Steve of Straight Up Chess makes chess boards that are so good that you'd want to hang 'em up in a picture frame. The wall-mounted chess boards are made from gorgeous cherry, walnut, and maple hardwoods and better yet: they're playable! You don't need a table to play chess anymore:
These boards are designed for a casual game of chess. You make your move and mark it as 'Last Move'. Later your opponent passes by, makes their move, marks it as 'Last Move' and the game continues. In our busy office we play 1 to 2 games a week.
Link - via Rocky Rook
This vertical board really is a neat idea!
I'll have to find a marker for "last move" so we can keep track of it better...also a good idea.
Beautiful craftsmanship too.
High-end version for those of you with some spare change and room in your castle.
I saw this on your site earlier, Rocky Rook. You sure love your chess.
My style of chess is kamikaze.
I really like the idea. But why not stretch the horizontal dimension to make it a true square format like most players would be used to..??
I think I would find the 'rectangular' playing area very ...disconcerting.
...tom...
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I love chess but never have the patience to sit down and play it for 20+ minutes.
Walk by, look for a minute, move, hit the button, one anonymous move after another, a victor emerges.