My order for the Endgame chess t-shirts arrived today.  Well, at least two of them did, along with a nice hand written comment from the John (owner of Endgame).  Since I only ordered on the 5th of February, this is pretty good for a delivery to the UK from the US.  I guess the other two t-shirts will arrive tomorrow.

The two t-shirts that arrived were:

Pieces Fall

Wandering King

I am impressed by the quality of the printing on the t-shirts.  The material is lighter than I expected (my fault) but is not flimsy, so I have high hopes for the future durability of them.  It is also a good sign that the chest area is one piece and not two, so they won’t twist out of shape when washed.

They are both XXL as I was concerned about finding a t-shirt that would be long enough as I am 6’5 and quite long in the body.

In case you are wondering, they fit great!

It will be great to wear something that looks good and has a chess theme.  Many people see chess as “geeky” and so it is nice to have a t-shirt that definitely is “cool”.  It is a shame that the first person to see them will probably be my doctor!

As only two of the t-shirts have currently arrived I will cut this post short and will post more when the rest get here.

Dave

Chess clothing?  Say what?

For anyone that has never heard of such a thing I assure you it exists.  Although chess clothing is not quite the same thing as clothing for many other sports eg Karate.

I tend to prefer to dress casually, T-shirt and jeans type casual if I am given my choice, although I do possess three suits and some other “normal” clothing.  Every now and again my girlfriend looks at my *ahem* selection of clothing and goes mental; telling me that some treasured family heirlooms t-shirts and other stuff must be thrown out.

As I suspect that she has a better grip on this thing called “social reality” than I do, I tend to give in and jettison some clothing on condition I can replace it like for like.  It was under this detente process that I recently went looking for new t-shirts and came across a really great website called Endgame Clothing.

I am 6’5” and pretty long in the body for my height so sometimes t-shirts resemble belly tops on me, especially after a few washes.  For this reason I e-mailed the company to enquire about length, received a polite reply and have since placed my order. Although it is quite unbecoming for a guy at 40+ to be excited by such an order I admit that I am…a little.  The t-shirts look really good and most American T’s I have bought last really well, not at all like the low quality stuff generally sold in the UK (2-3 washes and throw it away as it is so far out of shape).

I ordered four T’s but to save space here is an image of one of them:

When they arrive from the US I will post again and let you know if I am still as impressed.