Hello to All,
A coupla years ago, I set up a (cheap glass) chess board at work to entice anyone who would play. The games were few and far between, until recently. A coworker who was one of the early encouragers for me to set up the board decided that he was in. Well, over the course of the last weekandahalf, we had started two separate games. Each of these games were hot, and well underway. And then...allofasudden, in our absence, "someone" reset the pieces! Furthermore, I discovered another coworker who is interested. Sooo
My solution is to set up two chess boards and post large and obnoxious signs admonishing onlookers to NOT touch the pieces. OK, venting: complete. There is one small problem. The countertop area here where I would set up the boards is about 4 or 5 inches shorter than the foldable tournament boards I have. Is there a best or better way to support them than just a big ole piece of plywood that other folks have used? Should I just buy a couple of smaller boards which would, of course, add to a growing "collection" of chess sets for which I already don't have enough room?
Any thoughts from the more experienced out there? Thanks in advance.
Saul
Alternatively, you could learn how to record chess notation on paper during the game. This way, if pieces are moved, then the game can be always reset to the last/current position. This is why the major chess organizations usually require chess scoresheets (for chess notation) during chess events. If the pieces were moved outside of the game (intentionally or not), then there would be no record of the exact position, except for the notation of course 
Hello to All,
A coupla years ago, I set up a (cheap glass) chess board at work to entice anyone who would play. The games were few and far between, until recently. A coworker who was one of the early encouragers for me to set up the board decided that he was in. Well, over the course of the last weekandahalf, we had started two separate games. Each of these games were hot, and well underway. And then...allofasudden, in our absence, "someone" reset the pieces! Furthermore, I discovered another coworker who is interested. Sooo
My solution is to set up two chess boards and post large and obnoxious signs admonishing onlookers to NOT touch the pieces. OK, venting: complete. There is one small problem. The countertop area here where I would set up the boards is about 4 or 5 inches shorter than the foldable tournament boards I have. Is there a best or better way to support them than just a big ole piece of plywood that other folks have used? Should I just buy a couple of smaller boards which would, of course, add to a growing "collection" of chess sets for which I already don't have enough room?
Any thoughts from the more experienced out there? Thanks in advance.
Saul