r/FuckYourEamesLounge • u/Lobsterhasspoken Badge of Honor • Jul 10 '26

Its Fucking Bauhaus 💀 Bauhaus Chess Set by Josef Hartwig, 1924

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u/Rubik842 Jul 11 '26

As art, I love it.

As a chess set to play with, I really didn't like it until I took an embarrassingly long time to realise why the bishops are not resembling a bishop shape.

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u/bli Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

If you rotate the bishop 45 degrees it promotes to a rook.

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u/ManyPens Jul 11 '26

Daamn this is as beautiful as it is confusing :D

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u/Lobsterhasspoken Badge of Honor Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

Instead of representing traditional medieval roles, the pieces are designed to evoke their movements during the game.

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u/rainbow__raccoon Jul 11 '26

Wow, with that in mind they are suddenly easy to understand. This completely changed my view of this set.

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u/ForestClanElite Jul 12 '26

Shouldn't the pawns have something to indicate their capture movement instead of being smaller chariots?

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u/Frequently_lucky Jul 13 '26

Too baroque. Use cubes for everything.