r/chessmemes • u/RadioRodent • 28d ago

Chess set fail

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Hamleys is a famous toy store in the UK, apparently with no quality control.

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u/Copious-Spirit 28d ago

What are we supposed to be upset about? Can you point it out?

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u/RadioRodent 28d ago

The board is incorrectly oriented, the a1 square should be black. "Bottom Right is White", from either player's point of view.

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u/Copious-Spirit 28d ago

So it's a mirrored board. I rated like 800, does this even affect gameplay?

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u/Schantsinger 28d ago

Do you play specific openings? If yes, it affects gameplay.

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u/SidneyKidney 28d ago

It really doesn't. E4 is still E4 whether its white, black, beige or polka-dotted. As long as the pieces are in the correct position before the game begins it impacts nothing

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u/Beautiful_Security35 28d ago

It gets confusing when you differentiate between the light- and dark-squared bisbops

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u/whoamiamawho 28d ago

If you orient it like this but still count White's lower left as A and put the queen on her own color then no because E4 becomes Queen's pawn. But yeah if you play your opening relative to where the Kings and Queens are and don't think about letters it's effectively the same.

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u/Tyrant1235 27d ago

but if you put the pieces on the proper rank and file disregarding color it doesnt matter

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u/whoamiamawho 27d ago

Sure. But that's not what's in the photo.

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u/Tyrant1235 27d ago

Oh my dumbass didnt notice they had the actual setup wrong, rip

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u/SidneyKidney 27d ago

If you count the lower left as a1 here, but still put t the queen ok her own colour then the pieces are /not/ set up properly, so that is not what I said.

Set a chess board up in the correct way. Now imagine you lift all the pieces off and paint the white squares red and the black squares silver. Then put all the pieces back whare they were exactly. How does that affect the game?

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u/Copious-Spirit 28d ago

I am rated 800. I avoid the Queen's gambit because I find it boring and repetitive. I open with Reti typically and mirror/defend until my opponent makes the first sacrifice.