Category: Samtalelek
Dette sjakkspillet med rene linjer er karakteristisk for den tidløse Bauhaus-stilen. Josef Hartwigs sjakkbrikker, designet i 1923, har reduserte former som, i motsetning til vanlige figurer, er symboler basert utelukkende på funksjonen og formen til hver brikkes trekk. Kuber, sylindre og kuler vil lede deg trekk for trekk til sjakkmatt.
Designet av Josef Hartwig. Produsert av Naef i Tyskland.
The reduced geometric shapes took a few games to read at a glance, but now I actually prefer them to standard Staunton pieces. The knight is just an L-block and it's somehow easier to spot mid-game.
I've had this on my coffee table for two weeks and guests keep picking up the pieces to figure out how the knight and bishop are actually distinguished — it's a fun little puzzle before anyone even starts playing. The abstract forms take a game or two to get used to, but the board itself looks like
The reduced geometric pieces are genuinely beautiful on a shelf, but I mostly love how quickly they read on the board once you learn which block is which. Playing with a set designed in 1923 feels like owning a little piece of design history.
