Ugly chess
Wandering through San Francisco’s Chinatown I took dozens of pics of really, really ugly gimcrack things. Masters of tat, the Chinese of San Francisco. For starters, the ugliest chess set you’ll ever see, except in the unlikely event that there’s one out there based on SA politicians (I can see Winnie as the Red Queen, and Julius Malema as the Donkey. Knight, you say? Oh.
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Well, if you get bored of the game, those four table corner dildos could help out.
i hope i never get that bored.
I think even Celine Dion would baulk at buying that tut chess set !
Don’t EVER underestimate Celine Dion, Stuart.
About ten years ago I saw an excellent exhibition of chess sets at the Courtauld Institute. Can’t remember many of them now, but this one would certainly NOT be among them. One intriguing (if a bit predictable coming from her) was Yoko Ono’s take on the game. The game was all about making love not war (you know, I’ll mate your queen and you can take three of my favourite porns) and I seem to remember the design of the board was based on the ying and yang symbol.
It’s all so vague now. My memory is shot. All I can remember is enjoying looking at the sets by Duchamp and co. Not something I can say about above.
Refreshing my memory – thanks Google!
Whoops, I got it a bit wrong there. I saw that chess exhibition in 2003 and the Yoko Ono set is not at all as I described it. Same principle, though. All the pieces and the board are white. Here’s a giant version: http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMMNQ.
Also a link to some photos of the sets on display:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yokoonoofficial/2892798380/
Chris, could you replace the Yoko Ono link above with this one please: http://www.flickr.com/photos/yokoonoofficial/2892798380/
Done, thanks Martin.