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January 1st, 2010, 18:05
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/500x_cruzchess1.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/cruzchess1.jpg)My chess strategy doesn't extend too far beyond pulling my knights out first, because that's what the computer games always do against me. But with this cube-based set, I'd probably need a strategy just to remember which piece is which.
Chess has been reimagined (http://gizmodo.com/t/chess/) more times than anyone cares to count. But Scott Cruz (http://gizmodo.com/tag/scottcruz/)'s chess set, designed around a cubic pawn, makes the game even more difficult to master, rendering all the pieces as rectangular towers of different heights.
Thankfully, Cruz has included a built-in cheat sheet for the easily confused; each piece is indented with tiny squares showing its possible moves.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/500x_cruzchess2_01.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/cruzchess2_01.jpg)
Still, my go-to set-up mnemonic—"the Queen always starts on her own color"—won't work too well on the gray scale board. [The Design Blog (http://www.thedesignblog.org/entry/scott-cruz-s-chess-set-adds-wider-dimension-to-the-mind-game/)]
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Chess has been reimagined (http://gizmodo.com/t/chess/) more times than anyone cares to count. But Scott Cruz (http://gizmodo.com/tag/scottcruz/)'s chess set, designed around a cubic pawn, makes the game even more difficult to master, rendering all the pieces as rectangular towers of different heights.
Thankfully, Cruz has included a built-in cheat sheet for the easily confused; each piece is indented with tiny squares showing its possible moves.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/500x_cruzchess2_01.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/cruzchess2_01.jpg)
Still, my go-to set-up mnemonic—"the Queen always starts on her own color"—won't work too well on the gray scale board. [The Design Blog (http://www.thedesignblog.org/entry/scott-cruz-s-chess-set-adds-wider-dimension-to-the-mind-game/)]
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