Who's For A Round Of Chess?
COPENHAGEN. A round chess board is the latest invention of Mr Niels Algreen Ussing, a young, bearded post office assistant, who specialises in odd inventions. Mr Ussing, who invented the international language, Ino, which uses correlated numbers to link words of the same meaning in different languages, declares that the idea of a round chess board has been latent ever since
chess boards were designed. His round board has four concentric rings containing respectively four, 12, 20 and 28 squares. The traditional square board also has 64 squares arranged in the same number relationship. Mr Ussing claims that the round board gives new combinations, in addition to the almost limitless number of combinations on a normal chess board.
The Danish chess champion, Mr Bent Larsen, after examining a sketch of the round board, commented cautiously that it seemed “a very amusing idea.”
But he added that he would “like to think it over some more” before saying anything further, “The round board.” he added, “alters the role of bishop and knight” and seems “rather confusing.”— (Reuter.)
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30495, 17 July 1964, Page 17
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