Ive been playing on a 10 inch board tiny pieces, now getting a 17 inch board and much bigger pieces. Comes next week. :D super excited. Not a pro i just play with me dad. This video hyped me up and now i cant wait for mien to get delivered!
Sorry Chess bazaar is not even close! They have far more issues , bad replication, BAD wood, far more worse polish and much more!I I have purchase from 4 places -several times! HOS, Chess bazaar, Staunton Castle, Royal chess mall -- here is honest ranking' 1) HOS, Staunton Castle(same quality, much less selection- not that good of discounts) 3) Royal Chess mall LAST is Chess Bazaar! I have done the same thing in weighing and measuring that is done in this video--- he is SHOWING ONLY ONE SET, and he WAS MORE than --LUCKY to get his set with good specs! I am GUARANTEEING, I play ALL the time with HEAVIER pieces than this guy! I belong to a chess club and the MANY complaints of members who have bought from chess bazaar, from very POOR SPECS -- not meeting within 10% of sizing of EACH PIECE--yes EACH PIECE was so bad the poor carvings and cheap polish! Members from my club got together to compare their several chess bazaar sets and when weighed, measured then actually taken to a GOOD woodworker to ask about the Boxwood and ROSEWOOD, he could easily tell the low quality of wood that was used! The polish was the worst-- it was not real wood polish-- it was the SHAVINGS from the boxwood that had oils left on them when carved-- that was used to POLISH EVERY SET we showed him--ALL the sets! The wood worker just took a very small amount of warm water, dampened a cloth and rubbed our many pieces-- there was so little shavings oil( Chess bazaar version of polish!) it came off immediately! NONE of this happened with pieces (many) we tested from HOS or Staunton Castle- Royal chess mall had some issues, but NOT close to the number of problems that Chess Bazaar had!
