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Design firm XYZ Integrated Architecture, creator of the 60 Red Chair, has brought a colourful approach to a very traditional game. The clear acrylic board is, in fact, a tray on which players can place any fitting object to create a board. The wooden chess pieces floating above are stripped down to the utmost, yet a resemblance to the classic figures is still distinguishable. And if regular chess isn't raunchy enough for you, the set's creators have exaggerated the "sexual characteristics" of the king and queen. Oo-er $2,900
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