Comments on: Small LEGO Chess Set http://brickplayer.com/blog/2008/01/31/small-lego-chess-set/ LEGO Brand Build Block Projects Discussion News Sat, 14 May 2011 21:32:14 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: John Marshall http://brickplayer.com/blog/2008/01/31/small-lego-chess-set/comment-page-1/#comment-541 John Marshall Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:27:58 +0000 http://brickplayer.com/blog/2008/01/31/small-lego-chess-set/#comment-541 I was curious to know if there existed a chess set made of Legos and found your excellent instructions. I gave them to my 7 year old grandson to make a set for me. Since he did not have enough pieces of two contrasting colors I told him to make just one set of 16 piece of various colored Lego bricks. He had no trouble doing this. They fit nicely on my 18" square vinyl board (2 1/4" squares). I use a set of my standard Staunton pieces that are only slightly smaller in opposition. (Excellent instructions.) I was curious to know if there existed a chess set made of Legos and found your excellent instructions. I gave them to my 7 year old grandson to make a set for me. Since he did not have enough pieces of two contrasting colors I told him to make just one set of 16 piece of various colored Lego bricks. He had no trouble doing this. They fit nicely on my 18″ square vinyl board (2 1/4″ squares). I use a set of my standard Staunton pieces that are only slightly smaller in opposition. (Excellent instructions.)

]]> By: ben http://brickplayer.com/blog/2008/01/31/small-lego-chess-set/comment-page-1/#comment-502 ben Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:35:25 +0000 http://brickplayer.com/blog/2008/01/31/small-lego-chess-set/#comment-502 ???how many legos do you have??? ???how many legos do you have???

]]> By: Dave http://brickplayer.com/blog/2008/01/31/small-lego-chess-set/comment-page-1/#comment-496 Dave Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:47:58 +0000 http://brickplayer.com/blog/2008/01/31/small-lego-chess-set/#comment-496 The board shown in this article is built on an extra large baseplate (48 studs square). The baseplate is covered with 2x2 tiles, except for the center of each square, which is a 2x2 plate. In total, the board is made up of 512 tiles and 64 plates. I built another chess board for this chess set which uses mostly bricks. See it here: http://brickplayer.com/blog/2008/03/09/new-lego-chess-board/ The board shown in this article is built on an extra large baseplate (48 studs square). The baseplate is covered with 2×2 tiles, except for the center of each square, which is a 2×2 plate. In total, the board is made up of 512 tiles and 64 plates.

I built another chess board for this chess set which uses mostly bricks. See it here: http://brickplayer.com/blog/2008/03/09/new-lego-chess-board/

]]> By: ben http://brickplayer.com/blog/2008/01/31/small-lego-chess-set/comment-page-1/#comment-495 ben Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:03:56 +0000 http://brickplayer.com/blog/2008/01/31/small-lego-chess-set/#comment-495 how do you make the chess board? how do you make the chess board?

]]> By: jkgarner http://brickplayer.com/blog/2008/01/31/small-lego-chess-set/comment-page-1/#comment-406 jkgarner Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:27:35 +0000 http://brickplayer.com/blog/2008/01/31/small-lego-chess-set/#comment-406 This is definately the most playable lego chess set I have seen. Bravo! I would recommend different colors for the board for greater clarity. Use Dark Gray and white, or green and light gray. But choice of colors is the option of the builder. This is definately the most playable lego chess set I have seen. Bravo!
I would recommend different colors for the board for greater clarity. Use Dark Gray and white, or green and light gray. But choice of colors is the option of the builder.

]]> By: Ander http://brickplayer.com/blog/2008/01/31/small-lego-chess-set/comment-page-1/#comment-371 Ander Tue, 20 May 2008 20:32:48 +0000 http://brickplayer.com/blog/2008/01/31/small-lego-chess-set/#comment-371 Great project! Not to be picky, but they're called "rooks", not "castles". (Hey, you asked for comments!) Cheers. Great project! Not to be picky, but they’re called “rooks”, not “castles”. (Hey, you asked for comments!) Cheers.

]]> By: deep blue http://brickplayer.com/blog/2008/01/31/small-lego-chess-set/comment-page-1/#comment-45 deep blue Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:46:21 +0000 http://brickplayer.com/blog/2008/01/31/small-lego-chess-set/#comment-45 the white square is suppose to be on the right. not the left. ie. king and queen are on the wrong squares. the white square is suppose to be on the right. not the left. ie. king and queen are on the wrong squares.

]]> By: Streetsy http://brickplayer.com/blog/2008/01/31/small-lego-chess-set/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Streetsy Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:47:05 +0000 http://brickplayer.com/blog/2008/01/31/small-lego-chess-set/#comment-20 Looks good. I would try adding a second colour to each. A stripe or something to minimise confusion when they are all over the board. Looks good. I would try adding a second colour to each. A stripe or something to minimise confusion when they are all over the board.

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