This category includes our chess boards with a 2 1 4 square which is the official tournament size.
Standard chess board size in cm.
Chess board and piece standards.
The diameter of the piece s base should measure 40 50 of its height.
Chess boards for standard sets should have squares of approximately 2 2 1 2 inches 5 08 6 35cm.
We find that it is often easier to look at our board collection according to size as opposed to style.
Chess boards with 1 1 2 square size chess boards with a 1 3 4 square size.
For over the board otb tournament play there are different specifications to keep in mind.
Size of the square and the board.
It is recommended that the chess pieces boards and clocks used.
The standard contemporary way to record moves and refer to the squares of the chessboard is algebraic chess notation the files are identified by the letters a to h from left to right from the white player s point of view and the ranks by the numbers 1 to 8 with 1 being closest to the white player each square on the board is identified by a unique coordinate pairing from a1 to h8.
The united states chess federation uscf states that square size should be anywhere from 2 inches to 2 5 inches while the king s height should be 3 375 inches to 4 5 inches.
These boards are small and best used for either smaller traditional pieces or the range of 3 tall theme chess sets.
These dimensions may differ up to 10 from the.
The standard uscf tournament set has 2 25 inch squares and a king s height of 3 75 inches.
9 5 cm queen 8 5 cm bishop 7 cm knight 6 cm rook 5 5 cm and pawn 5 cm.