| One of the nicest things about putting your own chess | | | | attention should be taken for wooded versus metal |
| set together is that there are no rules. After all, this is | | | | chess pieces. |
| one of points in matching a set of chess pieces to the | | | | Wood chess pieces provide the easiest rules with |
| chess board by yourself, instead of looking for a chess | | | | them. Rosewood chess pieces work best with the |
| set that has already been put together for yourself. | | | | rosewood and dark rosewood chess boards. Black |
| Still, there is a set of guidelines that can be followed to | | | | and ebony chess pieces match best with the like |
| make this process fast and easy for you. | | | | colored chess boards. Sheesham (a light brown wood) |
| Match the size of the King to the board square: | | | | is best with boards that are made from walnut, |
| The first thing that must be considered is the size of | | | | hazelnut and sheesham woods. Wood pieces match |
| the base of the King. The King is the largest chess | | | | best with boards that have a matte or satin-matte |
| pieces and will therefore have the largest base | | | | finish to them, but will also look pleasant with glossy |
| diameter. The obvious goal is to make sure that the | | | | boards. |
| square of the chess board is larger than the base | | | | Metal chess pieces match best with three different |
| diameter of the Chess Pieces. It is fine to leave it at | | | | chess boards. The brass and metal of chess pieces |
| that. For those who want better refinement, the rule of | | | | match very well with the brass pressed boards, both |
| thumb is to have a chess board square be 33% larger | | | | traditional brass as well as colored variant; such as |
| than the base diameter of the King. So, if your King | | | | blue and red. Also, these pieces will match well with |
| has a diameter of 1.5 inches, then you should aim for a | | | | wood boards that have a glossy finish added to them, |
| chess board with 2.0 inch squares (1.5 inches x 1.33 = | | | | especially board made from grey briarwood. Finally, |
| 2.0). Of course you can select 1.75 inches and it will | | | | metal chess pieces are nicely complimented by chess |
| look great, but you probably don't want to go too much | | | | boards that are made from pressed leather. |
| larger. | | | | While there are no definite rules that apply to a |
| Matching the colors of the pieces to the board: | | | | personal chess set, there are the guidelines for those |
| The second thing that you want to be aware of is | | | | who need the help to match a chess board the chess |
| what material makes the chess pieces. Special | | | | pieces that you have already selected for your life. |