Wood you believe it! (Physical Construction)

Are you Borg or Ferengi?

camel bone, crystal, wood, stone, plastic, GOLD, diamonds

I've seen pieces made from elephant tusks. Also Gold and silver (together)

They've skimped on the 'look and feel'. The pieces don't look very comfortable to play with.

There's a budget priced set here  (http://www.ukgamesshop.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=chluset) - at only half a million pounds sterling as opposed to your 5 million pounds sterling.

Don't forget clay! some sets are made from earthly materials solidified & clay stands out as the most common.

Ice chess pieces would give an incentive to play a quick game. Haha. 

I'm going to make one from seashells

 Thanks for the updates. Just add a shopping link & a price - and we can all start claiming to have fancier sets than anyone else!

http://www.thechesszone.com/chess_boards_materials_manufacture

http://www.thechesszone.com/chess_pieces_materials_manufacture

http://www.chessville.com/misc/jewelroyale.htm 

http://www.bcf.org.uk/national/2007/londonvmoscow_jan07.htm  

We’re getting down to the esoteric ones …

plastic may of different types (polythelene, polysterene, polypropylene, polycarbonate) - I have seen only polysterene, though...

Chess pieces AND board made out of cookies: great gift :)

Let's make the worlds first "The Amazing Human Body" Cadaver set. We can then tour the world with our set

gold

And butter? Only for quick players of course

Thanks for the updates.

http://www.thechesszone.com/chess_boards_materials_manufacture

http://www.thechesszone.com/chess_pieces_materials_manufacture

http://www.chessville.com/misc/jewelroyale.htm 

http://www.bcf.org.uk/national/2007/londonvmoscow_jan07.htm  

We’re getting down to the esoteric ones …

 NOW THE HARD PART - ordering by 'the most common, PHYSICAL material'. This is a fairly vague requirement. I had in mind: popularity in terms of number of chess sets manufactured worldwide.

Assuming WOOD is #1, and that elctromagnetic forms are excluded. Which material is in number #2 position?

Why is this in the more puzzles section of the forums?

If I had to make a wild stab in the dark, I 'wood' say: because it is puzzle and related to chess.

Ordering/sequencing by 'the most common, PHYSICAL material'. i.e. popularity in terms of number of chess sets manufactured worldwide.

Assuming WOOD is #1, and that electromagnetic forms are excluded. Which material is in number #2 position? #3? ...

The term puzzle (as a noun) has several related meanings:

It is not, I will grant you, a chess puzzle in the classical mould, involving the movement of pieces on the chessboard. Nevertheless, it seems to me to be a legitimate enquiry presenting a significant intellectual and investigative challenge.

Which forum category would you have put it in?

What evidence can you produce to support your order of materials?

I would have assumed that plastic would be at #2. Indeed, according to this site (http://www.chesscentral.com/chess-set-tournament.htm), in tournament play - fine wood or high-impact plastic are the most common materials used.

The most common materials used in chess pieces are wood, plastic, pewter, glass, soapstone, and jade - according to this site (http://www.justchess.biz/collectingchess.htm).

 This site (http://www.thechesszone.com/chess_pieces_materials_manufacture) implies wood -> metal -> marble are the commonest.

Jelly, and every time you capture a piece you eat it.

Clay

Resin

Plaster

Ice

Soap

Ceramic

Diamond

Wood is the most common, followed by Plastic.

yes humans wearing cotton, or polyester suits, or a variety of textiles