Category: Samtalsspel
Detta schackspel med rena linjer är typiskt för den tidlösa Bauhaus-stilen. Josef Hartwigs schackpjäser, designade 1923, har förenklade former som, till skillnad från vanliga figurer, är symboler som enbart bygger på varje pjäs funktion och rörelsemönster. Kuber, cylindrar och bollar leder dig drag för drag till schackmatt.
Designat av Josef Hartwig. Tillverkat 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.
