Whenever I see a weird or unusual chess set, the first thing I look for is how the pieces are differentiated. The Paul Fryer’s Vacuum Tube Chess set is a little bit special in this regard. The squares contain sockets for the vacuum tubes, which actually light up to display what piece they are. This is hands down the coolest chess set that I have ever seen.

If you want one, good luck, there were only seven made, vacuum tubes are expensive and something tells me that people that actually scored one of the seven are not going to let these masterpieces go any time soon. [Gizmodo via Slippery Brick]

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