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172<div align="center"> 173 <h1><font color="#133437" size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><font color="#FFFFFF" size="7">j 174 </font><font size="5">Courier Chess Links<font color="#FFFFFF">__</font></font></strong></font><br> 175 <font color="#FFFFFF" size="-7">courier game - kurrier - renaissance 176 - medieval - 8 by 12 - chess players - chess match - kurierschachspiel 177 - chess variants - ancient chess</font> </h1> 178 <table background="graphics-functional/bg-home.jpg" width="600" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" > 179 <tr > 180 <td > 181<div align="center"> 182 <p><strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?p=PLD8E17C06BAC62F09"> 183 Finishing the Pieces</a><br> 184 <font size="-1">See us finishing and shipping the pieces<br> 185 in the shop</font></font></strong></p> 186 <p><strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://ancientchess.com">
186AncientChess.com</a><br> 187 <font size="-1">An illustrated overview of chess<br> 188 throughout history and around the world</font></font></strong></p> 189 <p><strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://play.chessvariants.org/erf/CourierC.html">Play 190 now online</a><br> 191 <font size="-1">A simple program to play<br> 192 courier chess online right now</font></font></strong></p> 193 <p><strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.chessvariants.org/historic.dir/courier/courier.html">Play 194 now at home</a><br> 195 <font size="-1">Rules with a printable board<br> 196 and pieces, to start playing at home</font> </font></strong></p> 197 <p><strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.chessvariants.org/large.dir/courierdeladama.html">A 198 modernized version</a><br> 199 <font size="-1">Courier chess rules updated to use a<br> 200 modern queen, pawn and bishop</font></font></strong></p> 201 <p><strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></font></strong></p> 202 <p> </p> 203 <p> </p> 204 <p> </p> 205 <p> </p> 206 <p> </p> 207 <p> </p> 208 </div></td> 209 </tr> 210 </table> 211 <table width="600" border="3" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="15"> 212 <tr> 213 <td><div align="center"> 214 <p><font color="#FF0000" size="+1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>The 215 Courier Chess Reproduction<br> 216 <br> 217 <img src="graphics-new/set-angle-courier-chess.jpg" width="550" height="351"> 218 <br> 219 </strong></font><font color="#FF0000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><font color="#333333"><em><font size="-1">I 220 already purchased one of your sets and I love it! <br> 221 It exceeded my expectations. I hope you can continue <br> 222 producing these sets, you're doing a valuable service <br> 223 making this extinct game available again<font size="1">. </font></font></em></font></strong></font><br> 224 <font color="#FF0000" size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><font color="#333333"><em><font color="#FFFFFF">_______________________________________________</font></em><font color="#FFFFFF">_</font>—</font></strong></font><font color="#FF0000" size="-1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><font color="#333333"> 225 Jeff S. of Everett, Washington, USA </font></strong></font></p> 226 <p align="left"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>The 227 complete set of 48 pieces</strong> stand between ¾ inch 228 and 2 ¼ inches tall (1.8 ~ 6 cm), the same size of those 229 depicted in van Leyden’s painting.<br> 230 Hand crafted in Riverside, California, made of solid resin, 231 steel reinforced where needed and hand detailed to recreate 232 the 500-year-old painting as closely as possible.<br> 233 They are felted for comfort in play, and protection of the board.<br> 234 This copyrighted reproduction is available only through CourierChess.com, 235 selling as rickofricks on eBay.</font></p> 236 <p align="left"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Since 237 the first production of in 2008, additional versions of the 238 chessmen and board have been created. See the link below for 239 currently available sets.<br> 240 <br> 241 <strong>The board</strong> measures 19 ¾ by 13 ¾ 242 inches; ½ inch thick (35 by 50 by 1.25 cm), just like 243 the one depicted in van Leyden’s painting.<br> 244 The playing surface is a photographic image of a fine hand-painted 245 German beech wood replica – likely materials for van Leyden’s 246 original subject. It is reproduced here fixed to sturdy fiberwood 247 board (MDF).<br> 248 <br> 249 <strong>A quality print</strong>, the same size as the original 250 painting, is included (details below).</font></p> 251 <p align="left"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Further 252 productions</strong> are being developed. Check our listings 253 for fine brass sets and hand made boards.<br> 254 <br> 255 <strong>The illustrated rule booklet</strong> clearly lays out 256 the original rules of play with diagrams, pictures and explanations.<br> 257 <strong><br> 258 To see this and further Courier Chess listings, select the link 259 below.</strong></font></p> 260 <p align="center"><strong><font color="#000000" size="+3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://stores.ebay.com/World-Chess-and-Fine-Arts/_i.html?_nkw=courier&submit=Search&_sid=121288948" target="x">CLICK 261 HERE FOR AVAILABLE<br> 262 COURIER CHESS SETS AND PRINTS</a></font></strong></p> 263 <p align="center"><br> 264 <font color="#000000" size="-1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="thecontact.htm">Any 265 Questions? </a></font></p> 266 <p align="left"><font color="#000000" size="-1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> 267 <br> 268 *Shipping $22 within the United States, $50 to other countries</font></p> 269 </div></td> 270 </tr> 271 </table> 272 <br> 273 <table width="600" border="3" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="15"> 274 <tr> 275 <td><div align="center"> 276 <p><font color="#FF0000" size="+1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Quality 277 Print of Lucas van Leyden's Painting<br> 278 <br> 279 <img src="graphics-new/vanleydenpaintingposter550.jpg" width="550" height="367"></strong></font></p> 280 <p align="left"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Original 281 size: </strong> The image is reproduced in the same size as 282 the original painting: <br> 283 10.6 x 13.8 inches (27 x 35 cm). Including the border, this 284 print measures 12 x 18 inches (30.5 x 45.7 cm).<br> 285 <br> 286 <strong>Restored:</strong> Scrapes and damages have been carefully 287 removed, restoring this painting to its original beauty.<br> 288 <br> 289 <strong>Fine quality:</strong> The image is finely detailed, 290 printed with a glossy finish on a firm 10 point paper (about 291 the thickness of a standard card stock).</font></p> 292 <p align="center"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> 293 </font><strong><font color="#000000" size="+3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://stores.ebay.com/World-Chess-and-Fine-Arts/_i.html?_nkw=courier&submit=Search&_sid=121288948" target="x">CLICK 294 HERE FOR AVAILABLE<br> 295 COURIER CHESS SETS AND PRINTS</a></font></strong></p> 296 </div></td> 297 </tr> 298 </table> 299 <br> 300 <table width="600" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 301 <tr> 302 <td> 303<p><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="newsletter/CCI-Courier-Chess-Article.pdf" target="x"><img src="graphics-functional/button-cci-article.jpg" alt="Chess Collectors International Article" width="150" height="130" hspace="8" vspace
303="8" border="0"align="right"></a></font><font size="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> 304 <br> 305 In March, 2009, an article appeared in The Chess Collector — 306 the official magazine of Chess Collector International, discussing 307 courier chess in detail, and referring to this new re-creation. 308 You can download the full illustrated article (in PDF form) by 309 clicking <a href="newsletter/CCI-Courier-Chess-Article.pdf" target="x">this 310 link</a>.</font></p> 311 <p> </p> 312 <p align="center"><font size="-1"><a href="index.htm"><br> 313 <br> 314 HOME</a><font color="#FFFFFF">__</font> <a href="thepieces.htm">THE 315 PIECES</a><font color="#FFFFFF">__</font> <a href="thepainting.htm">THE 316 PAINTING</a><font color="#FFFFFF">__</font> <a href="thehistory.htm">THE 317 HISTORY</a><font color="#FFFFFF">__</font> <a href="thelinks.htm">LINKS</a><font color="#FFFFFF">__</font> 318 <a href="thecontact.htm">CONTACT US </a><font color="#FFFFFF">__</font><br> 319 <br> 320 </font></p></td> 321 </tr> 322 </table> 323 <p> </p> 324 </div></td> 325 <td bgcolor="#1F5458"> </td> 326 </tr> 327</table> 328<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 329 <tr bgcolor="#1F5458"> 330 <td> </td> 331 </tr> 332</table><br> 333 334 335 336 337 338</body> 339</html>
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