troll reports Knight ..... " Thumbs down Fairy checks " .... And OOPS ....... You have been deleted ...... and lost !."

Leepal replied: "Well I know for sure that you would be a Bishop and ferrets would be the Rook..."

Ronatnyu replied: "shot glasses and mini med cups"

Dashing Geek Redux replied: "Buk is king - a king with no pants. Mermaids are the horsie things, and trolls or geeks are pawns. Valkyeries are queens. That's all I got."

Zombie Killer replied: "The Pawns:http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/troll.jpg"

WMBAT is almost 100% batty replied: "I have to disagree with B.D. Cooper on this one. J.R. would definitely have to be the pawns. This is because there are a lot of them, but in general they can only move forward one space. This corresponds well with his inability to write more than one sentence. And when he answers one of your questions, you feel like you've been "pwned." Maybe only the black pawns though, the white ones could be random girls asking if they're "pregnate." The white king would hands-down have to be Buk, I won't argue that. Everyone is trying to capture him, but he's amazingly slippery, even considering his relative weakness as a piece. The black king would have to be.....Fizzdude...maybe... FD's almost as slippery as Buk, but while the latter regent represents good, indecency, and the American way,....... Fizzdude is pure, incomprehensible evil!! The black knight would have to be the yamster....he's the enforcement arm of the troll kingdom, I'm afraid, and defender of the butt-hurt. I think you'd make a great black castle. (NOTE: I'm not saying you're guilty of association with the greatest Y!A and P&S villains.....I'm only speaking metaphorically....) You're covered in armor, and your questions usually cut straight to the point. Your avatar also bears the greatest resemblance to a chess piece of any I've seen. On the other hand, you ARE pretty freakin' evil, but in a GOOD way. Who's the white knight?......I'm split evenly between Leepal, Bluebird, Unfrozen Caveman, and Flyindustman.....can't think of a reason why though.... Which one makes a better "Don Quixote" type do you think? Too many choices for the queens on either side. In any case she'd have to be clever, energetic, devastatingly powerful, and devastatingly good looking.......let me look through your contact list again...... (NOTE: If Fizzdude was, in fact, gay, then he could be the black queen as well........) I don't mind being the white bishop, myself, though that may be hideously self-aggrandizing. Then again if you need a powerless, obscure, arcane, throw-away piece that can only move sideways, to use as bait,........I'm sure to jump on it. Just don't tell me what I'm doing beforehand."

Loose Change replied: "Well, per side, you got yer two trolls (the rooks), the Y!A King and Queen, the eight idiot pawns, the know-it-all bishops, and the two horsey hooligans."

t_blond_chick replied: "Tin cans and pop guns,rubber suction tipped bows and arrows,and cowboy hats,holsters,chaps and cap guns."

Mako replied: "The knight piece would look like a shark, in honor of me. Of course, the king would be Judas Rabbi. You would be the rook."

Wascaly Wabbit replied: "It would have a lot of violations on the board for the squares....."

themed chess set? where can i find some anytheme

Hebrew Scared replied: "Go to Barnes and Nobles they usually have themed chess sets including The Simpsons and A hockey one."

venus replied: "I dunno if you're in to PS2 but you can get it for that. There's a game that they sell @ Wal Mart which even act as if they're real ! You can also choose the angle. There are lots of diff't themes. I forget what the themes are but there are many to choose fr. Hope this helped ! :) Wal Mart."

emmasnw replied: "There are a variety of chess sets here - Goodluck!"

Lionheart replied: "Transformers. Target, Walmart, toy stores, etc."

after playing a game of chess with this set, should you shake hands, or should the winner behead the loser...? >

Can you suggest some good chess-themed fiction? I'm looking for some good books where chess plays a major part in the story. Some I've read already are: "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass" by Lewis Carroll, Alice goes through the looking glass and becomes a pawn in a chess game, "The Eight" by Katherine Neville, where the characters are sent on an Indiana Jones-style hunt for a lost jeweled chess set, and "The Flanders Panel" by Arturo Perez-Reverte, a murder mystery where the characters are researching a famous painting of a chess game. Can you suggest any others?

Bella replied: ""Searching for Bobby Fischer" is non-fiction, but it is a wonderful book."

Zizi replied: "Samuel Beckett's Endgame (a play, not fiction) besides many others, has a chess-based reading. The title itself is already a strong allusion (the french title is even more explicit: Fin de Partie). The characters can be interpreted as chess-figures which helps in decoding their relationships and Clov's movement even resembles the knight's movement."

book_allie replied: "Time's Eye by Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter Time's Eye, the first book in Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter's Time Odyssey duology -- a companion series of sorts to Clarke's seminal Space Odyssey saga (2001: A Space Odyssey, 2010: Odyssey Two, et al.) -- is set on an Earth that has been inexplicably rearranged into a patchwork of different historical time periods. In the blink of an eye, the planet and every living thing on it no longer exist on a single timeline: United Nations peacekeepers from the year 2037 inhabit the same continent as Genghis Khan's Mongol horde, Neanderthals, and sabre-tooth tigers! As refugees stream toward Babylon, a military chess match like the Earth has never seen ensues -- Genghis Khan versus Alexander the Great... Grandmaster (Otto Penzler Presents Series) by Warren Murphy, Molly Cochran Brooks Hansen, The Chess Garden. A doctor serving in the concentration camps in South Africa during the Boer War sends his wife twelve letters with chess pieces. Paolo Maurensig, The Luneberg Variation. The death of a man in a chessboard-shaped maze is linked to chess games played between a concentration camp inmate and commandant. Stephen Carter, The Emperor of Ocean Park. A judge who was rejected for the Supreme Court because of his connection to a suspected criminal dies and leaves a mysterious note and a chess piece for his law professor son. The Royal Game & Other Stories by Stefan Zweig Alekhine's Anguish: A Novel of the Chess World by Charles D. Yaffe The Kings Are Already Here by Garret Freymann-Weyr When Phebe, 15, begins to question her single-minded pursuit of becoming a ballerina, she decides to visit her father in Switzerland. Instead of being a trip to refocus her energy on dance, it evolves into a journey to define herself and her goals. In Geneva, she meets Nikolai Kotalev, an equally dedicated and determined teen whose passion is chess. Her father and his girlfriend have taken the young man under their protective wing and are encouraging his desire to be grandmaster. However, in Nikolai's mind, the only way for him to improve is to be taught by the legendary grandmaster, Stas Vlajnik. Thus the four begin a trek across Europe to various exhibitions and tournaments to find the elusive Vlajnik. This is a beautifully written book about two young people who, until now, have never questioned their chosen careers. More than just a physical journey, the story also follows the spiritual odyssey that both characters undertake. It allows Phebe to grow and change, and it cements Nikolai's devotion to chess. The book also emphasizes the price one must pay for such obsessions. by Walter Tevis, "The Queens Gambit" "The Royal Game" by Zwieg The Chess King, Novel, August, 1975, Hung-Fan Publishing Company/ Chess King, translated by Ivan Zimmerman, Princeton University THE EMPEROR OF OCEAN PARK By Stephen Carter Alfred A. Knopf 657 pp., $26.95"

trannyman166 replied: "Yes, Chapters has a new release called "The life of a Loser" It's about people who are obsessed about chess based fiction novels. Right up your alley !!!"

Aside from theme, lewis, and staunton chess sets...? are there any other kinds that are available commercially I know that Staunton is the standard, there are only 78 Lewis pieces known, and various types of theme sets, but are there any other ones? when i say "Theme" I mean things like the Simpsons or anything like that

How much is a chess set with genuine carved ivory pieces worth? I have a chess set with board carrying case that was purchased in Hong Kong in the early 1970s. The pieces are carved from elephant tusk ivory (not cool, but not much I can do about it now). There is an Asian theme with a lot of attention to detail on the pieces. The case is wooden and a bit roughed up. The pieces are in excellent condition. One set is stained brown, the other natural. Sets are distinct, but similar in style. The King measures 4.25." Any clue on what venue to sell this and how much it's worth? I didn't see anything on EBAY similar to it. At other sites I've seen ivory chess sets go from $500 to $3000.

Where can I buy small painted chinese tiles? 2" square, to custom make my own chess board.? the tiles can look like mahjohng white dragon pieces, or typical chinese scenery, colorful, or just a couple themed colors. I need them etched and painted, or just painted, so I can custom build a chess board for an old set of chess pieces given to me by my father. the set is over 50 years old and the board is missing. I want to make a unique board and liked the idea of staggering unique tiles. any suggestions?

ideas for chess sets? hello im satrting to make custom chess sets and i need ideas. i have made one with the theme of the crusades with cammels and islamic and cristian temples. and one with a mythological creatures dragons and the such but i need more ideas. thanks for your answers.

poonagellama replied: "i would make some about cars. make the pawns hondas. (because they are easy to distroy and dont go very far."

spyhypo replied: "I would like to see a set of POLICE and criminals or even a set with police and firefighters."

Xiphius replied: "Robin Hood.. King Arthur... Napoelionic War Famous Battles Angels and demons Computer Games?"

aaron b replied: "It copywrighted but you could do a really nice chess set with the Star Wars characters. Polar opposite woods like onyx and baltic birch would look sharp with traditional pieces. Political figures with some of the less powerful senators as pawns perhaps. Looking to architecture, you could use opposing empires. Romans on one side and another civilization on the other. Mayan vs inca would be colorful. US troops on one side and Native Americans.on the other You could do research into the various plains tribes and paint them accurately to add value to the set."

Wil VHOSH replied: "Rock VS Rap Axis vs Allies Neanderthals vs humans mammals/cavemen vs dinosaurs robots vs zombies cliche aliens/robots/zombies vs people from the fifties"

Sham'ah Khare Kuss us ten replied: "ideas huh, how about pieces with heads on them, ponds can have faces on the round tip, queen n king can have faces. Maybe even have celebs faces on them."

Hyderabad C replied: "marching bands maybe movie themes - orcs vs. hobbits & elves Star wars - siths & robots vs. jedis & humans classical vs. rock musicians jazz vs. hip hop stars cats vs dogs macs vs. pcs"

J-Bird replied: "Angels v. Demons ; North v. South (American civil war) ; Cats v. Dogs ; Superheroes v. Villains ; Army v. Navy; Red Sox v. Yankees ; Family Guy v. The Simpsons Hope those help :)"

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