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- From: reynolds@physics.ucla.edu (Reynolds)
- Subject: Re: Nice Pieces!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.010054.24312@physics.ucla.edu>
- Organization: UCLA Department of Physics
- References: <1992Dec28.083303.179@ipact.com> <1992Dec29.155525.5809@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 01:00:54 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec29.155525.5809@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> mzabel@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Mark A Zabel) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec28.083303.179@ipact.com> pals@ipact.com writes:
- >>I received one of the Kasparov chess sets that USCF sells (Garry-6) for
- >>Christmas. It is a beautiful set - the nicest I've ever used, which
- >>includes the Jacques imitation set that USCF used to sell (although that
- >>was a nice set, too). All pieces are one-piece carved, and HEAVY. At $89,
- >>the light-dark brown boxwood set is a bargain, IMHO. If you insist, for
- >>another $110 you can get the light-black set where the black pieces are
- >>ebony, but the dark pieces are plenty dark in the cheaper set.
- >
- >I've never liked ordering things from USCF. I suppose it's
- >mostly because I like to support smaller operations. Fred
- >Lindsay's Chess Supplies is my personal favorite, 'cause
- >Fred has a cool mustache! He sells a very very nice set
- >for $80, and also some other not-quite-as-nice sets for
- >about $50-$60.
- >
- >-Mark
-
- Speaking of chess sets, I just got the lastest Chess House catalog,
- and he's selling a triple-weighted boxwood and ebony set from India
- for $120.
-
- I tend to think that most sets are too light, and I've only found
- one that I thought was heavy enough. Has anyone played with
- this set, and what do you think of it?
-
- I've played with an earlier version of the Kasparov set, and
- it didn't seem that heavy to me.
-
- Anthony Reynolds
- reynolds@physics.ucla.edu
-