Chessbazaar boards which are cracking.

Like many others I have ordered boards and pieces from Chessbazaar. The pieces are fine but I find that on numerous boards that I have the squares start cracking. It is never the light squares (the boxwood) but rather the dark squares (the rosewood or ebony) that cracks. On the lovely ebony and boxwood board with the sheesham wood margin the squares have even started to separate!

Does anyone else have the same problem? I cannot believe I am the only one who suffers. The problem is obviously that the wood is not completely dry when they construct the boards - and so as it continues to dry on the board it starts to crack. 

Definitely sounds like the wood was not properly dry. I always like it when people share pictures, I would like to see some if that is not too much inconvenience.

About your problem... There are some things you can do to prevent wood losing it's moisture, including some oils that will not change the color of the wood, also can seal the whole thing with polyurethane, this is basically painting it with plastic, nothing gets out nothing gets in, effectively sealing the humidity inside, and making it waterproof on the process...

The other option is to fight it back, with some clamps and glue put the stuff back together until it stops doing it.

Now if you really want a good quality board, then probably will have to keep on shopping.

How much does www.musketerchess.net pay you to do this? We joined here for the discussions not to promote the business. @Honza66 I had a similar experience with HOS luxury chess board when I shifted to the warmer place. Extreme weather and climate change are the root cause of this problem. Its not the fault of chess bazaar but the weather.

To be honest, on most of the boards the cracks are minimal. They are hairline fractures. But on the ebony and sheesham board the problem is more serious.

Agreed! Have you contacted CB for a replacement? Send them pictures of your damaged board and they will definitely fix it. 

Too late. I have ordered a new one. I didn't think they would replace the old one free of charge. Who knows; perhaps they would!

I had some recent issues with Chessbazaar that will hopefully be resolved soon.Apparently they claim that they could not reach me by my normal E-mail address,so they called me(twice) from India!! Seems they "do" take pride in doing business correctly......I am also an owner of a few very nice acoustic guitars,which are very susceptible to wood issues if not properly cared for......Humidity,for "any wood" is critical and chess boards are usually left out.This can easily cause problems if the weather gets cold and there is not enought moisture in the air.....Easily remedied with a good room(where the board is) or house humidifier.Direct sunlight can also damage wood.....I'm not taking for granted that this is your issue,but it could be a factor.....best of luck.

you did, and then you deleted that part of your post.

The dishonesty of your ways blind me to whatever point you are trying to make.

Can you guys take your bickering elsewhere please.

You mention the musketeers, then someone answer to this and you went back, delete the line and then posted that you have never mention them...

Someone else come and point this out to you, and then you totally twist his message on your answer.

I point out that I can't trust what you say and from all the things you accuse of being from chessbazaar team?

Definitely you have convinced me that you are a very dishonest person.

This is my last answer to you, have a nice day.