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Article #3241Re: Giant Chess Set
From: Ed Roberts
Date: Sun, 01 Mar 1998 00:00
Date: Sun, 01 Mar 1998 00:00
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I know for a fact you can get them from the Rochester chess center. http://www.nywebworks.com/rcc/ good luck, ED! Rusty McGhee wrote: > Don wrote: > > > > I'm hoping someone in this group may have the information I'm > > looking for. A few years ago my sons and I played chess at a > > park which had giant, (King was about 3' tall), pieces > > and since that time I've dreamed of owning a set just like it. > > The chessmen were made of heavy plastic and were manufactured by > > a company in the UK. The price was sort of high when I checked > > their website, and if the shipping cost is added in, the price > > becomes prohibitive. Does anyone know of a similar set made by a > > company in the US? I would greatly appreciate any leads! > > > > -don > > > > -- > > Don > Don, > You might try calling the Strand Street Brewery(409)762-0292 in > Galveston, Texas. I've been told they have a giant Chess set in a court > yard adjacent to their business. It might be a start? > Rusty
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 100b20,f7601c3f7881311a X-Google-Attributes: gid100b20,public X-Google-Thread: 1121ba,f7601c3f7881311a X-Google-Attributes: gid1121ba,public X-Google-Thread: 10d71d,f7601c3f7881311a X-Google-Attributes: gid10d71d,public X-Google-Thread: f52e8,f7601c3f7881311a X-Google-Attributes: gidf52e8,public X-Google-Thread: 114c72,f7601c3f7881311a X-Google-Attributes: gid114c72,public From: Ed Roberts <edroberts@adelphia.net> Subject: Re: Giant Chess Set Date: 1998/03/01 Message-ID: <34F9CF62.AB40080B@adelphia.net> X-Deja-AN: 329809020 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <#1JXUXJR9GA.356@nih2naac.prod2.compuserve.com> <34F9810C.1EFC@amoco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Rusty McGhee <russell_c_mcghee@amoco.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com Newsgroups: gnu.chess,pdaxs.games.chess,rec.games.chess.misc,tw.bbs.rec.chess,alt.chess.ics