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- From: pals@ipact.com
- Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
- Subject: Re: Nice Pieces!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.122319.186@ipact.com>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 12:23:19 CDT
- References: <1992Dec28.083303.179@ipact.com> <1992Dec29.155525.5809@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <1992Dec29.171625.25003@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec29.171625.25003@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu>,
- jacobson@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Eliot T. Jacobson ) writes:
- > 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...
- >>
- >>Kasparov Schmasparov! Actually, I do believe it's a good set,
- >>but something about it bothers me. Maybe it's the ads in Chess Life. ...
- >
- > The problem with the chess life add is that stupid picture of the
- > girl with her hand over the pieces saying that Kasparov wanted them to
- > be designed to fit perfectly with the shape of the hand. What bull....
-
- I'm also less than impressed with the Chess Life advertising (and perhaps
- also the naming) of this set. "Following the curve of the human hand"
- aside, the rooks are larger in proportion to the other pieces than most
- other sets, which I like.
-
- I guess part of the reason I posted was I thought that people might be
- put off by the CL ads. If you want a great set of pieces, ignore the
- ads and buy them anyway. And _Chess Life_, if you're listening, just
- give us a simple ad with a picture (life size maybe?) of the pieces
- and a short blurb about how nice they really are.
-
- --
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