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.