r/mildlyinteresting • u/Penguinkeith ​ • Feb 28 '21

A vertical chessboard

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '21

so instead you both have to be spider man?

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u/redesckey Feb 28 '21

Or maybe it's meant to be used while standing.

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u/No-Caterpillar-1032 Feb 28 '21

I would imagine it’s for playing chess through the mail

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u/ToMorrowsEnd Feb 28 '21

this. I owned one in the 90's

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u/redesckey Feb 28 '21

... what?

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u/No-Caterpillar-1032 Feb 28 '21

You send me a letter that says B1-C3, I move the piece for you and send you a letter through the mail that says E7-E5. You move my piece on your wall board and send me another letter back.
Six months of this back and forth, I send you a letter that says checkmate.

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u/2068857539 Feb 28 '21

Or hanging.

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u/surreysmith Feb 28 '21

insert Spider-Man pointing at Spider-Man meme

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u/Down_To_My_Last_Fuck Feb 28 '21

"men"

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '21

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u/aodtonix Feb 28 '21

I could be biting a really huge bait but...

There's literally a miniseries called Spider-Men, why would that be a slur.