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Ray asked in Games & RecreationBoard Games · 1 month ago

Why do people who don't play chess have a chess set in their living rooms?

Update:

Everytime I go over to a friend's house, their parents have a chess set in their living room. I Challenge them and they tell me "ahh I don't know how to play " or "ahh I'm rusty, maybe next time"

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  • Nick
    Lv 5
    3 weeks ago

    Same reason some people who don't play piano have a baby grand.

  • Anonymous
    1 month ago

    for a decoration , seems everyone notices a chess set .

  • 1 month ago

    It is a decor, and they are using it as a novelty item. It is the same as keywind wall clocks/grandfather clocks, they obviously don't keep time and are early 20th century technology but people has them anyway to make their house look pretty. 

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 month ago

    Because chess is considered to be  a game complicated enough to be only of interest to those with an intellectual  approach to entertainment.  Of course, this is a load of bollocks.  However, those who consider that it produces this impression are quite willing  to try to give this impression  to those who should know better.

  • 1 month ago

    Same why some people who barely read books are having massive bookcases, with several volumes of classic writers and so on. Decoration.

  • garry
    Lv 6
    1 month ago

    for a decoration , seems everyone notices a chess set .

  • 1 month ago

    So that people who do play can play when they come over.. Same as a pool table...

    Source(s): pool table
  • 1 month ago

    Probably, got tired of losing so they stopped.

    I played some people that are really good. The fun disappears when you see your pieces.

    Sometimes, the games suddenly ends and you find your opponent's got you on check mate.

  • 1 month ago

    a e s t h e t i c

  • Ivan
    Lv 6
    1 month ago

    Maybe only one of them actually plays. I have a chess set in my house that gathers dust until friends and family come over and we dust it off. My wife doesn't play.

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