Chess board and piece standards.
Standard chess board size.
Chess boards for standard sets should have squares of approximately 2 2 1 2 inches 5 08 6 35cm.
The size of the pieces is based on the ratio of the base of.
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.
The king and queen for example should be subject to easy placement on a square without touching any edge.
We find that it is often easier to look at our board collection according to size as opposed to style.
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 best suited for a 3 3 4 to 4 1 4 king depending how spread out you want your chess pieces to be.
The chess pieces should fit comfortably on the chess board being neither too crowded nor too isolated on the squares.
The standard uscf tournament set has 2 25 inch squares and a king s height of 3 75 inches.
These boards are small and best used for either smaller traditional pieces or the range of 3 tall theme chess sets.
This category includes our chess boards with a 2 1 4 square which is the official tournament size.
Modest chess board measurements allow these boards to fit most anywhere from an end or coffee table to desk or display shelf.
The standard size of a chess board in about 1 foot by 1 foot.