" ... An antique dealer was fined £35 yesterday for exposing to view a 32-piece chess set ... Police Sergeant David Fox told Marylebone court that he saw a chess set showing couples in sexual positions ... "
(source: Liverpool Daily Post, 25 August, 1971, page 3)
Would it be fair to describe the chessmen as "Pawnographic"?
"Pawnographic"?
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Matt Mackenzie
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Re: "Pawnographic"?
Would be disappointed if that headline hadn't been used at the time tbh.
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)
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Jon D'Souza-Eva
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Re: "Pawnographic"?
The headline used for the story by the Guardian was rather feeble.
A German website (https://schach-ohne-ausgrenzung.at/kurioses-2024/) has a picture of the dealer, Trevor Stowe:
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Jon D'Souza-Eva
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Re: "Pawnographic"?
I wonder how long Mr Stowe's shop survived for? This story is from the Sydney Morning Herald of 8th January, 1972.
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John Townsend
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Re: "Pawnographic"?
A contemporary reflection:
"The mating on Trevor Stowe's chessboard wasn't the kind normally seen in the game."
(The Tennessean, August 25, 1971, page 13)
"The mating on Trevor Stowe's chessboard wasn't the kind normally seen in the game."
(The Tennessean, August 25, 1971, page 13)