Donate a chess set?

[Nico1970]

Thanks for the update @hunnymonster.

If I may, I shall permit myself to bask in the radiant glow arising from this generous benefaction for the remainder of the day...

 

[Boab]

Sterling effort chaps.

 

[hunnymonster]

And they're delivered to the school - as luck would have it to the teacher who asked for them... He was effusive in his thanks to you all... There'll be a further update later (after the weekend)

Turns out he's a bona FIDE (see what I did there chess geeks?) chess coach and is in contact with a former Scottish champion who lives locally for more coaching.

 

[Bechet]

How about a photo of the teacher, too?

 

[hunnymonster]

Oh, you wag Carl @Bechet

 

[jaycey]

Where would I be without Google? "effusive" "FIDE" "Scottish"

Great stuff. I used to love a good game of chess in my early teens. I too used to play in the School team and local tournaments, I was pretty useless but enjoyed myself

In fact, all this chess'ey business has had me rummaging through the cupboards for this bad boy. I begged, stole & borrowed to get this back in the early 80's
With its 2mhz processor, 2 KB of RAM & 16 KB ROM it was (and still is) a formidable opponent...For useless players like me

 

[antdad]

Snap!!! Dug up my old chess computer last night, still useless. Me not it.

 

[moodymick]

There are black ones too... Although they appear to have settled to the base of the box

Just like Guinness then.