thedailywhat: Sure Why Not of the Day: The city of St. Louis dedicated the world’s largest chess piece, a king standing 14.5 feet tall and weighing 2,280 lbs., on Monday. The sculpture is located outside the city’s World Chess Hall of Fame. “This piece serves as a monument to the chess culture we are creating in St. Louis,” said Mike Wilmering, spokesman for the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis. Your move, St. Louis Arch. [stltoday.] We have a Chess Hall of Fame? Very nice, St. Louis. It’s great that we’re in the news for something other than being a dangerous city.

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Sure Why Not of the Day: The city of St. Louis dedicated the world’s largest chess piece, a king standing 14.5 feet tall and weighing 2,280 lbs., on Monday. The sculpture is located outside the city’s World Chess Hall of Fame.

“This piece serves as a monument to the chess culture we are creating in St. Louis,” said Mike Wilmering, spokesman for the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis.

Your move, St. Louis Arch.

[stltoday.]

We have a Chess Hall of Fame? Very nice, St. Louis. It’s great that we’re in the news for something other than being a dangerous city.

Source: thedailywhat