Chessboard Reviews

Wow there are tons of Chessboards out there, which one to choose can be hard sometimes, and online you have to worry about the chessboard being an imported piece of junk! I am writing a review on chessboards and I am going to give you the links where to find the chessboard i'm writing about. I have hands on access to all these chessboards (and all the products I write about) and I can give you the info you need to make a wise purchase, a purchase you will be happy with once you have it. The first factor to buying anything is price range, I will start off with the cheap chessboards and work my way up the more expensive ones.

Vinyl Chessboard: The vinyl chessboards are more often used for tournament chess sets or travel chess set's, they are very handy because the roll up for storage and several Chess Bags are made just to carry the vinyl chessboard. The vinyl chessboard is also very cheap, but you have to watch out buying cheap vinyl chessboards, many of them are made in china and are imported. Generally the imported cheap vinyl boards aren't to bad but there is one vinyl chessboard that is made in the USA that is better quality. The USA Vinyl Chessboard only comes in one color, green, that is the standard tournament chessboard color. The Imported Cheap Vinyl Chessboard has several different colors to choose from, but not all of them are cut perfectly and they tend to mark up more than the USA vinyl chessboard. All of the vinyl chessboards are rigged for algebraic notation

Floppy Mouse Pad Chessboard: These mouse pad floppy chessboards are the best way to go for a travel roll up chessboard, they are made in a thick mouse pad style that is crease resistant and yet they are soft to the touch, the underside of the floppy chessboard is made from a material that seems to grab the surface it is sitting on and it wont slide ever (unless you are really pulling hard). The floppy chessboard also has algebraic notation.

Wooden Chessboard: Lots of people buy wooden chessboards to dress up their sitting or living rooms, the best wooden chessboards are made by Drueke. The Drueke Wooden Chessboard by far outranks their smaller competing wooden chessboard companys, with each wood chessboard the squares are hand inlaid to perfection and the edges are beveled to percection, they are crafted from solid walnut and pine, Drueke has truly made a legacy out of their chessboards, they truly take pride in their workmanship. Some people don't like the price that is always attached to real quality, and that is where the cheaper wood chessboard company's get their buyers. The Cheap Veneer Wooden Chessboard is a good choice for a cheap wooden chessboard, it is way thicker than most wooden chessboards and has a good flat surface, they are not always cosmetically perfect though. There is also a very good tournament size Cheap Walnut Chessboard, it is a pretty good chessboard the only downside being that it is a little thin, it has four little legs on the underside so it's raised above the surface of the table.

I hope this information was useful to you, enjoy your shopping and good luck.