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Magnetic Wooden Travel Chess Set | 
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| Brand: Sunrise Handicrafts
Category: Toy
This item is no longer available
Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 23053
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 5.5 x 5.5
MPN: SH-CH006-A
EAN: 5903263393139
ASIN: B000A7W45W
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| Features:
| • | King: 1.85'' (4.8cm). Queen: 1.75'' (4.5cm). Pawn: 1.1'' (2.8cm) | | • | Board measures 10.5'' x 10.5'' (26.5cm x 26.5cm). Square size: 1.2'' (3cm). | | • | Hand crafted in Poland. |
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Product Description
The nicest portable chess board you've ever played on! Wooden Birch board and Hornbeam wood chessmen are magnetic so they stay where they are put without worries of a bump or a jiggle to disrupt your game.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great for home study January 7, 2009
I bought this chess set about the same time as I got a smaller magnetic chess set because it was relatively cheap and I thought it looked nice in the picture provided. I was looking for a small, magnetic chess set to use in order to follow along with some chess books I had bought.
Although I am not new to chess, I am very new to taking a serious approach to studying chess in the hope that I can improve my game. So, I bought a couple of books recommended to help improve my game and quickly realized that I need a "visual aid" to see what the books are trying to teach me. So, I bought the Carrom Magnetic Chess Set first due to it's many good recommendations. I like the Carrom set for travel or for kicking back in the recliner and reading, but for serious study at a desk or on the couch (if you have a TV tray or other small table to use) I really like this set better. It is just nicer and larger.
Pros:
1) Has markings for algebraic notation
2) Cheap price
3) Nicely made for the price
Cons:
1) must be on a sturdy flat surface or it will fold up on you
2) weak magnets (this seems to be the most common complaint of all travel chess sets)
3) can't be "locked" into an open position
I don't know how it can be that nobody has made a truly high quality, fancy travel/study chess set with decent magnets. While some wooden chess sets are routinely manufactured which sell for thousands of dollars or even tens of thousands of dollars (e.g. www.houseofstaunton.com), nobody has bothered to tap into that market and manufacture a high quality travel/study magnetic chess set with anything other than the cheapest material. Until that day comes, I do recommend this chess set as a very good product for the money!
 Great for its price December 22, 2008
I bought this as a something to have around the house and so I could take it for travel at the same time. Its a great board. The pieces fit in molded plastic inside and the magnet is strong enough that you can hold it vertical and they wont fall off (just don't start shaking it). My one tick about it is the overall look of it. the squares are separated by a rope like impression that was pressed into the wood. Other then that its a great board to have.
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