Look awesome, but extremely expensive.
BCE Magnetic Chessboards Available Again
I have two of these boards, one of them a hand-made prototype. Sure you can spend 10 or 15 bucks on a vinyl or silicone board, or seventy bucks on a folding mahogany board. I'll take a wood board over plastic any day, and the functionality and ease of transport for these BCE boards puts them over the top. And that's not even considering their superior looks.
They are nice boards.! I like the newer model since they have a border. How much are they BTW as I could not find a price on Ifekali's site.?
Kick, I believe they're 99E. The oranger one is a prototype made by Jonas, who named and signed his progeny.
Kick:
"Availability is very limited, a few of the boards are already reserved for previous BCE customers, the rest are available for € 99,99 + shipping, all appropriate taxes (VAT, etc.) included. Email me if interested."
Thanks for the info Chuck.! Your board is nice but, I like the newer ones with a border myself.
You're welcome! I like the new ones too. But the older one is unique.
Is it the lighting or are the new read-ones with a pure white square rather than the more natural wood colour in the first two of Cgrau's pictures?
Is it the lighting or are the new read-ones with a pure white square rather than the more natural wood colour in the first two of Cgrau's pictures?
Looks the same to me, QK, but I haven't actually seen the new ones.
That's a Best Chessmen Ever, Stage 1. I believe that is the set bought directly from Jonas and not a Noj version. I know because I also own one.
By the way, I just received my BCE chess board at the end of last week, along with the Noj Dubrovnik I had on order for awhile.
My board is the bluish green one and not the red one. Looking at the red one, makes me wonder if I should now buy one of those. The set in the picture sure looks good on that board, doesn't it?
Oh yes, the dark pieces are ebonized, so the color is black.
Eyechess, I think he meant the set in this picture:
This is the Dubrovnik I I bought from Jonas, the first one NOJ crafted. 3.5" kings, walnut and maple. Unweighted. Two of my friends from the Exeter NH Chess Club are playing with it. I'm taking the picture. The sets in the other pictures I posted is my BCE S1 Tournament Set, ebonized and boxwood, 3.75" king. I have a custom 4.0" king NOJ BCE S1 in red and maple, but that's not depicted here. It's too big to play on these boards.
CGrau and PHudson - Thanks for the replies.
The Dubrovnik looks great on that board, hence my question.
QK, that's not the best picture. I'll take some more of the Dubrovnik on that board for you. I also have a red BCE S1 that I'll take a few shots of on it.
Thanks for the info Chuck.! Your board is nice but, I like the newer ones with a border myself.
You're welcome! I like the new ones too. But the older one is unique.
I like the "Stage 1 Quattro Print" batch the best so far.
I prefer the boards without any lettering/logo on the squares.
Our last batch of our fine magnetic chessboards was sold out in weeks, we have finally our next (but again, limited to two dozen) batch ready and available in four colors - red, blue, green and brown. Printed maple, handmade in Slovenia.
More info on our blog:
http://www.bestchessmenever.com/blog/files/bce-magnetic-ii.html
-Izmet