That Jaques of London board looks pretty nice at least. Have you considered keeping the board and upgrading the chess pieces to something you might like better? There are plenty of new and vintage chess sets in these smaller sizes that are not too expensive.
Here is a size No2 chessmen set from Roz Tournerie (€38)
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On second thought, I'm looking a little more closely at the photo of your Jaques board. It looks like the "squares" on Rank 4 are cut short. Are all the squares in that rank rectangular? Or maybe it's the photo?
i have tried to put an small chavet set on it (model 101/0) see picture. I am a chavet fan, and who isn't ? These pieces just look great . 
i like the idea of French set on it, only thing is French one have no Green felt, so it is not as smooth.
I thought I would lower the general standard round here by looking at two chess sets much cheaper than those usually discussed. The background is that I have been looking for a travel (i.e. folding) set and was determined that this be wooden (having a snob's disregard for plastic pieces).
I ended up with two sets, which arrived at about the same time: the Kasparov International Master set, and the Jaques Premium Chess Set. Both of them are approximately 12” folding sets, both completely wooden, and both feature 2.5” pieces. The Kasparov came from ebay, but was brand new, for about £20 plus P&P. The Jaques set came directly from Jaques, and sells for £25.99 new (although I have seen it marked up to £40-50 on Ebay) with free P&P, so in fact both sets cost about the same. The Jaques set describes itself on the website as “hand-carved” while the Kasparov makes no such claim. The Kasparov box says it's made in China; there's no indication from the Jaques packaging or material where it was made, other than the references to Jaques' headquarters in Kent.
The Kasparov set is branded “Kasparov” although examination of the small print reveals that it was produced by a Chinese (Hong Kong) company, Ambassador Games: Kasparov is one of their brands. Of course we all know Jaques.
I will start by saying that I wanted to like both of these sets: I like the idea of Jaques as a company, with its great pedigree and family setup, and of course I admire Kasparov and am happy to support his ventures. My first chess set was a Saitek Kasparov computer back when I was a wee lad and I have never lost that fondness.
Let's deal with the Kasparov first. It is marketed at beginners and the packaging even states that the pieces have been designed to assist beginners by altering the standard height of the pieces to reflect their value in play. The board is a folding 11.5” with magnetic closing and weighs about 650g when all the pieces are inside.
It's not clear what wood the board is veneered with but the dark squares look like they could be mahogany, or at least mahogany-stained. The outer trim bears a resemblance to walnut, and the board carries a plaque with the Kasparov signature, on the edge.
The first thing I noticed when setting up is that the board is not properly aligned. The two halves of the board are just off by a couple of millimetres, which is quite visible in person. There is a slight gap between the two halves of the board when lying flat, which is not perfect, but the misalignment is more irritating. It does lie completely flat and does not rock.
The pieces are “loose” inside the folding board, albeit contained within plastic bags, and are in natural and red colours. The red pieces feel slightly heftier in the hand although they are the same weight. The king weighs approximately 10g and is 2.5” in height, and the pieces are felted with black felt.
Unusually, the most interesting design on this set is the rook, which is taller than the knight and bishop and rather more slender than usual for rooks. It was in fact this rook design which attracted me to the set in the first place. How this would bear up in play, I'm not sure. When initially setting up the board, I did mistake a white rook for a bishop.
The bishop and knight are pretty unremarkable. The pawns do have a notably bulbous head, which gives them a slightly top-heavy appearance. The queen is a bit of a bruiser, not particularly elegant, and weighs as much as the king.
This set also comes with a booklet setting out the rules and explaining some basic strategy and tactics, once again prominently marked with Kasparov's picture and signature. For some reason this booklet is so large that it arrives curled around the board, and doesn't lie flat.
Onto the Jaques. As anyone who has ordered from them will know, they do package their goods very nicely. The set arrives in an understated but decorative brown cardboard box, tied up with a ribbon (which I removed before realising I wanted a photo of it).
Inside it contains the rules of chess on what seems to be good-quality cream paper, and a card signed by the assistant who packed it. The board is wrapped in tissue paper on which is printed some of the history of the Jaques family.
The board is marginally larger than the Kasparov, but still within the 11.5” range, and has squared corners; it also uses magnets to hold itself closed. The whole board with pieces weighs about 560g. According to the Jaques website, the board is sycamore and walnut (veneer, of course) and the Jaques logo is printed on the border. When laid flat, it is fractionally shallower than the Kasparov. There are no misalignment issues here and although there is still a slight gap between the two halves of the board this is less noticeable. Like the Kasparov it sits flat with no rocking. Both boards side by side here:
The pieces are secured inside, meaning that they are less likely to be lost if the board comes open in transit, but you also have to remove them all from the interior individually. There has been some mockery on this subject about the laziness of players who find this annoying, but in fact, I can see their point. While doing this review I found that I could not be bothered to remove all the pieces to set them up.
It is of course the pieces themselves that Jaques are known for and here we see where that additional 90g was lost compared to the Kasparov. The pieces both look and feel extremely lightweight. They don't say what wood has been used, although it feels like it could be balsa. The Jaques king is only 6g; the pawns seem to weigh almost nothing in the hand. It seems unlikely they would stand up to much of a breeze, let alone being nudged during play.
The black pieces are stained dark brown, in a sort of teak or walnut shade. The white pieces are carved with such light wood that they barely look wooden at all; the stain brings out the grain in the black pieces rather better and makes them more attractive.
The pieces are felted, although the quality of this felting varies. The quality of the carving varies too. I have found that on lower-end sets sometimes the rooks are among the nicest pieces, but this white rook is a disaster, both on the crenellated tower top and the base.
This black rook is much better-executed, although the interior still resembles an ashtray. The other two rooks in the set are closer to this in quality.
The knights suffer from a lack of definition, particularly on the eyes. While some of them do have complete circles, several of them have only a partial circle, or an attempt at a full one. See this black knight for an example.
Overall, the pieces feel flimsy and cheap. The king has a much narrower profile than the Kasparov but this doesn't impart any additional sense of elegance. Here are the kings from both sets next to a Lardy (Kasparov left, Jaques centre, Lardy right). The Lardy has the advantage of an extra quarter of an inch in height, but the Kasparov looks much less embarrassed by the comparison.
Comparing the knights, too, the Kasparov pieces seem to have been carved with much more confidence and much better definition. The design may be marginally simpler but the overall result is more effective, even ignoring the larger size.
Between the two, then, the Kasparov pieces are hands-down winners. The Jaques pieces just feel like nothing in the hand, and the design and finish does nothing to make up for that. While I haven't played a game on it, it seems like that sense of cheapness would make it handle poorly, and as a travel set, while it might be fine in a fixed location, trying to play this on a train or plane where the slightest jolt would send pieces flying is a non-starter.
When it comes to the board, the Jaques edges it, largely due to the alignment issue. Of course, this may be a one-off fault in the Kasparov (or a one-off success in the Jaques), but I can only judge the product in front of me.
Neither set was expensive and I know that you get what you pay for, but overall the Kasparov seems like much more of a success. The Jaques is disappointing perhaps particularly because it is a Jaques: I know that they now trade largely on their historic reputation and on some level you know that the “premium hand-carved” product advertised can't be delivered at this price point, but nevertheless considering the presentation the pieces feel nothing like you feel they ought to.
I will keep the Jaques for a bit in case it grows on me, but I am planning to move house this year and unless I change my mind I will sell it when I do. I will certainly keep the Kasparov, at least unless something better comes along in the meantime.