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By Alex in Gadget, Home & Garden on Nov 26, 2008 at 3:49 am


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


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  1. Carl
    Nov 26th, 2008 at 7:16 am

    My wife and I are actually playing a game of "when you walk past, take a turn" chess on our regular chess board at the bar.

    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.

  2. Rocky Rook
    Nov 26th, 2008 at 9:42 am

    Alex ... THANK YOU for visiting my blog and even posting something from there! I try to be the Neatorama of the chess blogs, but I don't do a very good job.

  3. Gail Pink
    Nov 26th, 2008 at 11:00 am

    That looks great mounted on the wall as art - very clever!

  4. dncucf
    Nov 26th, 2008 at 10:10 pm

    This is perfect for the cat lover too! No more will cats demolish a good game. (or kids, or dogs, or anything else mischievous.)

    Beautiful craftsmanship too.

  5. Timinator
    Nov 26th, 2008 at 10:55 pm

    Check it out http://www.abama-specialty-shops.com/w000k001.htm

    High-end version for those of you with some spare change and room in your castle.

  6. funkmeister
    Nov 26th, 2008 at 11:45 pm

    I want one

  7. ted
    Nov 27th, 2008 at 7:35 am

    Timinator, I think I'll stick with a nice $10 tabletop one. Or make my own version of one of these - who am I kinddng? I'll never make one.

    I saw this on your site earlier, Rocky Rook. You sure love your chess.

    My style of chess is kamikaze.

  8. liphttam1
    Nov 27th, 2008 at 12:09 pm

    Computer chess out of the computer genious

  9. jimmy
    Nov 27th, 2008 at 9:24 pm

    Looks like a nice idea, but where are you suppose to put the captured pieces? That could get inconvenient pretty quickly.

  10. ...tom...
    Nov 27th, 2008 at 10:33 pm

    ...

    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...
    .

  11. chickmagnetstuff
    Nov 28th, 2008 at 12:11 am

    I think this is nice uniquely done just what I want, the guy is a genius

  12. Oi!
    Nov 28th, 2008 at 8:28 pm

    Someone needs to make the fridge magnet version

  13. vero4902
    Nov 29th, 2008 at 1:39 pm

    Very very cool - that would make it worth learning how to play! :)

  14. LiiBot
    Dec 1st, 2008 at 5:04 am

    i wont one

  15. ATOzTOA
    Dec 2nd, 2008 at 7:37 am

    That's a gud idea... where do i get one?

  16. Monso
    Dec 8th, 2008 at 2:38 pm

    This actually is a great idea.

    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.

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