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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

  Largest Chess Piece: St. Louis sets world record (Video)

 
ST. LOUIS, MI, USA -- The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) unveiled a chess piece that stands at 14 feet, 6 inches tall and is 6 feet wide at the base, 45 times larger than a standard chess piece
- setting the new world record for the Largest Chess Piece, according to World Record Academy: www.worldrecordacademy.com/.worlds largest chess piece in St. Louis

  Photo: A Missouri chess club has unveiled the "World's Largest Chess Piece," a 14 1/2-foot tall king weighing 2,280 pounds.
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  The Guinness world record for the largest chess piece ever was made by Mats Allanson (Sweden) and is a king which is 4 m ( 13.1 ft) high and 1.4 m (4.5 ft) in diameter at the base.

  Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the largest chess set board; it measures 5.89 m (19 ft 4 in) on each side. The king is 119 cm (47 in) tall and is 37.4 cm (1 ft 2 in) wide at the base. The set was made by the Medicine Hat Chess Club (Canada).
  
  The World's Largest Chess Piece is based on the "Championship Staunton" design and made of layers of 3/4 inch exterior grade plywood and is 45 times larger than a standard chess piece. This new record beat the previous Guinness world record, set in 2003, by one foot, 5 inches.

  The Club, in partnership with the World Chess Hall of Fame also located in Saint Louis, set the new world record, helping to further cement the city's reputation for being the hub of Chess in the United States.

  The piece was unveiled to kick off the 2012 U.S. and Women's Chess Championships, which take place May 8 through May 20. This is the fourth year in a row the Club has hosted the tournaments.

  As part of the unveiling and tournament kickoff, Saint Louis Mayor Francis G. Slay issued an official proclamation, declaring Saint Louis the "Gateway to Chess."

 "The Saint Louis Arch was built to commemorate Saint Louis as the gateway to the west," said CCSCSL Executive Director Tony Rich.

 "This record-breaking chess piece is meant to celebrate another distinction for our city. Saint Louis has truly become a center of chess culture, and this larger-than-life chess piece serves as a striking monument to honor our city's involvement in the game."

  The piece was built by R.G. Ross Construction, located in Saint Louis, and has been officially approved as an official world record.

  Some statistics about the World's Largest Chess Piece include:
  - The piece took 18 days to construct and weighs more than 2,200 pounds
  - The piece is taller than a professional basketball hoop (10 ft.), an average size female giraffe (14 ft.) and the Statue of Liberty's fingernail (13 ft.)
  - If the piece were to be used during a chess game, the board would need to be 72 feet x 72 feet, with each square being 9 feet x 9 feet, the board would be big enough to hold 392 bathtubs or nine school buses.

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012 11:27 AM


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