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	Chess sets
JohnWaterman
2-4-2009 1:47 PM
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2-4-2009 5:23 PM
Jorjor
I like the set with the patience balls in each piece.
2-4-2009 10:29 PM
tanyamm
Chess is a wonderful game that unfortunately I'm not very good at but I do love a beautiful chess set.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e20a0c10-83ea-4206-bd3e-365e928a9af2/44567BEF-6A50-43F1-9D52-6615F8B5EEED/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/02/03/the-colors-of-chess/" href="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/02/03/the-colors-of-chess/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.colourlovers.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/02/03/the-colors-of-chess/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.colourlovers.com/img/ED30231E-0221-4099-90A3-E4BF12D731FB" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/02/03/the-colors-of-chess/"><P>Chess has had a long and colorful history since its beginnings in the 6th century. And ever since the creation of the game the board and game pieces have been a continuous  source of inspiration for artists who year after year create new interpretations. Here is a look at chess's place in history and culture along with some historically and artistically important sets.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/02/03/the-colors-of-chess/"><H2>Early</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/02/03/the-colors-of-chess/">Chess originated in India during the Gupta empire,<SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-Leibs92_12-0"><SPAN> </SPAN></SUP>where its early form in the 6th century was known as <EM><SPAN lang="sa-Latn" xml:lang="sa-Latn" title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration" class="Unicode">caturaṅga</SPAN></EM>,</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/02/03/the-colors-of-chess/">In <SPAN class="mw-redirect">Sassanid Persia</SPAN> around 600 the name became <EM>shatranj</EM> and the rules were developed further</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/02/03/the-colors-of-chess/"><H5><A href="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/02/shatranj.jpg"><IMG height="300" width="490" alt="" src="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/02/shatranj.jpg" title="shatranj" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4002" /></A><A target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess">wikipedia</A>; Iranian chess set, glazed fritware, 12th century.</H5></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/02/03/the-colors-of-chess/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.colourlovers.com/img/2982E3C0-439E-4CDA-9A80-7AF93D0F5DCE" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/02/03/the-colors-of-chess/"><H2>Modern</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/02/03/the-colors-of-chess/">Around 1200, rules of shatranj started to be modified in southern Europe, and around 1475, several major changes made the game essentially as it is known today</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/02/03/the-colors-of-chess/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.colourlovers.com/img/D741725B-8C52-4A7E-B836-BC3194408FE1" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; 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