The 5 most creative chess sets

Art and Creativity are everywhere. Math is not the exception, and we may include “Logic” as one of the fundamental pillars where this set of knowledge rests. With Logic we can easily turn creative. Just start listing all that amazing games like Mastermind, the Rubik’s cube, a deck of cards; and in this case, the chess set. People are turning chess sets in creative and arty things.

In chess you need to memorize the special moves that each piece has. Don´t worry more about that, with this minimalist chess set designed by the Bauhaus sculptor Josef Hartwig in 1923. Its design is simple, because it is made of traditional geometrical shapes. The most important thing is that each designed piece shows the valid moves.

Bauhaus's Intuitive Chess Set

The next chess is a real masterpiece that it´s being displayed in a museum. The artist Rachel Whiteread created this chess set in 2005 when she was commissioned for the ongoing project “The Art of Chess”. The pieces are household objects, all different.

Modern Chess Set 

The next one it’s really good enough to be hanging on your wall in a beautiful frame. This is the vertical chess. There´s is this site “Straight up chess” (the link is below) where you can customize your set with different frames, backgrounds and many chess pieces of different materials.

Vertical chess

Even though this chess set doesn’t include its own board, neither its own pieces; literally talking this one is really cool. They sell you the molds to make them out of ice. Take one mold, and pour some water on it. Now take some juice and pour it in the other mold, so you will have pieces of different colors. The point here is that you just have a period of time until your pieces start melting.

Ice chess pieces

Is playing against one player not enough for you? With this chess set you go further. Now play against two players in the 3-player chess set. Here things turn into complexity. You will need to anticipate other’s moves, and wait for even more turns.

Hexagonal variation

Chess is a logic and strategic game. It is even more than that; it is turning into art and pure creativity. Check Mate!

Source:

• http://www.visualnews.com/2012/01/02/bauhauss-intuitive-chess-set/
• http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/modern-chess-set-by-rachel-whi-110999
• http://www.straightupchess.com/Default.asp
• http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/e730/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-player_chess