The Staunton set, of course. Whenever I go into someone's home and see a set like the modernist one I think, "O, you don't actually play..."
L: Staunton set designed by Nathan Cook, 1849 R: Modernist set designed by Man Ray, 1920 Which makes it easiest to play chess?pic.twitter.com/26MyDCugbN
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Familiarity bias. That said, left one is more beautiful.
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Actually the Modernist one would be nice because you could play like your king is a queen when need be. Can't see a difference.
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THe man rey could use a stronger king/queen distinction but it would be better if it had it. For now though the Nathon cook is great.
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or which one makes it easier to teach chess? Observations will be revelatory.
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Modernism made royalty gender neutral.
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R is more beautiful in my opinion
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Of the two, I prefer Staunton. Although this design by Lanier Graham is very neat too:pic.twitter.com/YEfLKdyhcS
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