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Subject: Re: Embassy gift: great wooden chess board with luxurious pieces

Author: Henrik Dinesen

Date: 00:01:48 11/18/05

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On November 17, 2005 at 19:21:13, Fernando Villegas wrote:

>Years ago the embassador of Argentina in my country, friend of mine trough
>chess,  gave me a magnificent set compoed of the most beatiful wooden pieces and
>board ever made, all of them deasigned and carved by a craftman that used to
>work for Najdorf and some others Masters living in Argentina.
>It is huge, so I rarely has the disposition to wipe a full table -the dinning
>table- in order to use it.
>I recall now I used it to play a game against IM Cifuentes.
>I wonder what can I do with it.
>Maybe to put it in eBay?
>I could get around 1000 bucks for it, if not more.
>Perhaps send it to a friend that collects chess stuff and has been as a father
>to  me?
>He could give to it good use in his museum.
>I am talking of an old man that in the sunset of his life like to collect trivia
>and caress all computers in the little hours.
>Or I must return it to the dark corner where it is carefully packed?
>Maybe could I make a luxurious bonfire and say farewell to chess?
>Should I forget all this?
>I accept suggestions...
>
>Troublesome Regards
>fernando


I think an obvious option is missing here, the typical chess-player choice:
Dine somewhere else! :-)

Best regards
Henrik



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