A&A 17.25" Professional Wooden Chess Board with Storage Bag/Ebony Wood & Maple Inlay / 1.75" Squares w/o Notation

Absolutely love this board. It came in It looks amazing. The fabric case that comes with it as great as well holds all the pieces as well as a clock.

This one is a winner! A&A offers an impressive chessboard at an attractive price. I needed a fine quality wood board with positional notation. This terrific board has all the right stuff. I couldn't be more pleased with both the quality and the price of this attractive chessboard. For several years, I have owned an elegant handmade chessboard (without notation) made in Spain by world-renowned Rechapados Ferrer. At the time, it too was affordably priced... but sadly, not today. In researching online chess specialty shops, equivalent boards are priced at least $100-$200 higher. Most of these boards are made in China -- as is this one from A&A. When this board arrived, I carefully inspected all surfaces for imperfections and happily found none. The quality of the materials is very good and the workmanship is excellent. My board measures virtually 19" with 2" squares. It is perfect for my 3.75" matching wood chess pieces. The appearance and fit & finish of this board are superb. The only difference I noticed between this A&A board and my now insanely expensive board from Spain is the side edges are wood veneer rather than a solid wood 2" boarder. Unless you inspected this very closely, I doubt most people would even notice this minor detail. The quality padded zipper case provides excellent protection. I also saved the 4 plastic shipping corners -- they work great and add an additional corner shield. They easily fit on the board within the padded case. For the serious player or for casual games, this lovely chessboard from A&A should put a smile on your face. Highly recommended.

Beautiful wood board - a delight to play on! Solid, substantial, nice attention to detail. Comes with a handled bag that has a pocket large enough to hold a full set of FIDE-sized wooden pieces. Every chess players needs a board like this.

I'm not easily impressed, but this might be the most impressive item that I've purchased in quite some time, from the board itself to the case to the packaging it was sent in. The board is weighty and smooth, very "rich" looking. The case is well made and padded to protect in transit. The packaging box was lined with thick corrugated cardboard on all the sides and corner protectors. The board itself was wrapped in foam padding with another set of corner protectors that slide off and on easily so that they can be used when it's in the case. I'm just overwhelmed with how nice this is. My grandson recently had received a really nice set of pieces but wanted an equally nice board. I was really happy to find this one that did not include the pieces, had the choice of the markings on it or not, and was tournament grade. This looked like it was going to fit the bill, and it more than does. I read a lot of the reviews before purchasing, and anything negative that I've seen also looks to have been order error and not that of the people sending this out. For example, many said there were no markings, but it showed that they ordered without. Many said that they didn't realize that the pieces did not come with it, but simply reading the description would tell you that it did not come with them. In any case, I feel like the grandson will have this for many years to come, if not a lifetime. We are considering putting a thin coat of polyurethane over it, but that is up to him once he receives this.

I'm very satisfied with this board. It's high quality and quite attractive. Be aware, this is a large board.

This board is well put together and solid. The corners of the squares match up precisely, something you don't always get at this price point. The board bag is really nice and padded and that alone would be worth $20-30 if bought separate. In fact, I would definitely buy one separately for another board I have. The only downgrade I have on the board is the maple squares have some gray ticking (natural variations in the wood) on some of the squares. It is just a slight aesthetic issue and does not effect the usefulness of the board. Nevertheless, it was a great value to get both the bag and the board for under $70. I purchased a second board, this one was maple and walnut. I am again very pleased with the board with one small exception. One corner had a slight gapped joint. Give the price of the board, this is not a problem. But it would have been better had the small gap been left unfilled rather than using a poorly color-match wood putty to fill it. I will touch it up a s put a brasss corner guard on each corner (which really classes up any board with right-angle corners) and it will be fine, but I just wanted to convey this to the manufacturer. I am very happy with both purchases.

Comes with the solid traveling bag. Great solid and beautiful product.

Perfect size, meet the chess set colour.