{"id":130211,"date":"2010-01-01T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5437367"},"modified":"2010-01-01T12:30:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-01T17:30:00","slug":"cube-based-chess-set-adds-modern-confusion-to-timeless-difficulty-chess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/130211","title":{"rendered":"Cube-Based Chess Set Adds Modern Confusion To Timeless Difficulty [Chess]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"lytebox\" href=\"http:\/\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2009\/12\/cruzchess1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2009\/12\/500x_cruzchess1.jpg\" class=\"left image500\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a>My chess strategy doesn&#8217;t extend too far beyond pulling my knights out first, because that&#8217;s what the computer games always do against me. But with this cube-based set, I&#8217;d probably need a strategy just to remember which piece is which.<\/p>\n<p>Chess has been <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/t\/chess\/\">reimagined<\/a> more times than anyone cares to count. But <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #scottcruz\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/scottcruz\/\">Scott Cruz<\/a>&#8216;s chess set, designed around a cubic pawn, makes the game even <i>more<\/i> difficult to master, rendering all the pieces as rectangular towers of different heights.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> gawkerGallery(5437349,3,''); <\/script><\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, Cruz has included a built-in cheat sheet for the easily confused; each piece is indented with tiny squares showing its possible moves.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"lytebox\" href=\"http:\/\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2009\/12\/cruzchess2_01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2009\/12\/500x_cruzchess2_01.jpg\" class=\"left image500\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Still, my go-to set-up mnemonic&mdash;&#8221;the Queen always starts on her own color&#8221;&mdash;won&#8217;t work too well on the gray scale board. 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But with this cube-based set, I&#8217;d probably need a strategy just to remember which piece is which. Chess has been reimagined more times than anyone cares to count. 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