Talk:Chessboard
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[edit] Themed chess sets
Removed "Some chessboards are themed..." because it added little to the article, and seemed like a thinly guised advertisement. --88.149.173.98 11:36, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
- I think too that the link to the LOTR-set was out of place. However, I do think it would be good to describe this theme-phenomena. The problem is that it is very hard to find references that do not try to sell such sets. --ZeroOne (talk | @) 12:59, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Size of board
Standard Chess Tournament boards are 18" sq. ChessCreator (talk) 20:27, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
- Usually (which are 2¼ inch squares), but it depends on the size of the pieces. Under FIDE rules, kings can be between 85 and 105 mm tall (about 3.5 to 4.1 inches). The base of the king should be about 78 percent of the width of the square, so the square should be about 1.28 times the width of the king's base. Bubba73 (talk), 05:52, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
- As a rule of thumb, sets with 3.5 or 3.6 inch or so kings are best with 2⅛ inch squares. Sets with 3¾ inch kings are best with 2¼ inch squares. Sets with 4.0 to 4.1 inch kings may work on 2¼ inch squares, but some are too crowded on that size and require 2⅜ inch squares. About fifteen of my sets are in the 4.0 to 4.1 inch range, and some of them just don't work on 2¼ inch squares. Bubba73 (talk), 17:38, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
