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Oct 21, 2016
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Hi Shelby,
this is indeed a nice vinyl board. They are actually the standard boards in my club :-) .
Small notation like the boards in bananamoon's pics would be great. I could definitely go for a brown or green one like that (or no notation at all).
Would have to disagree with larger coordinates. It ends up adding more space to the overall board size. The coordinates in the original pic or bananamoons pics are large enough to be seen when sitting at the board yet keep the board size at a minimum.
If you want a brown that dark you might as well go with black.
The three border lines and the black outlines on the squares make for visually 'busy looking' chess board. Lose the heavy outer border and the black outlines, lighten the brown squares to offer a better contrast with rosewood and sheesham pieces, leave the indexing "as is," and you've got a winner.
PolarChess wrote:
Mr. Anal Retentive
I did LOOK before I wrote.
I said nothing about anything except not wanting the font larger to keep the overall board size down. I honestly prefer no notation, I am quite adept at algebraic notation, even when setting up positions for study.
And I can easily convert E4 to e4 in my mind, I learned about that when I was very young.
I stand by my post. No notation or keep it as the original/bananamoons pics show.
nice retro-looking boards. I look forward to ordering one...
PolarChess wrote:
ShelbyLohrman wrote:
If you look close they have a standard color square with a black outline on the square and the board. I was thinking it would be sharp to have black notation too.
So we are printing boards with Green, Blue, Brown, Red, Purple, and Pink squares. The comps look great. I can't wait to see what everyone else thinks!
thanks
Shelby
Gray squares are good too Larger coordinates and less lines on the sides is better.
I think the lines and coordinates are perfect the way they are....size of coordinates need not be obtrusive....the whole point is to make it look like the board in the Bobby Fischer photo! If you ask 10 people their opinion, you'll get 10 different answers....better to do what you think is best...
RussBell wrote:
I think the lines and coordinates are perfect the way they are....size of coordinates need not be obtrusive....the whole point is to make it look like the board in the Bobby Fischer photo! If you ask 10 people their opinion, you'll get 10 different answers....better to do what you think is best...
This. This is the main reason I would consider buying the board.
PolarChess wrote:
RussBell wrote:
This. This is the main reason I would consider buying the board.
In that case, you can call the Bobby-Board
The design is old and crappy looking, but there is a pic of Bobby with one, so I must own it!
Cordially,
PC
All of your opinions have become totally useless.
PolarChess wrote:
RussBell wrote:
This. This is the main reason I would consider buying the board.
In that case, you can call the Bobby-Board
The design is old and crappy looking, but there is a pic of Bobby with one, so I must own it!
Cordially,
PC
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.....
Oct 23, 2016
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I also prefer no notation letters and numbers on a Chess board. In fact I own a number of vinyl boards from Shelby, a number of years ago. Shelby has told me that they just don't sell that well.
Most wood boards do not have the letters and numbers on them. So, I have found going to the wood board is what I'll do when I don't want to see anything but the board itself.
It is interesting that it is from Europe and particularly more Eastern Europe where you will see the capital letters on the board signifying the files. The Wenge boards that have been called Bundesliga boards all have the notations, with capital letters. These boards are made in Poland. And bananamoon's pictures show the way it is in Belgium, Europe.
I certainly expect Shelby's boards to have lowercase letters as all of the ones he has produced, like forever, have been lower cased letters.
I too look forward to buying one of these boards with the black lining of all the squares. And I want mine in Green and Buff as that is indeed the best contrast that is easy on the eyes.
Oh yes, from what Shelby wrote, these will be the newer mousepad boards where the rubber is only 1/16" thick and the top material is all polypropylene making it so the pieces will indeed slide on the board material.
Oct 23, 2016
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#15
PolarChess wrote:
verylate wrote:
Green and brown I get, but blue, red, purple pink and grey? What about stripes and polka-dots? paisleys and plaids?
I think the colour of squares has a lot to do with the colour of the chess set. In addition, I find the contrast between green and white too strong. I have played and own several different coloured vinyl chessboards and the my default is grey/white. The contrast is easy on my eyes and it works well with the colour of my chess pieces.
Cordially,
PC
I've never seen a white and grey vinyl board, mind showing us a pic with pieces on them?
I had made this suggestion in another, earlier thread (on glen butterman boards) on a similar topic - roll up chessboards.
That is, pastel colors for the dark squares would be pleasant to look at (at least, they are to me). As well, the "soft" pastels are easier on the eyes than the darker, "saturated" colors used on most roll-up boards. Pastels also offer a pleasing contrast to the dark (especially black) pieces. Finally, offering pastel boards would serve to differentiate the product line from all the other look-alike boards being sold by everyone else.
In particular, I find both the "voyager 1" blue in the upper right corner of the pallette, or the darker blue "cosmonaut" diagonally down from it, pleasing. Kind of somewhere in between the standard dark blue used on most chess boards and gray.
Eyechess wrote:
I also prefer no notation letters and numbers on a Chess board. In fact I own a number of vinyl boards from Shelby, a number of years ago. Shelby has told me that they just don't sell that well.
Most wood boards do not have the letters and numbers on them. So, I have found going to the wood board is what I'll do when I don't want to see anything but the board itself.
Eye,
My solution was to trim my vinyl and mousepad boards using a straightedge and Xacto knife. The added advantage being I can get a larger board into a smaller space.
RussBell wrote:
I had made this suggestion in another, earlier thread (on glen butterman boards) on a similar topic - roll up chessboards.
That is, pastel colors for the dark squares would be pleasant to look at (at least, they are to me). As well, the "soft" pastels are easier on the eyes than the darker, "saturated" colors used on most roll-up boards. Pastels also offer a pleasing contrast to the dark (especially black) pieces. Finally, offering pastel boards would serve to differentiate the product line from all the other look-alike boards being sold by everyone else.
In particular, I find the "voyager 1" blue in the upper right corner of the pallette very pleasing. Kind of somewhere in between the standard dark blue used on most chess boards and gray.
RussBell,
I have just the set for those pastel colored boards. 
cute...
I have been itching to come out with something new to sell on the site and one of my customers who I lean on for ideas showed me this picture of Bobby FIscher:
I was thinking would'nt it be great to do a board like the one in the pic? I should have some of them in a week and a half.
What do you all think?
thanks
Shelby Lohrman
American Chess Equipment