Walnut Folding
Chess Board 2.125" Squares

Folding Walnut and Maple
Chess Board with 2.125" Squares

ChessCentral's Walnut and Maple Folding chess board is an outstanding choice! The soft grain of the Walnut and Maple squares provides a soothing backdrop to your chess battles. The playing area is bordered by a walnut trim. The board folds in half between the fourth and fifth ranks and is backed by an ample felt cushion. 

The entire chess board is sealed in a beautiful polyurethane satin finish, and comes packaged in a poly bag and cardboard box to protect the chess board surface.

Generally straight grained with a medium coarse and uniform texture, Walnut is a rich dark brown heartwood that is moderately heavy, hard, strong, and stiff, with good decay resistance and dimensional stability. Walnut is prized in North America for high-end cabinetry and furniture, and has long been a premier choice for superior furniture and millwork. This dark wood makes for an extremely attractive chess board at a terrific price.

For chess boards, the white squares are usually made from bird’s-eye or curly maple. The color is creamy white to grayish white. It is a moderately hard and strong with light to very heavy patterns running perpendicular to normal grain orientation. Both bird’s-eye and curly maple are perfect woods for both elegance and durability.

Featuring 2 and 1/8 inch squares with a single fold.

Frame on board is 1/2 inches. making board size 19 x 19.