Yellow Mountain Imports Medium 2-in-1 Travel Magnetic Chess & Checkers Board Game Set - 31.8 centimeter - Portable, Folding & Travel Perfect

Great board. Very handy for traveling and looks cute and is as described.

This board isn't too small and is ideal for living room games. The pieces are magnetic which helps if the board gets jogged and gives the impression of weight to the pieces, which are nicely shaped and aren't too small for larger hands to play. The board is a slightly metallic effect black/silver which has a nice subtle look to it. It comes with Draughts pieces too, but I probably won't use those and the instructions only cover the basic moves of Chess pieces. Great value for money and arrived in very good time from this seller.

Good quality but I had glue one magnet came out from the piece. Still worth the price for a travel game!

Such a compact board and wafer thin. Perfect for long journeys and flights. Possible to close mid game without pieces moving. I would have liked extra pieces for promotions and there does not seem to be the option of purchasing them separately. Minor detail!

good quality

This is a nice set, reasonably well made, but could have more detail in the casting. The board is quite large and isn't that secure when closed with the pieces inside, some sort of clasp is needed to keep the box closed & it would be nice if the pieces came with drawstring bags & not just the throw away ones. The pieces would be better with stronger magnets on them, also there are no magnets on the draft pieces. For the price paid, it comes across as a tad expensive. I bought this set for someone just learning and for that purpose it is fine as a 1st set, luxury it's not. Neither is it really a set for everyday travelling as it is almost full size. Great for taking it say, from one place to another for a game occasionally or just packing everything away tidily.I don't usually give 5* as this means the item reviewed is perfect, so 3* is quite good, it probably would have been a 4 if the price was lower. So all in all, I'm fairly pleased.

The media could not be loaded. Bought for my 5 year old daughter to play chess on when going on a flight. The magnetic pieces are perfect for playing a game out and about and the board clips shut allowing you to throw it in a bag and not worry all the pieces will come loose.It’s a good size for adults as a travel board and perfect for children. She is wanting to take it everywhere with her now, I think the design and magnetic feature really adds a sense of interest for her which is an unexpected bonus.Overall mission accomplished in inspiring the game of chess in the next generation ;)

There are unnecessary problems with this set. In the first place, it isn’t obvious which pieces should be treated as white (white symbols against black background or vice versa?) and which should be treated as black. Of course, the players can agree which is which, but why design pieces where confusion is possible? Secondly, there is nowhere to stow pieces that have been taken. The blindingly obvious place is the tray at each end of the board, but it is (a) fractionally too narrow to accommodate the pieces and (b) is not magnetic. This makes it awkward to adjourn a game part-way through without either risking the loss of pieces already removed from the board or inadvertently altering the adjourned position. Finally, there are no additional Queens. None of these by themselves are serious flaws but taken together they mean that in this reviewer’s opinion the set is not worth buying.