Choosing A Good Chess Board
A chess board game can cost a small fortune. In fact, many chess sets range from 0 to ,000! It makes sense, then, that an avid player would want to invest in chess boxes to keep all those pieces safe. The best place to find such a product is at an online chess store. Most boxes come with soft linings to protect your pieces and with locks so the case doesn’t suddenly open. You’ll want to look for brass quadrant hinges and clasps for added stability and solid wood construction. When buying, you’ll need to measure your king, count the number of queens you own and consider if safety is a factor in your decisions.
Chess 4 Less (www.chess4less.com) doesn’t have many selections, but the chess boxes they have are very attractive and priced fairly. For 0, the “18th Century Calvert Chess Box” comes with red and white faux-ivory chess pieces, a hardwood box, an inlaid chessboard top and drawers. They also offer The English Chess Company’s red burl box with billiard green cloth inside and 4.4″ chess men indentations for 9.95 each. Inexpensive .95 mahogany-finished chess boxes are also available for medium and small sized pieces. This company from England ships internationally via Fedex Ground for around .95 and they accept Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover and Paypal. You may also ship 2-day for or next-day for .
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.
A nice simple site to find some chess boxes is Premium Chess Sets (www.premiumchesssets.com/chess-boxes). There is a Fitted Red Burl Briefcase or a Fitted Walnut Burl Briefcase (9.95), a deeper Fitted Red Burl Coffer (9.95), a Mahogany Premium Chess Box (9.95), a Premium Red Burl Chess Box (9.95), a Black Slide-Top Box (.95), a Mahogany Slide-Top Box (.95), a Red Burl Small Chess Box (.95), and a Red Mahogany Standard Chess Box (.95). There are boxes for smaller marble chess sets (less than 3.5″) and larger Staunton chess sets (4″). You can pay using Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover or Paypal and your item will be shipped via UPS within 3 days. If you are unhappy with your purchase, you have seven days to return it, but you will be charged a 15% restocking fee and the shipping charges are your responsibility.