Amritsar
About Amritsar
Amritsar, also known as Ambarsar, is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Punjab, after Ludhiana. Located in the Majha region, it is a major cultural, transportation and economic centre. The city is the administrative headquarters of the Amritsar district. It is situated 217 km (135 mi) north-west of Chandigarh, and 455 km (283 mi) north-west of New Delhi. It is 28 km (17.4 mi) from the India-Pakistan border, and 47 km (29 mi) north-east of Lahore, Pakistan.
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These knights are made in a place called Amritsar, which is in India. A very specific factory makes them — they only make 250 per year, and one knight to kind of whittle it down takes two hours and five to six years to learn how to make.
from 421: No Such Thing As An Elephant On A Chessboard, 2022-04-08 at 00:17:14 · read transcript
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I want to see the chess grandmasters rant when he, like sort of a tennis player with the broken racket. when he seizes a knight waving at the umpire. What the hell is this shit? I would love to see these artisans, these craftspeople from Amritsar. I would love to see them wrestle with classic Prussian war game chess crossovers because there are some amazing kind of chess mutations from a few hundred years ago that I think would pose a real challenge.
No Such Thing As An Elephant On A Chessboard, 2022-04-08 · listen
I want to see the chess grandmasters rant when he likes of a tennis player with a broken racket when he seizes a night waving at the umpire. What the hell is this shit? I would love to see these artisans these craftspeople from Amritsar. I would love to see them wrestle with a classic Prussian wargame chess crossovers because there are some amazing kind of chess mutations from a few hundred years ago that I think would pose a real challenge.
421: No Such Thing As An Elephant On A Chessboard, 2022-04-08 · listen
How do you make money? So there's this increased focus on getting very, very fancy pieces, very expensive pieces. These guys in Amritsar, this is an example of this, but I think the, the most striking example is Games Workshop. Games Workshop is this company that I remember from the 1980s when I was a young nerd used to sell Dungeons and Dragons and used to sell all kinds of games.
421: No Such Thing As An Elephant On A Chessboard, 2022-04-08 · listen
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