Post your Chess Tables

Thanks Chuck, and I can say the saame for your sets, boards and table pictorials!

The bishops on this set are simply gorgeous.

Un modelo robusto y confiable.

Recently I received my 1963-1966 Piatigorsky Cup Reproduction Chess Set from the Official Staunton Chess Company.  Kings measure 4.4" in height. This  fabulous set looks great on my chess table with 2.5" squares. Here's a few pics.

Great pics, Mike! A perfect match with your gorgeous table!

Thanks Chuck, my pleasure!

Over Spring Break I traveled to Portugal and Spain. Our first stop in Portugal was a seemingly quiet town named Estoril. We stayed at the Sana Estoril Hotel. I walked into a rather large sitting room next to the lobby and was surprised to see a chess table in the corner.

There it is in the far corner:

Getting closer:

UpcountryRain, Thanks for the pics of a great  looking chess table and thanks for the  interetsing Alekhine story. 

Thanks, goodknightmike. I know it's a little off-topic but close enough. Anyway, whether or not Alekhine played at that table, it does not hold a candle to that table of yours.

Wow! Great story! How big were the squares on the table? Here's a link to Edward Winters' piece on the death of Alekhine. Very interesting...

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/alekhine3.html

Thanks, cgrau. I was pretty excited at the time and my wife sensed my excitement because she knows I have a chess thing, but the rest of the people in my group did not seem very interested. My brief discussion with the gentleman at the front desk was actually through our tour leader since we spoke no Portuguese and he, very little English. But his face lit up when asked about the room and he seemed surprised that someone actually seemed to care.

When I looked at the table the first thing I tried to determine was the size of the squares. I lack the experience to eyeball size accurately, but my guess would be about 5 cm. The table was not very large (you can tell by comparing its size with the chairs there), and it did not seem like a large set would sit well on its playing field, maybe 3.75" kings would be ideal.

Overall it had a very nice feel to it but I'm sure that was mostly because of the ambience of the room with its older furnishings (there was a rather large fireplace - though no fire at the time), in an older hotel, in an older town, in an old country. It was all very charming.

I did regret not having a set in my suitcase. 

Oh, and cgrau, thanks for the read. Very interesting. It's an odd feeling knowing that I was "there".

You're very welcome. Just an amazing story about the hotel. The only thing I can compare to that has to do with economics, not chess. My wife and I attended a bar meeting at the Bretton Wood Resort a few years ago, the place where world leaders met in the forties basically to establish the international monetary system. We stayed in a room that bore a plaque explaining that this is the room in which John Maynard Keynes stayed for the duration of that conference. No chess table, though.

My pleasure, informaticacobach29. It was very nice and I kinda miss the place.

I had this chess table custom made to my specs because I could not find a commercially available chess table that met my needs (desires?). It has 2.25" squares and is 29" tall vs. 30" on a typical table, so that the players' views are slightly down. The pieces are, if I remember correctly, the HOS Professional series with a 3.75" King.

I am going to purchase an Official Staunton set for the table. I was originally going to purchase the Fischer - Spassky 72 ebonized set, but am a little concerned that the 1.65" base on the 3.695" K may be a tad small for the squares. I am also looking at the OS Reykjavik Series Ebony Chessmen with a 1.70" base on a 3.75" K, which to my eyes looks very similiar to the F-S 72 set, but weighs less (71 vs. 82 grams). Any thoughts on any current OS set that would go well with my table?

Splendid table! Compliments.

The table is predominantly Mahogany. I do not remember what wood was used for the light squares. The table also has a drawer on each side. The table was made around 1998 by a furniture maker in VA that I found on the internet who had made a similar custom table for another customer. Unfortunately, he did not properly age the wood which resulted in the crack on the table surface. Here is another picture showing one of the two draws (I am not a very good photographer). Thanks for the suggestion regarding the Official Staunton pieces. I learned about OS from chess.com forums and really look forward to having one of their sets. Any other suggestions from anyone on an OS set for my table?

Beautiful Table!

As GNM pointed out, the 1865 Broadbent set, with a king diameter of 1.75", would fit very nicely. You could also consider other OS sets that have the same diameter king (unless otherwise noted): any of 3 Majestic Francisco sets, the Players Tournament, the Reykjavik (1.7"), Sheffield Rosewood, either of the two Imperial Collectors (1.7"), or the Steinitz Antiqued set.

I think Lou's suggestion of the Steinitz Antiqued Set would even look better.  I just bought this gorgeous set and will post pics when I get it.

https://www.officialstaunton.com/collections/chess-pieces/products/the-steinitz-antiqued-chessmen