Build a Chess Board. Pt.1 - The Top

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Comment by Marlen Kemmet on September 18, 2009 at 8:44pm

Great video Steve, thanks for sharing with us. I'm using Part 1 of your video series now as I design a Greene and Greene chess board for our 13 year-old son, Carter. Marlen 9/18/09

Comment by Steve in Marin on July 7, 2009 at 8:03pm

Thanks for your comment Randolph. Wow, I'm not really sure what size the board would need to be. (The Harry Potter pieces sound great!) Before I build this, I did a little online research to learn about correct square sizes. If you poke around Google a little, I'm sure you'll find the same info. There is a certain amount of breathing room that the pieces need to fit within for comfortable play.

Maybe you could make up a full-sized grid on paper and try it out. There is nothing worse than trying to play chess and having the pieces fall over as you try to move!

Comment by randolph zimmer on July 7, 2009 at 6:59pm

great video enjoyed it very much and i think i will give it a try myself. i do have a question though. i have a chess set figures like the ones used in the harry potter movie and they are bigger than normal chess pieces. the bases of each piece are 2 1/4" each, so how big would i have to make the chess board to fit these pieces easily? the pieces are rather large as the knights are sitting on horses and the pawns have shields and the others carry either swords or the rooks are castles with a figure on them as well so they take up every bit of the space the base of the piece does. so if you could give me an idea of how big i should make the board that would be great. randolph