House of Staunton "Classic 3.75"

Nothing special, I just wanted to take some pics and share with all you loving chess.com forum users.

HOS "classic series"  3.75" King - Black and Ivory lacquered wood

The board is a folding Greenwood and Birdseye maple(veneered) 2.25" squares(made in Spain)

I added the notation with waterslide decals(for my own analyzing reasons)

I paid 164$ for every thing you see(the chess set and board)

Thanks for sharing the pics.! That is a wonderful combo of board & chessmen. It really looks awesome IMO.

I like it. Are the pieces pretty heavy?

I like what you did with the lettering and numbers on the board. It looks sharp.

I like it too, including the board (though I don't care for any rank and file labeling). I also like pictures of players' study or playing areas.

What app is shown on the tablet?

Hey thanks guys!

The set is weighted perfectly(imo).  The whole set weighs 3.5 pounds vs a 4.4" club set weighing around 4.7 pds.  I guess it's what you'd call 'tournament weighted'.  It's smaller(1.75" base), and lighter than the Club sets(1.85"-2"), and it doesn't have that 'bouncy feel' of a "club set", but a club set is HUGE.  I prefer the club set when I can(and I recommend that size over the tournament sizes), but I got this board for on desk analyzing, quickly moving the pieces in, and out of positions, also, I bought it to travel.

The app engine is stockfish, its a free app, and it's AMAZING!  I found it because I wanted a chess engine that doesnt require an internet connection to work(like chess.com's engine).

I like that size chess set and the board combo looks very pleasing.   Looks well made too. may I ask what are waterslide decals. I do understand they are the number & letters you used to mark the board but never heard of "waterslide" before.

Think of the decals that are applied to model airplanes. Soak in water, the decal slides off the backing paper and can be applied to the board.

Very nice.

Thanks for all the positive comments guys!  I took the set out to the Greensboro International Chess Festival this weekend.(  http://www.carolinaschessinitiative.com/greensboro-international-chess-festival.html ) It was easy to transport, looked great, and played REALLY well!

I also made some new friends who showed me several new AMAZING tips and tricks to improve my game!

There was this one older fella(he had to be AT LEAST 85), he had this old wooden set that looked like it may have been owned by a pharoah in ancient Egypt(or something like that).  He said his wife had given it to him as an anniversary gift 50 years ago!  When he had finished playing, and was putting the set back in it's plastic "Glad bag"(haha), I reached over, and grabbed a coupla pawn collar pieces that had fell off.  I said, "you may wanna glue these back on" and I handed to them to him.  Without thinking for even a second(or looking surprised), he quickly grabbed the pawn 'scraps', tossed em in his bag, and nodded his head up and down.

Where did you get your decals?  And is this the wooden tournament board from USCF sales?  Looks great!  I"m going to order one today.  I was going to go to Greensboro, but it didn't work out.  Was it a good tournament?

@MIValdes

 I searched "waterslide decals" on Ebay, I payed 4$ for em, they were pretty easy to apply(they're a 'little' outta wack 'symmetrically', but, it looks fine for me).  The Board is a standard Rechapados Ferrer(a spanish veneer company that sells in bulk to the U.S. http://www.rechapadosferrer.com/

If the description says "greenwood and birdseye maple" its the same board.

As far as the tournament, it was a GREAT atmosphere, a 7 story skylight center to the hotel's main hall,with a nice waterfall thing, surrounded by LARGE rooms, a restuaraunt, and a coupla shops, real cool.  Here's a pic of me playing some random 9 year old, i blurred his face, cause I didn't know him.

Here's a pic of me playing a friendly game with Sarah Walsh!(on my HOS Classic set) She came in 2nd place in the U2000 NC open final.  She shut me down pretty hard.)