Chess Flint?

[rja.carnegie at excite.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 19331

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Chris Dosset" <dosser at b...> wrote:
> Hi, I am Chris, a new member and this is my first posting so be gentle with me!
> 
>   I love the idea that McGonnegal used a rare version of "faerie" chess where the back ranks are randomized, to make things more difficult.  It's certainly recognized in the chess world that opening theory would all go out of the window in this version of the game. This would solve the problem concerning the bishop being next to the rook at the start of the game.  

I noticed that Dave(?) talked here about fairy chess, but then Percy
talks about "McGonnagall's giant chess set."  I think wizards don't
have such a high opinion of fairies as Muggles do, but perhaps giants -

(Before you ask, I say Hagrid isn't a giant, but a very large
human.  My theory is he was bitten by a hyperactive acromantula -
hmm, familiar origin?)

Robert Carnegie
Glasgow, Scotland

"I read them all when I was seven and I hated them" - unnamed American
office worker on the Harry Potter books (www.dilbert.com, List of
Stupid Things Overheard)