Why Championship Chess Sets Are So Expensive | So Expensive
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Published 2021-07-03
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Why Championship Chess Sets Are So Expensive | So Expensive
All Comments (21)
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This episode was especially fun to make after watching “The Queen’s Gambit”. One thing we didn’t have time to include is that the board alone for the full set (worth $500) costs $220. Thanks for watching this episode! What other expensive things do you think we should cover?
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"What's your work day like?" "I work all day, all knights."
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Sold for $500 dollars a set. And these workers will be lucky if they get $5
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Imagine a chess player say "The Knight is carved incorrectly, henceforth, I refuse to play with such an unadequate chess set!"
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As a machinist I can confidently say that every single one of these pieces would be incredibly easy and quick to make. There's absolutely no reason for the ridiculous cost.
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"Some chessmen must be dyed black"...I'm going to guess HALF of them are dyed black
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"Once the cutter makes contact, it immedieatly changes the wood." yeah no shit
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The more I watch the So Expensive series the more I understand that a lot of those things are expensive because of... no reason
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It makes sense that the knight is the hardest to make because it's one of two pieces that's not rotationally symmetric, and the other piece that's not rotationally symmetric (the bishop) only becomes nonsymmetrical with a single cut. All of the other pieces, because they are rotationally symmetric, means you can put the piece on a lathe to cut to specific dimensions easily. You can't do that with the knight.
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To summarize this video: championship chess sets are so expensive because nobody wants to dedicate years of their life to working in a sweatshop for 5 dollars a day
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This woman really just called the horse's mane its "tail"
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4:43 “I swear bro, I didn’t intentionally blunder my Queen, it was totally because the Queen was too short. I swear it bro!” In all seriousness, this carries the energy of “He’s not hacking, he just has a really good gaming chair”
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It must be really hard for international chess player to identify correct piece.
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The workers after seeing this video: “YOUR SELLING THEM FOR $500 A SET??”
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The pieces are tested in a wind tunnel to improve arrodynamic flow. This ensures maximum movement speed in the fast paced and exiting sport of chess
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I think what he meant to say was, that it's nearly impossible to find talent that you can exploit.
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"What do you wanna be when you grow up?" "A certified knight maker."
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The knight is a tricky piece. 😎
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Sold for $500 dollars a set. Less than 10 people are trusted to make the knights and they have to work in a run down building and not in a professional workshop?
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Amazing, Bro!❤
