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Guarini's chess puzzle. Handmade hardwood pieces.

Guarini's chess puzzle. Handmade hardwood pieces.

Regular price $75.00 USD
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Guarini's problem is one of the earliest chessboard puzzles that dates back to 1512. This puzzle involves four knights, two white and two black, at the four corners of a small 3x3 chessboard. The problem is to exchange the places of the white knights and the black knights.

It can also be a tabletop souvenir for a chess enthusiast.

Wooden 3x3 chessboard.

5.25" Oak and maple wood chessboard
Size: 133x133x20 mm / 5.25"x5.25"x0.75"

or
4.44" Thermal ash & white ash wood chessboard
Size: 113x113x20 mm / 4.44"x4.44"x0.75"
(Suitable only for Bauhaus style pieces)

or
5" Solid european walnut wood board (not white/black cage) (
Size: 129x129x45 mm / 5.05"x5.05"x1.75"

This board has no black-and-white divisions, only single-colored squares. It is made from a single piece of wood.
!! A solid board has minor natural defects such as knots and small cracks, which gives the board an aged appearance.

Pieces:
Handmade carved Knights.
Linden wood.
Height: 85 mm / 3.33"

or
Bauhaus style Knights
Bog oak wood and Maple wood.
Height: 30 mm / 1.18"

or
Man Ray style Knights
Bog oak wood and Ash wood.
Height: 60 mm / 2.35"


The color and wood texture may vary slightly.

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