How To Choose A Chess Board

Written by bmlengel on November 26th, 2009

If you plan on taking your chess equipment to tournaments or just on the road, then you’d better peruse chess boxes to ensure the safety of your investment along the way. Even if your chess board game will just sit at home, you may want a comfortable case for them to ride in, so you don’t have to worry about losing pieces or breaking glass chess sets. There are many things to consider with a chess box, such as the type of lid, the type of material, the size, the locking mechanism, the color of the interior, the compartment, etc. There are a number of great places to shop online for this sort of thing.

Chess Baron (www.chessbaron.com) is one quality source for chess boxes. You can buy the “Double Queens Tray Style Large Leather Chess Box” with silk-covered indentations for each 6-inch piece, with spaces for extra queens (9.95). They also offer a similar “Larger Luxury Chess Box in Leather” for 4.5-inch kings, with extra room for queens and the same high quality leather/silk interior for (9.95). To match a wooden set, you may consider the “Beautiful Wooden Luxury Case,” which holds 4.5-inch chess men and is built for double queens (9.95). The “Leather Flat Luxury Chess Box with Two Locks” can house a more expensive chess set, providing maximum security and also featuring a brilliant blue velvet interior and handsome black leather exterior (6.95). There are also boxes for smaller sets ( to ) and designs without all the individual chess men spaces. This site prides itself on customer service, return policy and quality.

If you’re not looking to spend a fortune on chess boxes, then The Chess Store (www.thechessstore.com) is a great place to look. You could order the “The Deluxe Chess Coffer - Large” for $279.95, but most of their selections are under $100. The Mahogany Chess Box, Ebony Chess Box, Walnut Chess Box or Rosewood Chess Box comes in four sizes and works best with rosewood, ebony or boxwood chess men. For fans of slide-top boxes, you can choose walnut finish, black finish or cherry finish for $29.95 to $49.95, which will fit chess equipment that is 3 1/4″ or 3 3/4″. There are chess boxes made out of Sheesham wood ($44.95), teak ($39.95) and black leather ($49.95 to $69.95) that all come with vivid velvet interiors. You may order by Paypal, Google Checkout, American Express, Visa or Mastercard. Orders ship next-day via UPS Ground, 3 Day Select, 2 Day Select or Overnight.

House of Staunton (www.houseofstaunton.com/chessboxes.html), maker of the Staunton chess pieces, also sells a handful of professional chess boxes to go with your set. Most of their current designs are box-style, although they will be offering slide-tops this fall. The Small Red Burl Mahogany Box is designed for chess men less than 3.5″ and offers green velour lining, brass latches, divided compartments and the logo etched onto the lid (.95). The Mahogany Box sells for .95 and holds 4 to 4.4″ chess equipment and features turquoise velour lining and divided storage. The Red Burl Premium Box and the new Mahogany Premium Box (9.95) both hold 4.4″ or less chess pieces and up to four queens, while including features like green billiard lining, divided compartments, brass hinges and the logo. There are also several Red Burl Fitted Cases (9.95) and Coffers (9.95). Customers can return their case within seven days of delivery, but they will be charged a 15% restocking fee. Your order will arrive within five days by Fedex.

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