My current playing set-up. Whats yours?

About to start a tournament game on FICS:

Stood up to take a break mid-game:

Nice. What are you studying there?

How did you do?

I won!

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Bg4 8. 

Be2 Nf6 9. h3 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Bh6 a6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. e5 

dxe5 15. dxe5 Ne8 16. Rfd1 Bf5 17. Qf4 Qa5 18. a3 Nc7 19. b4 Qb6 20. Na4 Qa7 

21. Nc5 Ne6 22. Nxe6+ Bxe6 23. Ng5 Bb3 24. Rd3 Ba4 25. Rf3 Nd8 26. Bc4 Be8 

27. Bxf7 Bxf7 28. e6 Nxe6 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. Nxf7 Rxf7 31. Qxe6 Rf8 32. Rc1 Qd4 

33. Rc8 Qg7 34. Rc7 Kh8 35. Rxf7 Rxf7 36. Rxb7 Qa1+ 37. Kh2 Kg7 38. Rxe7 Rxe7 

39. Qxe7+ Kg8 40. Qe6+ Kg7 41. Qxa6 Qe5+ 42. g3 Qf5 43. Qa7+ Kh6 44. Qe3+ Kg7 

45. Kg2 Qd5+ 46. Qf3 Qd2 47. Qb7+ Kh6 48. b5 Qa5 49. Qa6 Qd2 50. Qa8 Qb2 51. 

a4 Qb4 52. a5 Qxb5 53. a6 1-0

Yay! Congrats!

this week's setup:

Club-size HoS Nottingham on a custom 2.5" board...

My set matches my chess prowess. I've put it to good use painting a chalkboard on the other side for when my eyesight fails me.

Yes. Thanks indeed for your recommendation. I copied your board wood combo... :)

Bill is great, I'm very happy with the board and will be ordering another one from him.

For anyone reading this interested in a custom hardwood board - I highly recommend Bill Nelson. He can be found here: https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/BillsWoodPile

Great set up Frank! Thanks for posting and the recommendation.

I just took reciept of this HOS professional series today, and I have to say I'm rather impressed. The pawns are a bit light, but the set still has a phenomenal balance to it regardless. 

Very nice!

I second that recommendation. I have three custom boards from Bill, a 2", 2-1/8", and 2-1/2", all without frames, and I'm very pleased with all of them. 

My only regret is that I ordered a board from someone else while Bill was on vaction, and the board I received just wasn't up to BIll's standards. I had to spend hours resanding and refinishing it just to bring it to an "acceptable" condition. Although the board's still warped (slightly), the builder was kind enough to refund half the purchase price.

What is the turn around time for getting a board from him?

Thank you rcmacmillan, that's not bad at all. I'm sure it fluctuates with his work load and such. Very clean and nice looking boards indeed.

Looks great. Tell us a little about the pieces and board, please!

The pieces I have had for many years... King stand 3 3/4 inches, 1 3/4 inch base, weight is 95 grams.  The set is Boxwood and Ebonized Boxwood.  All the pieces have wide bases and the total weight of the set (no extra queens) is 1650 grams.

This is a similar set:
http://shop.chess.co.uk/product-p/cb01681.htm

The board I made myself from Birch Plywood.  The board splits in two for transportation and storage and is held together with magnets when playing.  The board measures 20x20 inches and the squares are 2 ¼ inces.

The board is one of a kind.

How did you make the squares so perfect and the lines so clean?  It looks very good.

Thanks.