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White to move.

Submit your first move:
correspondencechessco.com/puzzle-x-post

A reply will follow by post.

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#chess
#chesspuzzle
#playthelonggame
#analog
#snailmail

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Play chess by mail with pre-addressed cards.

Write your move.
Stamp it.
Send it.

No envelopes.
No addressing.
No setup.

Start a match: correspondencechessco.com

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#snailmail
#slowliving
#playthelonggame

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Custom, pre-addressed move cards for chess by post.

Printed on linen stock.
4 × 6 inches — standard postcard size.

Start a match at correspondencechessco.com

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#correspondencechess
#analog
#slowliving
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#stationery

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Pre-addressed move cards make correspondence play simple and effortless.

White makes the first move, places a stamp, and drops it in the mail. The game unfolds, move by move.

No envelopes.
No addressing.
No setup.

Play the long game.

♟️

#cor

A puzzle arrives by post.

You study the board.
Consider the lines.
Find the move.

White is yours.

Puzzle × Post is a small experiment. A way to experience analog chess for modern life.

Your move.

♟️📬

Puzzle by Hermann Feodor Lehner (1873

A move written.
A stamp affixed.
A card sent by post.

Correspondence chess was played this way; real boards, cards exchanged by mail, handwritten moves, ritualized play, time to think.

Analog chess for modern life.

Beautiful tools for effortless

The King.

Limited in movement.

Absolute in consequence.

#CorrespondenceChess
#ChessByPost
#ChessDesign
#PlayTheLongGame
#TheKing

The Queen.

Range without restraint.

The most powerful piece on the board.

#CorrespondenceChess
#ChessByPost
#ChessDesign
#PlayTheLongGame
#TheQueen

The Bishop.

It advances on the diagonal.

Always on the same color squares.

#CorrespondenceChess
#ChessByPost
#ChessDesign
#PlayTheLongGame
#TheBishop

The Knight.

The only piece that flies.

It jumps two squares forward, backwards, left, or right.

Then it turns to the left or right one square.

It arrives.

#CorrespondenceChess
#ChessByPost
#ChessDesign
#PlayTheLongGame
#TheKnight

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