Dear William,

Thanks for the welcome message!

[Sorry this is so delayed, I never got the email of the this message; Yahoo!
groups emails have been a bit flaky for me lately - bad luck.]

I understand what you're saying, that any chess board will do.

What I really meant is that I have an old (1970's) Chess^3 3D chess board that
has a 2" king and approximately 1" squares, and I was wondering if anyone knew
where I could buy replacement chess pieces for *this* chess board?

I found 2 1/2" king (cheap) plastic chess pieces at chesshouse.com, but I fear
even they will be too big for my Chess^3 chess board.

Does anyone know where I can buy cheap 2" king (< 1" base) chess pieces? I would
be greatly appreciative.

Sincerely,
--
Jeffrey Rolland
<jrolland@...>

"The weed of crime bears bitter fruit; crime does NOT pay! The Shadow knows!"
- _The Shadow_

--- In Millennium_3D_Chess@yahoogroups.com, William D'Agostino
<william_dagostino@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Jeffery,
>
> Welcome to the Millennium 3D Chess group*. This is in response to your
question if a Chess^3 (i.e., Chess Cube) is the right "size" to play Millennium
3D Chess*.
>
> The only criteria is that you have three 8 by 8 chess boards. The physical
size of the board or squares is not important. Just like traditional chess, you
could play a 2D chess game on a small travel board or on a full-size tournament
board, and it wouldn't matter.
>
> However, the only real "issue" is that you and your opponent can easily reach
in between boards to move a piece without knocking over the rest of the board.
>
> Personally, I use a "Strato Chess" 3D chess board to play my Millennium 3d
Chess* games as well as to log the chess games using a spreadsheet on my
cumputer with three 8 by 8 grids and chess fonts. The Strato Chess board could
be bigger, but I can easily move the chess pieces with just-a-little-care while
reaching into the middle board. This follows the old rule, "if the shoe [board]
fits, wear [play] it!"
>
> About playing an email game of Millennium 3D Chess*, yes, I will be happy to
play an email game. Would you like to play White or Black?
>
> Also, there is a library of previous Millennium 3D Chess* games on my web site
if you're interesting in learning strategies of others:
>
> http://www.geocities.com/william_dagostino/millennium_3d_chess_open.html
> To other readers on this list: I will be happy to play additional email games
of Millennium 3D Chess*, so please contact me at william_dagostino@... with
"Millennium 3D Chess*" in the subject line.
>
> Cheers,
> Will
>
>
>
> *Trademark
>
> > --- On Wed, 3/4/09, Jeffrey Rolland <jrolland@...> wrote:
> > From: Jeffrey Rolland <jrolland@...>
> > Subject: [Millennium_3D_Chess] Replacement Pieces and Playing Partners?
> > To: Millennium_3D_Chess@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 9:35 PM
> >
> >Hello, all!
> >
> > I am not sure if anyone is listening to this list anymore, but, if you
> > are, greetings and salutations!
> >
> > I have had a Chess^3 ("Chess Cubed") set since I was a kid, but I have
> > never played Millennium Chess. Are Chess^3 and Millennium Chess sized
> > the same? I just measured my Chess^3 set, and it appears to have 1"
> > squares and 2 1/8" kings. Does anyone know where I can get 2 1/8" king
> > sized replacement pieces? The shortest I have found are 2 1/2" kings.
> > Will these be too big to fit on the 1" squares? Let me know what your
> > experiences are.
> >
> > Also, let me know if anyone is up for a play-by-email game of either
> > Chess^3 rules or Millennium Chess rules game (or both :)). I have a .pdf\
> > scanned in copy oan>f the rules for Chess^3, if anyone is interested. I
> > tried joining the Chess Club at my University (I am a returning math
> > grad student) but they are all too good; I lost every match decisively
> > and didn't learn much from any of the losses. I am hoping that since
> > Millennium Chess is such a novelty, I can get some opponents at my level
> > and can have some interesting games.
> >
> > Thanks for reading, and I hope to hear from someone soon.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > --
> > Jeffrey Rolland
> > <jrolland@wiremail. org>