Best Chess board border

If you would be so kind, please weigh in your choice.  Right click "view image" to view in higher resolution.

I vote for D but, those hidious black & yellow squares are terrible on the eyes.

The colors are merely representative.  I'm curous about the pattern differences.

A, C, and D are OK. I just don't like B, because I don't like the squares bleeding into the border.

A is good. C, D sort of works. Do not like B.

A, C and D are all ok. C is probably the most common, and the optimal playing choice (w/ A not that far behind). D can look very pretty if done right, but a prettier looking board could be considered too much of a distraction in any serious game... so the more neutral C would be better in that scenario.

FWIW, I have all these variations and play with all of them, so these are all viable choices. 

As I thought, type C is by far more popular (I did some polls elsewhere as well).  And B is considered the worst.  Too bad one of the only boards I have to fit my big pieces is a B type!

I have made my own board in type A, and I've considered revising it to this new type.  What do you think?

I think the frame is too busy like this. You need more weight on the frame, and by making the frame 2 colors you lose that. But that's just my 2 cents - if you dig it, why not?

I like it, but of course, to each his own.

Choice #1: D

#2: C

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First choice B, D a close second though I'd have D without that black narrow edge line. (If I say or explain that right..)

Well Frank, I went ahead and put a black border around my board.  And I think it looks quite good.  But I did take your advice and I vastly reduced the striping.

Looks very nice.

I kind of like D because I like having the contrasting shade of wood.  I vote with everyone else in that I do not like B because of the way the black squares blend in.  But I also do like your finished product as well.