| General Chess Discussion - A special chess puzzle#14 The position in #12 reminds me of the Viking game - Hneftafl (or some such). | Cotaxman |
| General Chess Discussion - A special chess puzzle#13 The say that if you set enough monkies writing long enough they'll come up with the complete works of Shakespeare, so very little is 'impossible'! | Cotaxman |
| General Chess Discussion - A special chess puzzle#11 "..couldn't have been reached from "real" chess games, without..." It's difficult to see it coming about anyway - White has 8 pawns on the board (unless I'm seeing things)! | Cotaxman |
| Lichess Feedback - Are you a designer? You can help lichess.org#16 I think most people behave differently - even if only slightly - depending on the circumstances and people they're with: in effect, a form of deception and putting over an image of one sort or another… | Cotaxman |
| Lichess Feedback - Are you a designer? You can help lichess.org#14 Wouldn't you rather be thought of as a Big Strong Silent type? But I guess you've blown that one here! | Cotaxman |
| Lichess Feedback - Are you a designer? You can help lichess.org#12 Your choice! As they say: "Better to be thought a fool, than open your mouth and prove it" ! | Cotaxman |
| Lichess Feedback - Are you a designer? You can help lichess.org#10 'Confide' or 'Confine'? Let it all hang loose, my friend - you know you want to! | Cotaxman |
| Lichess Feedback - Are you a designer? You can help lichess.org#8 Incidentally, M - your design resembles this one - probably the first by Drueke, the famous US maker, in c.1917: https://picasaweb.google.com/102034963874507604520/OtherStaunton#5513103972947492434 Dr… | Cotaxman |
| Lichess Feedback - Are you a designer? You can help lichess.org#6 Or those in this set - a little later from 1820-40: https://picasaweb.google.com/102034963874507604520/EnglishNonStauntonPlayingSets#5611390228991418898 I like that photo of them! | Cotaxman |
| Lichess Feedback - Are you a designer? You can help lichess.org#5 The knight looks good to me - similar to the 'fish-hook' shape used in many English C18th sets, such as this one I have: https://picasaweb.google.com/102034963874507604520/EnglishNonStauntonPlayingSet… | Cotaxman |
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