This beautiful castle-themed wooden chess set has a folding chess board made from mahogany/sycamore and fully hand-crafted and slightly weighted pieces made from lime wood and have a green felt bottom All of the pieces are from natural wood, making this set the purchase of a lifetime. Chessboard is hand-decorated with a technique called INTARSIA – which is an old form of wood inlaying, the start of that technique dates before the seventh century. Thanks to this method, chess has a unique appearance and smooth board surface. Secured chess piece compartments provide room inside the board to securely store each chess piece; each chess piece is individually protected in formed compartments inside the folding chess board. Decorative metal clasps keep the board securely locked after play. Look at all those details! Classic aesthetics are embodied in this complete chess set that is handcrafted from farm-grown wood; its exceptional craftsmanship makes it worthy of being put out on display The simplest and most widely used form of chess notation is the algebraic notation. The edges of the chessboard is marked with letters and numbers. This is burned into the chessboard in this chess game. Chess notation is an easy way to record your games so that you can play them back to study tactics, understand mistakes or impress your friends. Give the notation a try in your next game – you will see that there is nothing more pleasant than the eye-catching exclamation mark behind the move that wins the game. Much research has already been done into the benefits of chess for (the brain of) children. This showed, among other things, that children playing chess perform better at school when it comes to skills such as logical thinking, problem solving, math skills, spatial awareness and concentration. Beautiful as display! TOTAL WEIGHT: 4,0 kg HEIGHT OF KING: 12,0 cm COLOUR: brown CASE/BOARD DIMENSIONS: when opened: 50 x 50 x 2,5 cm when closed: 50 x 25 x 5 cm FIELD DIMENSIONS: 5 cm INSERT TRAY: no MATERIALS USED FOR CHESS PIECES: lime MATERIALS USED FOR CHESS CASE/BOARD: beech, birch, mahogany and sycamore