Magnetic Travel Chess Set

Very good quality

This is a super product: well designed and does what it says and I need. The board is a decent size whilst being portable from room to room or on holiday. The pieces are light and attractive in gold and silver and the magnetism holds them in place if I jog the board or have to move it. Having it always on the table will encourage me to practise and keep a game on-going (something I have always wanted to do.) Terrific value and easy on the eye.

A really good piece of chess board. Doesn’t feel plasticky. Pieces don’t feel lightweight either. Perfected for travels and for home. Highly recommended.

My boys (ages 6 and 7) are mad about chess and compete in tournaments. I bought this set to make my life easier when we go out as it appeared very light. As soon as my boys clapped eyes on it, they fell in love with the colours and the magnetic magic. We have about 6 boards of chess at home but they play on this at least 2ce daily. Perfect for car journeys as no danger of pieces flying all over the place and fits in my bag. At a recent tournament, quite a number of the other kids looked longingly at the board, no doubt wishing they had similar ones to practise on. I had a few enquiries from parents.. A word of advice - remember to include a couple or so of extra pieces from other sets before leaving home because if you (or your kids) are anything like my boys, a game is not complete without multiple 'queens' on the board. This set's rooks don't stay overturned. I'm giving durability 4 stars because there's a dent already from a fall, so I expect a few more over time. Also one of the queens magnetism isn't strong enough so just about stays on when jolted.

Perfect product definitely recommend

Great travel set. Good size and quality. The magnets have always worked so far and the storage aspect is great.

This is a great chess set. Smaller than a standard chess set but still a good size. The gold and silver pieces instead of black and white is a nice touch. The box shows the gold pieces at the white side of board but I feel silver should be white as the white squares are silver and the black squares are black. The magnetic pieces have felt bases so have a good feel to them.

This travel chess set is really good. Good design : Its important that chess pieces are well designed from traditional designs, these are. Good colours too. Well made, yes its plastic, but wood would make it too expensive. On first inspection I thought the magnetic attachment was too weak, but it works well. When closed the box clicks shut for security. I made a cardboard tray which fits in the box for when we play on the train - the tray is somewhere to put the taken off pieces. Well done Yellow Mountain. Its dead cheap as well !

Calidad buena, como lo menciono en el video, totalmente de plástico con placa metálica para los imanes, pero no para jugar mientras vas por los baches. Las bolsas para guardar las piezas son de calidad media a baja, una viene con una ligera rasgadura pero funcionan. De profundidad el tablero doblado mide 4cm y desplegado 2cm, además de contar con 6 patitas muy delgadas para aparentar una pequeña mesa. Producto recomendado no como ajedrez profesional si no para practicar en casi cualquier lugar. NO tiene reinas extra.

All pieces are accounted for; that is, all of the right pieces were there. I realize that magnetic force is a subjective issue, but I have been able to, more than once, set the board up with all of the pieces, lift it, and slowly turn it up side down, holding it there, and the pieces stayed in place. The situation about magnets is that you do not want them too strong, lifting the board when you move a piece, and you don't want them so weak that they shift out of place with every little bump to the board. In my opinion the force of the piece magnets is adequate; although, it probably wouldn't hurt if the force was just a tad bit stronger. The plastic pieces are easily distinguished from one another, they have a nice design, color, and feel. Their size and weight are appropriate. No missing felt from the piece bases; although the felt on the base of the white Queen is ever so slightly off-center; not an issue to me. The board is not what I would call "full size," but the board dimensions are given in the product description, so it just boils down to a "you say ta-mayto, I say ta-motto" type thing. I don't see any problems with the board construction—no looseness of the top plate to the board, and the center divide where the board folds allows both sides of the board to be flush on a flat surface—I don't see that one side is higher than the other, nor a wide center gap. However, the board is not square, and thus the squares are not true squares; but, again, that can be seen in the product description, so there is no deception going on. I don't find it to be a problem (it's not like the rectangles are too far removed from a true square shape), and I think it gives the set a bit of unique personality. I was going to knock off a 1/2 star or so because of the imperfections—the board not being a true square, the magnets could be a tad stronger, not being truly full-sized, etc... but I couldn't. The size and shape of the board are given in the product description, and I don't have an issue with it; and the magnets seem adequate to the task. This a good travel set; and a good enough set to play on at the kitchen table or the coffee table, and a good set to sit comfortably in bed with and use to practice on as you study from a book. I can't give 4 1/2 stars anyway; so if my choice is 4 stars or 5 stars, I'm going with the 5.

Im Ganzen zufrieden. Der Preis ist etwas überhöht…

es ist nicht aus holz wie es ind der beschreibung sagt. Es sieht nich so als ob es lang halten wurde.

Buena calidad considerando el precio y que se trata de un ajedrez de plástico. Las piezas y el tablero están bien terminadas y tienen suficiente fuerza magnética para adherirse al tablero incluso si se empujan por error o si se inclina el tablero.