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Short film: The King’s Pawn

March 7, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s man versus machine – with a twist – in this short psychological drama. A former chess prodigy turned programmer has the rare chance to confront the grandmaster who destroyed his dreams by pitting a super-computer against him in a high profile battle.…

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: board games, chess, short film

Unboxing Steve Jackson’s Knightmare Chess

December 7, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Rhea Friesen of Steve Jackson Games takes us through an unboxing of their Knightmare Chess game. This game has 158 stunning cards that can be played to turn a standard game of chess into a nightmare battle.…

Filed Under: Tabletop RPGs Tagged With: chess, knightmare chess, Steve Jackson Games, unboxing

Lord of the Rings chess posters

April 7, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

These Lord of the Rings chess posters are the work of Patrick Connan. He delivers geek and chic.…

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: chess, lord of the rings, Patrick Connan, posters

The Kraken plays chess

March 28, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There different ways to play chess. If you’re a giant silvered octopus then how’s this for an approach?…

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: chess, monsters

Star Wars meets Lego over a game of chess

February 19, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is not the first Star Wars chess LEGO set featured on Geek Native and I can see why it’s a thing. Surely we can’t be far from an official Disney backed Star Wars LEGO chess set?…

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: chess, lego, star wars

Batman chess set

January 7, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is a chess set for the dedicated fan – ideally, a Batman and chess fan. Sold by Noble Collection for $795.00 the set uses 50 LED lights, around the Gotham City cityscape underneath the surface.…

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: batman, chess

17th century royal execution chessboard sells for £601,250

December 18, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The estimate for this 17th century German chessboard was anywhere between £300,000 to £500,000. That’s a cool half a million pounds. In the end it sold for higher than that; £601,250.…

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: chess

Doctor Who chess

September 29, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This rather fantatic chess set, in full Doctor Who glory, was created by the deviant artist EldalinSkywalker. This is actually their second Doctor Who chess set, the first was for the tenth doctor and this one is for the eleventh doctor.…

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: chess, doctor who, Eleventh Doctor, Weeping Angels

Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Chess Set

July 24, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

To mark the 25th anniversary of the computer game Street Fighter Capcom will be setting a limited edition chess set. Only 5,000 will be made. It’s a 18″x18″ sandblasted glass chess board and pieces are made silver and pewter-colored resin.…

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: board game, capcom, chess, street fighter

Legend of Zelda Chess Set crafted by legendary hands

June 13, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Ben Howard spend three months of his awesome life hand-crafting a complete Legend of Zelda Chess set. Upsettingly he says he’ll only get one test drive of this colourful wonder before he has to send it away.…

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: chess, Legend of Zelda, zelda

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