Do you prefer 2 pawns or 4pawns on one square in a chess set?

People who's been playing chess long time will understand my question.

I have never heard the 2 pawn one. Can you elaborate?

I prefer 4 pawns slightly overhanging the edges of the squares. 

Four

The 8x8 grid on a chess board is itself a square (albeit a very big one), so I prefer 16 pawns on one 'square', or even 64 pawns.

I wonder what the maximum number of pawns which can fit into the large square is, for a standard-sized tournament chess set with standard-sized tournament pawns (maybe this varies from tournament to tournament).

rmanthony wrote:

Four

Elaborate

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2 is much more natural to me

GenericUser52 wrote:

He means when sizing a chess set to a board. Do you like the base size of 4 pawns to fit within 1 square or 2 pawns placed diagonally to fit within 1 square. (Which base to square ratio do you prefer)

👍👏 Nice . Which do you personally prefer tho and why?

Two pawns diagonally is the perfect ratio, but more importantly the general size of the pieces should be taken into account, not just the base diameter.

#12

Obviously a woman, that doesn't know much about chess

"If you can fit 4 pawns on a square, you've got a serious mismatch of board and piece sizes."

https://www.chessusa.com/chess-pieces-size.html

Of course it's a personal preference, but by FIDE standard if 4 pawns can't feet then.....

I agree with @verylate , 4 pawns per square generally produces too much space between pieces.

Don't confuse Fide tournament standards with ideal board aesthetics.

#14 of course it's a personal preferences, but don't you think , that FIDE did create "4 pawns per square generally produces too much space between piece" for a reason tho ?

Exactly