Happy-ish with my current boards....
I am too, but I only have 2 boards. Both are borderless. I am not too much into boards so that is why I have not pulled trigger for a 3rd one. One of theses days I just might but I am happy for now. Sets are a different story.
Understood Mike....I currently have 3 nice boards.If I did not display my sets and boards on a coffee table with a glass top,I'd go for a 4th in that of the gorgeous MTM board,shown in the first post......So nice!
Understood Mike....I currently have 3 nice boards.If I did not display my sets and boards on a coffee table with a glass top,I'd go for a 4th in that of the gorgeous MTM board,shown in the first post......So nice!
Ahh that makes sense now. I take it you don't want to get the MTM board because it doesn't fit in your display case/glass. If so I somewhat have the same dilemma. I do want another board somewhat but not at the expense of getting a bigger glass. For me, I also have a space issue, so larger board means more space is required.
Nope....It's the 15 pound weight.
Ahh ok. That makes sense too. I don't mind the weight. It is the same as my bowling balls.
Hi, I'm looking for a nice board for my daughter and found this old thread when I googled. Very interesting I will check the MTM boards. I was lucky enough to order 2 boards from Andy Summerville (Summerville New England) in 2014 before he went out of business. It's been almost 10 years and both boards are perfect. This picture is a board called Monk, 2.25 sq walnut and maple. The other one is 2.5 walnut and ash I will post a pic later.
Thanks
Stunning chess boards. Looks almost perfect in construction. What woods are these.
The chessmen set is definitely Padauk and eboony/ ebonised wood. The tiles look like padauk and hornbeam/maple for white.
see for yourself.
https://www.chesshouse.com/collections/summerville-new-england-chessboards
Happy-ish with my current boards....