http://www.veryboring.com/20-06-2006/whats-the-appeal-of-a-theme-chess-set/ Where to buy your chess sets and chess computers in the UK Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:06:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://www.veryboring.com/20-06-2006/whats-the-appeal-of-a-theme-chess-set/#comment-13140 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:08:51 +0000 http://www.veryboring.com/20-06-2006/whats-the-appeal-of-a-theme-chess-set/#comment-13140 […] The attraction is partly about oneupmanship. The theme set owner sits smugly in the knowledge that his choice says something about him or her that is that much more cranially higher than the purchaser of a china tea set. We could get into some detail about this – maybe a purchaser is obsesssed with the need to feel superior. But with a finely detailed chess set based on the War of Independence or the American Civil War instead of the Ming Replica Vase – I’m not so sure – I think I’d feel that bit better too. So much to show off, so much to talk about and talk around. No, no – we must recoil from the idea! Superiority is not the motivation – ‘we’re all equal in HIS eyes’…, although perhaps more equality could be gained by a discerning, insightful selection in our lives here and there… perhaps through a chess set – couldn’t it? Maybe? […]

]]> http://www.veryboring.com/20-06-2006/whats-the-appeal-of-a-theme-chess-set/#comment-13103 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:50:34 +0000 http://www.veryboring.com/20-06-2006/whats-the-appeal-of-a-theme-chess-set/#comment-13103 […] The attraction is partly about oneupmanship. The theme set owner sits smugly in the knowledge that his choice says something about him or her that is that much more cranially higher than the purchaser of a china tea set. We could get into some detail about this – maybe a purchaser is obsesssed with the need to feel superior. But with a finely detailed chess set based on the War of Independence or the American Civil War instead of the Ming Replica Vase – I’m not so sure – I think I’d feel that bit better too. So much to show off, so much to talk about and talk around. No, no – we must recoil from the idea! Superiority is not the motivation – ‘we’re all equal in HIS eyes’…, although perhaps more equality could be gained by a discerning, insightful selection in our lives here and there… perhaps through a chess set – couldn’t it? Maybe? […]

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