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Magnetic Wooden Travel Chess Set | 
| Brand: Sunrise Handicrafts
Category: Toy
Buy New: $20.99
as of 7/30/2010 22:33 CDT details
Seller: Yellow Mountain Imports
Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 2115
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 5.5 x 5.5
EAN: 5903263393139
ASIN: B000A7W45W
Shipping: Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | King: 1.85'' (4.8cm). Queen: 1.75'' (4.5cm). Pawn: 1.1'' (2.8cm) | | • | Board measures 10.5'' x 10.5'' (26.5cm x 26.5cm). Square size: 1.2'' (3cm). | | • | Hand crafted in Poland. |
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Product Description
The nicest portable chess board you've ever played on! Wooden Birch board and Hornbeam wood chessmen are magnetic so they stay where they are put without worries of a bump or a jiggle to disrupt your game.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 9
Solid Product June 26, 2010
Mike
-Positive: Looks and feels great. Very solid so far, and seems like it will last.
-Neutral: Magnets are just the right strength, for me. Weak enough to allow for easy movement, and strong enough to keep them in place through an average jostle. (1 rook has no magnetism)
-Negative: The spaces that hold the pieces while the set is closed are too big. Half of the pieces(mainly pawns and knights) bounce around as the set rotates. In order to keep them in place, I had to modify the interior myself.
Overall, it is a good product for the price and I am satisfied.
 Nice looking but... June 21, 2010
Andrew4549
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you're looking for a nice looking travel fold-up chess set, this is a good buy. If it's important that the pieces be magnetized, this is a joke! Calling this a "magnetized" chess set almost amounts to false advertising. The pieces are very slightly magnetic, and if you very carefully tip the board they will remain in place, but one slight bump and they're gone. The manufacturer should be ashamed.
Great Value June 7, 2010
Mark (Philadelphia USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This wooden set sells in NYC for $40. Need I say more. The magnets on some pieces are not weak but are inset to far into the base causing them to slid off the board, a white rook and knight in my case. The magnetic attraction of the pieces causes them to jumble while stored. Other than these two small complaints this is a great chess set for the money. I'm glad I bought it. I will use it often when studing games and positions. Nice European detail.
Good value January 27, 2010
TJS (Bay Area)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Nice set. Magnets are strong enough to keep pieces in place under usual circumstances. No complaints.
 Works very nicely for us January 24, 2010
Mondo (Chicago, IL)
This chess set is nicely made, opens up flat, and allows us to easily pack it for travels. Even the magnets hold the figures ok, and the figures look quite nice. Overall a very good choice.
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