"bing"

[leonzhu]

they say that in the army....

Thanks to the kind old gentlemen at Kreta Ayer Community Centre.

 

[binbeto]

Nice.. Thought the han yu ping yin should be "bin"?

The horse is going to get the Bin next.

Personally feel that w/o the black patch in the BG will be better..

 

[czeyang]

OT: How come some of the pieces are covered?

 

[leonzhu]

OT: How come some of the pieces are covered?

i have no idea, actually. i was shooting on assignment, and grabbed this shot on the side. didn't have time to ask the men about the covered pieces. perhaps you could visit them and ask?

 

[binbeto]

i have no idea, actually. i was shooting on assignment, and grabbed this shot on the side. didn't have time to ask the men about the covered pieces. perhaps you could visit them and ask?

Just a guess from a ah pek mentality...

They are covered becos they have run out of "bin". So, those covered one are "bin".

 

[czeyang]

And there's a 士 in the corner which is definitely out of place...

 

[leonzhu]

my guess is that their version of chess starts with all pieces covered, except maybe the jiang. then as they play, they uncover the pieces. that should explain both questions!

 

[czeyang]

Oh yeah, played that before... hehe