Paper chess boards?? Did somebody just grab a piece of paper and some markers and start doodling squares in?
otb chessboard standards?
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There at least one punch-out paper chess set in a book on the market. Go to:
http://www.tesco.com/books/product.aspx?R=9781905695829&bci=4294245680%7CThe%20Ivy%20Press*374%7CArt
However, I believe it is mostly a novelity and not meant for tournament play.
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many clubs do not have much money so they use foldable coardboard boards with plastic pieces.
Oh my word...
Teary would be sooooo annoyed if his opponent brought paper punch-out pieces to the tournament! 
In my club, if your chessboard does not have lasers or sharks you are disqualified.
bobbyDK wrote:
many clubs do not have much money so they use foldable coardboard boards with plastic pieces.
This is understandable. As long as both players can agree in the use of the set, what makes the difference?
Crosspinner wrote:
bobbyDK wrote:
many clubs do not have much money so they use foldable coardboard boards with plastic pieces.
This is understandable. As long as both players can agree in the use of the set, what makes the difference?
And what if one player refuses to use the set and slaps the whole thing away in schmidlapian fashion?
Clubs in Europe and the USA are so different and I dont think many people realize how different they really are. In the US club members pay annual "dues" to be members of the club. I have been a member of several clubs in Portugal and have never had to pay anything in dues. In fact, the clubs I have been a member of here paid for me to be a member of the National Federation thus allowing me to play FIDE events and FIDE rated games. I have played for teams in Portugal and the teams/clubs I play for even often pay all my expenses when I play for the team/club. I never had any such experience in US clubs.
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Crosspinner wrote:
bobbyDK wrote:
many clubs do not have much money so they use foldable coardboard boards with plastic pieces.
This is understandable. As long as both players can agree in the use of the set, what makes the difference?
you don't have a choice in using the set if you want to be part of the tournament.
Every tournament I've ever been to, the players bring their own sets, and black ultimately has choice of what equipment to use.
Reb wrote:
Clubs in Europe and the USA are so different and I dont think many people realize how different they really are. In the US club members pay annual "dues" to be members of the club. I have been a member of several clubs in Portugal and have never had to pay anything in dues. In fact, the clubs I have been a member of here paid for me to be a member of the National Federation thus allowing me to play FIDE events and FIDE rated games. I have played for teams in Portugal and the teams/clubs I play for even often pay all my expenses when I play for the team/club. I never had any such experience in US clubs.
It sounds like the non-American clubs are more similar to professional sports teams who pay their 'athletes' to play for them. But then again, people outside of the US do take chess a lot more seriously :/
Flamma_Aquila wrote:
Every tournament I've ever been to, the players bring their own sets, and black ultimately has choice of what equipment to use.
Thats how it is in USA but not in Europe where the sets are normally provided by the clubs/organizers. Also, if the player assigned black in the US is late to the game and the player with white is on time then the player with white has choice of equipment.
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Reb wrote:
Flamma_Aquila wrote:
Every tournament I've ever been to, the players bring their own sets, and black ultimately has choice of what equipment to use.
Thats how it is in USA but not in Europe where the sets are normally provided by the clubs/organizers. Also, if the player assigned black in the US is late to the game and the player with white is on time then the player with white has choice of equipment.
You sound anti-american, Mr. Europe
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Flamma_Aquila wrote:
Every tournament I've ever been to, the players bring their own sets, and black ultimately has choice of what equipment to use.
in every tournament I have been in the clubs are responsible for equipment.
that means in large tournaments they use what they can find in the equipment room. even nearly antique chess clocks.
only one person is allowed to bring his own chess set he is 85 years old and an old strong player.
I don't think others are allowed to do that.
@ Flamma_Aquila I hope there are certain standards that the equipment you bring must live up to. e.g a to h and 1-8 on the board.
trysts wrote:
Reb wrote:
Flamma_Aquila wrote:
Every tournament I've ever been to, the players bring their own sets, and black ultimately has choice of what equipment to use.
Thats how it is in USA but not in Europe where the sets are normally provided by the clubs/organizers. Also, if the player assigned black in the US is late to the game and the player with white is on time then the player with white has choice of equipment.
You sound anti-american, Mr. Europe
Just pointing out differences . I am certainly not anti-American and plan to return soon to my native Dixie... 
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Reb wrote:
trysts wrote:
Reb wrote:
Flamma_Aquila wrote:
Every tournament I've ever been to, the players bring their own sets, and black ultimately has choice of what equipment to use.
Thats how it is in USA but not in Europe where the sets are normally provided by the clubs/organizers. Also, if the player assigned black in the US is late to the game and the player with white is on time then the player with white has choice of equipment.
You sound anti-american, Mr. Europe
Just pointing out differences . I am certainly not anti-American and plan to return soon to my native Dixie...
You can take off your sunglasses, you already missed Mardi Gras.
why would you need a to h and 1 to 8 labelled on the board? It is easy to work that out yourself. my chess set is an old hand-made one and the person who made it has put black in the bottom right so all the numbers and letters are wrong. this makes no difference as i just turn the board around.
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Ornithologist wrote:
why would you need a to h and 1 to 8 labelled on the board? It is easy to work that out yourself. my chess set is an old hand-made one and the person who made it has put black in the bottom right so all the numbers and letters are wrong. this makes no difference as i just turn the board around.
Just because you're a genius dosen't mean we all are! I always make e and d file mistakes
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I have seen all sorts of board in tournament I have been in.
plastic, paper, wodden chessboards.
I can live with that but I prefer wodden chessboard.
however I wonder if there is a minimum size that a chessboard must be, or even a maximum size.
imagine going to a tournament and the board was very tiny one used for camping.
I know it is a thought example but imagine a tournament is a board short and used what they could find.