the Mirror of Erised/potion test

[melclaros]

No: HPFGUIDX 47793

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Sherry Garfio <sgarfio at y...> wrote:
> On a related topic, I've always wondered how the chess game was an 
example of
> Transfiguration.  Transfiguration means changing one object into 
another.  What
> did McGonnagal change into chess pieces?  Is this connection from 
canon, or is
> this a theory that originated on this (or another) list?  I could 
imagine
> somebody (not necessarily McGonnagal) Engorgio-ing normal wizard 
chess pieces,
> and then giving the white ones some brains, but that's not 
Transfiguration.

Thank you! This has bugged the heck out of me for the longest time! 
This isn't transfiguration at all, but is really the same thing as 
the Charmed keys!  I haven't been able to figure out how the chess 
obstacle fits transfiguration.  I'd be very interested to hear the 
reasoning behind this myself. The Devil's Snare was obvious, The 
Troll would be fairly obvious, The keys were quite blatantly Charmed 
and if you couldn't figure out who set up the Potions/Logic test you 
might as well just give up on the spot. But I just don't "get" how 
transfiguration = giant chess board.  


> Sherry (who just bought the Wizard Chess set and lost to her 6-year-
old
> daughter as she was teaching her how to play chess - does anybody 
know if
> there's a computer chess game available that's based on HP, as in 
with animated
> pieces that clobber each other?  If not, somebody really should 
market one)

Years ago my son (now 12) played something called Battle Chess on the 
PC. It was "totally barbaric!" (cringes with embarassment as I 
remember yelling at husband for buying such a game for a child!)and I 
remember it springing to mind when I read about Wizard Chess. I have 
no idea if such a game still exists but I'd be surprised if it 
didn't. Of course this was before HP and so it wasn't 
technically "Wizard Chess".  I think it had different characters you 
could choose from. Good Luck. We have the HP chess set as well.

Melpomene who really hopes this post actually makes it to the board!

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