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Awesome lego chess set!by chessman908 on February 17, 2011

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Awesome lego chess set! .......................................................................................................

Intro: Awesome lego chess set! ................................................................................................

Step 1: The checkered squares ................................................................................................

Step 2: The pawn ..........................................................................................................

Step 3: The rook ...........................................................................................................

Step 4: The knight ..........................................................................................................

Step 5: The bishop .........................................................................................................

Step 6: The queen ..........................................................................................................

Step 7: The king ........................................................................................................... 1

Step 8: Setting up the board .................................................................................................. 1

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Comments ................................................................................................................ 1

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Intro: Awesome lego chess set!(Please vote for me in the contest I really want a laser cutter and there is 0 chance of me ever owning one unless i win :( so please vote for me!!!!!!)

what you need :Lego's.....a lot

THE BASE : (this step works best on a flat surface) for this you will need a lot of flat pieces (like in second pic)lay them out to form a square, mine was 10x10 inches (the squares were as big as four square pieces)the result should look something like this (see 3rd pic)then just connect the flat pieces together using normally shaped random Lego pieces (you can do a border if you want, mine was green) the last pic shows the complebase with a border.

Image Notes1. King (the good guy)2. ( the bad guy)

Image Notes1. they are all flat..... (duh)

Image Notes1. the flat pieces laid out to form the base of the base.

Image Notes1. top side of the finished base (notice the green border)

Step 1:The checkered squaresTHE CHECKERED SQUARES :(I recommend doing this step on a flat surface)Take a bunch of normally shaped black and white(or blue and red :) legos,and form them into squares. (they should be as big as four square pieces) there should be squares.then just connect them to the base like so. ( alternating colors)

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Image Notes1. normally shaped pieces.2. square piece, four of these make one square.

Image Notes1. they all form squares2. there are 64.

Image Notes1. the squares are this big

Image Notes1. half of the squares on on the base

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Image Notes1. all the squares are on the base

Step 2:The pawn

the pics explain it better than i do :)

Image Notes1. you need these pieces.

Image Notes1. stack the square ones and add the round thing in the top center.

Image Notes Image Notes

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1. you may have to substitute these for the square ones if you don't have enough.2. if you have to substitute for these just place two side by side to form a squarethen do the same with the other two,and stack them so the stay together.

1. make 7 more white ones and eight black ones (not shown)

Step 3:The rook

follow the pics

Image Notes1. the finished rook.

Image Notes1. the pieces you need.

Image Notes1. stack 3 squares and put the rectangle thing on the edge.

Image Notes1. do the same with the other rectangle thing.

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Image Notes1. you should have this.

Image Notes1. add the last square in the top center like so.

Image Notes1. add one of these in each corner.2. when your done just make another white one and 2 black ones.

Step 4:The knight

do what the pics tell you to do.

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Image Notes1. the finished knight.

Image Notes1. you need these pieces.

Image Notes1. stack 3 squares and put the half square thingy on top like so.

Image Notes1. then add this piece here.2. the last square goes right here.3. make another white one and 2 black ones.

Step 5:The bishop

you can probably guess what you're supposed to do...........follow the pics!!

Image Notes1. the bishop.

Image Notes1. make a pawn.2. then just add two of these to the bottom.3. then make another white one and two black ones.

Step 6:The queen

you know what to do.

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Image Notes1. you need these pieces.

Image Notes1. first stack 2 square ones, then put 2 other square ones on the top edges.

Image Notes1. add 2 of the half-square thingys like this.

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Image Notes1. then put 2 more half-square thingys on top of the other 2 half-square thingys.2. and add this circle thing in the center like this.

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Image Notes1. then add the big rectangle on top like this.2. now make a black one.

Step 7:The king

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Image Notes1. you need these pieces (the little king dude is not necessary)

Image Notes1. first take a square and add 4 square ones on top, one square to each corner.

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Image Notes1. add 2 more squares on top, in the middle.2. add 2 of these rectangle things on the side like so.

Image Notes1. stack 2 more squares in the top middle.

Image Notes1. put 2 more squares on the top edges.

Image Notes1. add the last square on the top center.

Image Notes1. if you want you can add the king on top. (sitting down or standing up)2. make a black one.

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Step 8:Setting up the board

you probably know how to do this, but just in case.

Image Notes1. position the pawns like this.

Image Notes1. then put a rook in each corner.2. white ones go here.

3. black ones go here.

Image Notes1. the knights go on next.2. black ones.3. white ones.

Image Notes1. then the bishops.

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Image Notes1. the kings and queens go on next.2. queens go on there color (consider blue being white and red being black)3. the bad guy, Vladek, or whatever his name is.4. the good guy doesn't have a name he's just the king. :0 ( go figure)

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Comments

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chessman908 says: Mar 14, 2011. 12:53 PM REP

wow! 10,000 views in just three weeks and three days!

Den1988 says: Feb 24, 2011. 12:57 PM REP

Show your child can do that too. Thanks to the author!

doxsys says: Feb 21, 2011. 9:14 AM REP

Hey! Don't you read the instructions your legos come with? They all say don't work on carpeting; use a hard surface instead... :)

Seriously though, great idea! I'll try this with my kids when I get home.

kittensare says: Feb 21, 2011. 4:53 AM REP

howcome it has lego peple on the top?

pyro515 says: Feb 21, 2011. 5:27 AM REP

Read the instructable and find out.

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Soodime says: Feb 20, 2011. 9:53 PM REP

Hahahahahaha The white side is good and the black side is bad XDhahah Typical.....

mesirii says: Feb 20, 2011. 4:12 PM REP

I made one after I saw the original Lego Castle Chess board, that consists of themed minifigs.

Cheers

Michael

abehambino says: Feb 20, 2011. 3:07 PM REP

very cool. my brother has been looking for a lego design for a chess set. this is the first i've seen and looks very doable. one suggestion though. i would uscrazy glue on the pieces so that they don't come apart as you play. another thing you might want to look at (something i realised when we were planning tomake a lego chess) this could kind of serve as a travel chess but without the magents, so you might want to try to design some kind of baord that closes anstores the pieces. just an idea

northernmagnet says: Feb 20, 2011. 1:44 PM REP

lego chess set! i tried this but my cousin decided no lets make a giant building mat. we ended up making a lego hut with a one way door so you can locksomeone in there but i locked him in there and he broke it. >:@

but this is amazing

Lindie says: Feb 20, 2011. 6:29 AM REP

Awesome!

nicknicko says: Feb 18, 2011. 6:00 PM REP

Awesome dude, did you do the board Red/Blue because you didn't have Black/White? or is there another reason?

chessman908 says: Feb 19, 2011. 6:42 AM REPThanks, yeah the reason I did red and blue was because I didn't have enough black or white :) but once it was finished I thought the blue and red lookecool, probably looks better in the pics than black and white would.

princess kenny says: Feb 19, 2011. 6:24 AM REP

it's awesome, i have a chess game at home but this is better

Kiteman says: Feb 19, 2011. 3:28 AM REP

Nice.

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lemonie says: Feb 19, 2011. 1:32 AM REP

It's good.

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DJ Radio says: Feb 18, 2011. 4:22 PM REP

This is pretty good. I like your idea for the kings.