{"title":"Folding Chess Sets","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe board folds in half around its own pieces and closes flat, which is the oldest and still the best way to keep a set together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSee also \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/travel-chess-sets\"\u003etravel sets\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/chess-and-backgammon-sets\"\u003etwo-in-one boards\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/chess-sets\"\u003eall chess sets\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"chess-ornament","title":"Wooden Travel Chess Set with Carved Ornament","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWooden Travel Chess Set with Carved Ornament\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA board that folds into its own case, with carved ornament worked around the playing field and brass clasps holding it shut. Inside, both halves are felt-lined, so the 32 pieces travel in the board rather than rattling loose in a bag. That is the difference between a set you take places and a set you mean to take places and never do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pieces are turned in beech and walnut — two real woods, light against dark, warm in the hand and heavy enough to stay put once placed. Open it out and you get a full 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm playing field; close it and it is 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm and 3 kg, which goes in a rucksack without a second thought. A wooden chess set at this size is the one that actually gets played on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with carved ornament and brass clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen board: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard material: solid beech wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiece material: beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFelt-lined interior compartments and brass hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarved ornament around the board, not a printed border\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFelt-lined compartments — the pieces store inside and arrive unmarked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReal hardwood that darkens and improves with handling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo-tone beech and walnut pieces that read clearly across the board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMade by Hand\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery board is finished by hand using traditional woodworking methods, which is why no two are exactly alike — each carries the small variations that only come from a person doing the work rather than a machine repeating it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt arrives with its own bag and needs nothing else. A good present for somebody learning, somebody travelling, or somebody who has been meaning to start playing again and needs the board to be easy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098181787968,"sku":"102884","price":309.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1705482995798.jpg?v=1788438203"},{"product_id":"ornate-hand-carved-folding-chess-set","title":"Luxury Carved Travel Chess Set with Ornament Borders","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Carved Travel Chess Set with Ornament Borders\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery border on this board is carved, and carved deep — flowing ornament and scrollwork worked all the way round rather than picked out at the corners where it is cheaper to do. Hold it at an angle and the shadows move through the pattern. Inside the frame, the playing field is inlaid plainly in maple and walnut, because a carved chess set that decorates the squares as well would be unplayable and the workshop knows it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat it hides is how practical it is. The whole thing folds into a slim case with a handle carved into the top edge, weighs 3 kg, and closes to 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm with all 32 turned pieces on a felt-lined base inside. So the most ornamental board on the shelf is also the one you can pick up on the way out of the door — which is not a combination you often get.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with an integrated carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen board: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech wood with maple and walnut inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntegrated carry handle and felt-lined base\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeep ornament carved around every border, not just the corners\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA clean inlaid playing field that stays readable during a game\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandle carved into the case itself, so there is nothing to attach or lose\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 kg and slim enough to slide into a bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the board people photograph. Give it to someone who likes beautiful things and plays properly, and you have satisfied both halves of them with one object.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098186277184,"sku":"102113","price":429.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1706001530993.jpg?v=1788438320"},{"product_id":"carved-folding-chess-set-with-carry-handle","title":"Carved Travel Chess Set with Rope Border and Handle","description":"\u003ch2\u003eCarved Travel Chess Set with Rope Border and Handle\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rope carved in wood is one of those things that looks simple and is not. The strands have to pass over and under each other at an even pitch the whole way round, and if one crossing is off the eye finds it immediately. That interlaced rope runs the full border of this chess board, with leaf detailing worked in behind it, and inside the frame the playing field is left plain in maple and walnut so nothing competes with the game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rest of it is built for use. It folds in half into a case with a handle cut into the edge, weighs 3 kg, and closes to 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm with all 32 turned pieces inside on a felt-lined base. That is the whole appeal of a carved chess set at this size: good enough to leave standing on a shelf, light enough that taking it somewhere never feels like a decision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen board: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech wood with maple and walnut inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in carry handle and felt-lined base\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn interlaced rope border carved by hand, even at every crossing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA plain inlaid playing field — all the detail is in the frame\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds into its own case with a handle cut into the edge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFelt-lined base so the pieces travel without knocking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA safe present that does not feel safe. Nobody dislikes a carved wooden board, and this one is detailed enough that the person opening it will assume you spent longer choosing than you did.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098186375488,"sku":"102304","price":289.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1703843678040.jpg?v=1788438322"},{"product_id":"classic-wooden-folding-chess-set","title":"Classic Travel Chess Set with Lattice Border and Handle","description":"\u003ch2\u003eClassic Travel Chess Set with Lattice Border and Handle\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the one that gets used. No motif, no story carved into the lid — just a clean classic board with a fine lattice cut around the border, maple and walnut inlaid squares, and a handle set into the folded edge. A wooden chess set with nothing to be careful about is a wooden chess set that comes out of the cupboard on a wet Sunday afternoon, and that is worth more than most decoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt shuts like a small case with all 32 turned pieces inside, weighs 3 kg and measures 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm folded. Open, you get a full 15.7\" \/ 40 cm playing field — proper size, not a compromise. It travels in its own bag, and the felt-lined base means the pieces arrive the way they left. That is the whole promise of a travel chess set, and this one keeps it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen board: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech wood with maple and walnut inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in carry handle and felt-lined base\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA clean classic playing face — nothing competing with the game\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFine lattice cut by hand around the border\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandle in the edge and a bag included: genuinely ready to travel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFelt-lined base so the pieces do not knock about in transit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive this to someone who plays rather than someone who collects. It is the board that ends up scuffed at one corner from years of being carried around — which is the highest compliment a chess set can be paid.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098186539328,"sku":"102884-with-handle","price":329.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1703843476420.jpg?v=1788438327"},{"product_id":"floral-carved-folding-chess-set","title":"Carved Walnut Travel Chess Set with Floral Ornament","description":"\u003ch2\u003eCarved Walnut Travel Chess Set with Floral Ornament\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDark walnut, and the borders are given over entirely to carving — flowing floral ornament cut deep enough to hold shadow, running unbroken around the playing field. Against that, the squares are inlaid in maple and walnut and left completely plain, so the decoration frames the game instead of interrupting it. It is a carved chess set that knows exactly where to stop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClosed, it is a case: the two halves fold together on themselves and a handle is cut into the edge, so you lift it the way you would lift a briefcase. That is what makes it a travel chess set rather than a display board — 3 kg, 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm folded, all 32 turned pieces inside. It goes in a car boot, on a train, into somebody else's kitchen, and it comes out looking like the best object on the table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding walnut chess board with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen board: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech and walnut wood with maple inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in carry handle and felt-lined base\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeep floral ornament carved right around the border\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarm dark walnut against pale maple inlaid squares\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds into its own case with a handle cut into the edge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 kg — light enough to carry without thinking about it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe carving makes it a present rather than a purchase, and the handle means it will not spend its life on a shelf being admired. That combination is harder to find than it should be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098186604864,"sku":"100596","price":289.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1702465525861.jpg?v=1788438329"},{"product_id":"blue-epoxy-folding-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Luxury Turquoise Epoxy Chess Set with Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Turquoise Epoxy Chess Set with Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeven kilos, and only 15.7\" \/ 40 cm across. That tells you most of what you need to know: this is a small board built like a large one. The dark squares are glossy turquoise epoxy poured against pale maple, set in a shaped case with bronze hinges and a handle cut into the edge, so the whole thing closes like a briefcase and carries like one too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe army is what the weight is for. Thirty-two ornate bronze figures with sculpted crowns, each standing on a cream epoxy base that picks up the resin in the board — so the pieces and the field belong to each other instead of merely sharing a table. Set them out and this stops being a folding chess set and becomes the thing everyone in the room walks over to look at. Fold it up and it goes under an arm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with turquoise epoxy squares and bronze fittings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 ornate bronze chess pieces on cream epoxy bases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen board: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 7 kg \/ 15.4 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: beech wood, epoxy resin and bronze\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBronze hinges and built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossy turquoise epoxy squares against pale maple\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBronze pieces on cream epoxy bases, matched to the board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 kg in a 15.7\" \/ 40 cm board — nothing here feels light or hollow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCloses like a case on bronze hinges, with the army stored inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe colour makes it memorable and the weight makes it serious. Give it to someone who will be slightly embarrassed by how much they like it, and who will then leave it out permanently.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098186670400,"sku":"103726","price":1899.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1700560642924.jpg?v=1788438332"},{"product_id":"blue-epoxy-folding-chess-set-with-wooden-pieces","title":"Luxury Blue Epoxy Chess Set with Carved Borders","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Blue Epoxy Chess Set with Carved Borders\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo crafts on one board, and they should not really get along. The dark squares are royal-blue epoxy — modern, glossy, poured and polished level against pale wood. The borders around them are hand-carved: woven ornament panels with wheat and leaf scrollwork running between, the sort of cutting that has been done the same way for a very long time. Resin next to relief carving. It works because neither one is pretending to be the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rest is honest equipment. A 15.7\" \/ 40 cm playing field, bronze coordinate markers set into the frame, cut-out grips at the top and bottom edges so you can lift it from either end, and 32 turned pieces in beech and walnut. It folds to half its width with everything inside. A travel chess set that looks like this is not really about travelling — it is about being able to bring it, which people rarely can with a board they actually like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with blue epoxy squares and bronze coordinate markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen board: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 4 kg \/ 8.8 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: beech wood with blue epoxy resin inlay and walnut pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCut-out carry grips at both ends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoyal-blue epoxy squares polished flush with the wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-carved woven ornament and wheat scrollwork on the wide borders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBronze coordinate markers set into the frame\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarry grips at both ends and a fold to 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost chess sets are either traditional or contemporary and the buyer has to guess which the recipient prefers. This one solves that — old carving, new colour, and nobody has to compromise.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098186735936,"sku":"103697","price":759.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1697542222564.jpg?v=1788438333"},{"product_id":"mount-ararat-carved-folding-chess-set","title":"Luxury Armenian Walnut Chess Set with Mount Ararat and Leaf Carving","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Armenian Walnut Chess Set with Mount Ararat and Leaf Carving\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the grand one of the Ararat boards. Warm walnut, a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field, and borders carved with leaves and scrollwork that run corner to corner rather than stopping politely at the edges. Above the handle, twin-peaked Mount Ararat is inlaid into the wood — small, exact, and the first thing any Armenian in the room will point at.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt this size the game changes a little. The squares are wide enough that the pieces stand clear of each other, so a crowded middlegame stays readable and nobody knocks a rook over reaching across. It is still a folding chess set: it closes to 23.6 x 11.8\" \/ 60 x 30 cm with all 32 turned pieces inside and lifts by the handle. A carved chess set this big usually means a permanent installation. This one you can still put away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding walnut chess board with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen board: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 23.6 x 11.8\" \/ 60 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech and walnut wood with maple inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-carved leaf and scrollwork borders running the full width\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMount Ararat inlaid in wood above the handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull 23.6\" \/ 60 cm field — the size players ask for and rarely get in a folding board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds to half its width with the pieces stored inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMount Ararat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNoah's mountain, the emblem of Armenia, and — since the border was drawn in 1921 — just out of reach on the other side of it. Every clear morning in Yerevan it is there on the skyline, and every Armenian craftsman has carved it at some point. It is not a landscape. It is a way of saying we are still here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBig, warm, and unmistakably from somewhere. This is the board for the head of a family — the one that ends up in the front room and gets used every time the grandchildren visit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098186801472,"sku":"103391","price":569.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1687259353809.jpg?v=1788438335"},{"product_id":"green-epoxy-folding-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Luxury Green Epoxy Chess Set with Bronze Warriors","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Green Epoxy Chess Set with Bronze Warriors\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeep marbled green, poured into the dark squares and polished flat against pale wood — not a stain, not paint, but resin with real depth in it, so the colour shifts as you move round the table. Bronze coordinate markers frame the field and bronze hinges take the fold. On its own the board would be enough. Then you set out the army.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThirty-two bronze figures, warriors and knights, each standing on a gilded base. They are sculpted rather than turned, so every rank has its own posture, and they are heavy in a way that changes how you play — you place a piece rather than slide it. On green they look like something excavated. This is a luxury chess set built around one idea: that the pieces should be worth picking up even when it is not your turn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with green epoxy squares and bronze fittings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 ornate bronze warrior chess pieces on gilded bases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen board: 19.6 x 19.6\" \/ 50 x 50 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 19.6 x 9.8\" \/ 50 x 25 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 6 kg \/ 13.2 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: beech wood, epoxy resin and bronze\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBronze coordinate markers and built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarbled green epoxy squares — no two boards come out the same\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA full cast bronze army of warriors and knights on gilded bases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull 19.6\" \/ 50 cm playing field with bronze coordinate markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds with the pieces stored inside and carries by its own handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreen and bronze is an unusual pairing and it lands better than it sounds — warm metal against a cool field. Give this to someone who has stopped expecting to be surprised by a chess set.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098186867008,"sku":"103584","price":1899.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1680174985358.jpg?v=1788438337"},{"product_id":"grand-carved-folding-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Luxury Chess Backgammon Set with Relief Ornament and Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Chess Backgammon Set with Relief Ornament and Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClosed, this board is a carving before it is anything else. The whole outer panel is cut in deep relief — a large ornament at the centre with scrollwork unwinding around it and a beaded edge running the rim — deep enough that the shadows shift as you walk past it. Most boards are decorated on the border. This one is carved across the face, which is a different order of work entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpen it and the object changes twice over. A full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field in maple and walnut appears, framed by a hand-carved border, and inside that a backgammon layout with its points cut into the wood. So it is a chess backgammon set in the truest sense: three things in one hinged case, none of them an afterthought. The army is bronze and wood together, 32 ornate pieces with sculpted crowns on pale bases, framed by bronze coordinate markers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 8 kg it has the weight you would expect and, unexpectedly, a handle cut into the folded edge — so the grandest board in the room still closes to 23.6 x 11.8\" \/ 60 x 30 cm and goes back in its bag when the night ends. That combination, showpiece carving and honest working design, is rarer than either on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess and backgammon board with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 ornate bronze-and-wood chess pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen board: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 23.6 x 11.8\" \/ 60 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 8 kg \/ 17.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech and walnut wood with bronze pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBronze coordinate markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeep-relief ornament carved across the entire outer face, not just the border\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChess outside, a carved backgammon layout within\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 bronze-and-wood pieces with sculpted crowns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8 kg of board that still folds and carries by its own handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the board you give when the gift is meant to be remembered as an event. Closed on a side table it is sculpture; opened it is two games and an evening. Very few objects earn their place in a room twice over like that.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098186932544,"sku":"103302","price":3299.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1681390555737.jpg?v=1788438339"},{"product_id":"bronze-star-carved-chess-set-with-metal-pieces","title":"Luxury Carved Chess Set with Brass Stars and Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Carved Chess Set with Brass Stars and Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour brass stars, one at each corner, eight points apiece, set flush into the wood so they sit level with the carving around them. That is what you see first — metal catching light where you do not expect it on a wooden chess set. The borders between them are cut in a fine lattice, wide and deep, and the whole board runs a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm with bronze coordinate markers set into the frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe army matches it: 32 ornate bronze figures on pale bases, heavy enough that you feel each move land. At 8 kg this carved chess set does not get carried absent-mindedly — but it does have a handle cut into the folded edge, and it does close to half its width, which is more than most boards of this weight will do for you. Set it up once and you will understand why it is built the way it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarved chess board with four inlaid brass stars and a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 ornate bronze chess pieces on pale bases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen board: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 23.6 x 11.8\" \/ 60 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 8 kg \/ 17.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech and walnut wood with bronze pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBronze coordinate markers and brass star inlays\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour eight-pointed brass stars inlaid flush into the corners\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeep lattice carving across the full width of the borders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA complete cast bronze army with real weight in the hand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull 23.6\" \/ 60 cm field, and it still folds and carries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMetal in the board and metal on the board — this is the set for someone who likes objects to feel substantial. It will not get put in a cupboard, because there is nowhere in a house it would not look deliberate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098186998080,"sku":"0026","price":1789.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1680004786330.jpg?v=1788438341"},{"product_id":"classic-folding-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Luxury Classic Walnut Chess Set with Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Classic Walnut Chess Set with Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe board keeps quiet on purpose. Solid walnut, maple and walnut inlaid squares, a clean face with nothing carved into it — because everything this set has to say is standing on top. Thirty-two ornate figural bronze pieces, one army gilded gold and one blackened, each one sculpted rather than turned, so a bishop actually looks like a bishop and a knight has a face.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet them up on a plain field and the contrast does the rest. Gold against black on pale wood reads from across a room, and up close you get the detail — folds, crowns, small worked surfaces you only find by picking one up. It is 15.7\" \/ 40 cm open, folds to half that with the bronze packed inside, and lifts by a built-in handle. A luxury chess set that behaves like a travel chess set is a rare thing; this one manages both without apologising for either.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding walnut chess board with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 ornate bronze chess pieces, one army gold and one black\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen board: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with maple inlay and bronze pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo finishes of real metal — gilded gold and blackened — rather than painted wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA clean classic walnut field that lets the pieces be the whole show\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFigural pieces with sculpted detail on every rank\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds, stores the army inside and carries by its own handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf somebody already plays on a perfectly good wooden set, this is the upgrade that changes the experience rather than repeating it. The board they know, an army they will keep picking up.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187063616,"sku":"102875","price":819.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1676034431349.jpg?v=1788438344"},{"product_id":"large-basket-weave-carved-folding-chess-set","title":"Luxury Carved Chess Set with Woven Ornament","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Carved Chess Set with Woven Ornament\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRun your thumb across the border of this one and you will feel why it exists. The panels are carved as woven ornament — strands passing over and under each other, cut deep enough that the shadows do the work — with floral scrollwork running between them. It is slow, careful cutting: every crossing has to line up or the eye catches it instantly, and on a board this size there are a great many crossings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnder the carving it is a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field in maple and walnut, and inside, when it closes, a felt-lined interior that holds all 32 turned pieces without letting them knock together. It folds on metal clasps to half its width and lifts by a built-in handle. That is the pleasure of this carved chess set: it looks like something that ought to stay on a stand, and it packs down like a working board.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFelt-lined interior compartments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen board: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 23.6 x 11.8\" \/ 60 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech and walnut wood with maple inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in carry handle and metal clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeep woven ornament carved panel by panel around the border\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFelt-lined interior — the pieces travel without marking each other\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field in maple and walnut inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds on metal clasps and carries by its own handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome people notice woodwork and some do not. This is a gift for the ones who do — who will turn the board over, find the carving continues where nobody would have checked, and understand immediately what they have been given.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187129152,"sku":"102494","price":909.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1668239027891.jpg?v=1788438346"},{"product_id":"sixteen-corner-carved-folding-chess-set","title":"Luxury Sixteen-Sided Chess Set with Lattice Carving","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Sixteen-Sided Chess Set with Lattice Carving\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSixteen sides. Every corner cut away and cut away again, until the board stops being a square and becomes something closer to a polished disc with edges. It takes a great deal more work than a straight cut and it changes the whole feel of the object — people reach out and run a hand round the rim before they look at the squares. Between the edge and the field, wide borders carved in a fine lattice do the rest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside all that shaping is a serious playing surface: a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm of maple and walnut inlay with 32 turned pieces to fill it. And despite the size and the silhouette, this carved chess set folds in half on its hinge and lifts by a built-in handle, closing to 23.6 x 11.8\" \/ 60 x 30 cm with everything stored inside. 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They do not need another square board — they need the one that makes visitors stop mid-sentence and ask what it is.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187161920,"sku":"101764","price":909.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/4068.jpg?v=1788438348"},{"product_id":"classic-walnut-folding-chess-set","title":"Classic Walnut Travel Chess Set with Handle","description":"\u003ch2\u003eClassic Walnut Travel Chess Set with Handle\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNothing on this board is trying to impress you, and that is why it works. Solid walnut, a plain classic face, a fine lattice cut around the border, and a handle built into the folded edge. That is the whole design. 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At 3 kg you can lift it off a shelf with one hand and be out of the door, which is the entire argument for a travel chess set with a handle: the board you actually take is the board that gets played on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding walnut chess board with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen board: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with maple inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolid walnut — the wood most people expect to pay a lot more for\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA clean classic playing face with nothing carved into the squares\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFine lattice cut around the border by hand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds, stores the pieces inside and lifts by its own handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the one to give a beginner, a student, a grandchild who has just learned the moves. It is real wood and a real board, it survives being carried around, and it will still be good enough in twenty years when they actually know how to play.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187194688,"sku":"100547","price":289.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3995.jpg?v=1788438350"},{"product_id":"coat-of-arms-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Luxury Twelve-Sided Armenian Chess Set with Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Twelve-Sided Armenian Chess Set with Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThirteen kilos. That is the number that tells you what this is. A twelve-sided board, 23.6\" \/ 60 cm across, borders carved end to end in a fine lattice, with the coat of arms of Armenia inlaid in metal at each end of the field. Boards like this do not get moved around a room casually — you decide where it lives and then it lives there, and everything else on the table arranges itself around it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe army matches the ambition. Thirty-two ornate bronze figures on pale bases, one side bright and one dark, with bronze coordinate markers set into the border to frame the whole field. Pick up a knight and the weight surprises you every time; put it down and it stays exactly where you put it. This is the difference between a luxury chess set and an expensive one — everything here is doing a job, not just costing money.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd underneath the show it is still a proper carved chess set built to play on. Full-size squares with room for the bronze bases, a folding hinge that takes the weight without complaint, and brass fittings that close it down to 23.6 x 11.8\" \/ 60 x 30 cm when the evening ends. Grand, but not precious about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwelve-sided folding chess board with brass fittings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 ornate bronze chess pieces on pale bases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen board: 23.6 x 23.6\" \/ 60 x 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 23.6 x 11.8\" \/ 60 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 13 kg \/ 28.7 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech and walnut wood with bronze pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBronze coordinate markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13 kg of board — nothing shifts, nothing rattles, nothing feels light\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Armenian coat of arms inlaid in metal at both ends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwelve-sided silhouette with lattice carving right across the borders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA complete cast bronze army, bright against dark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Coat of Arms\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMount Ararat and Noah's Ark on the shield, an eagle and a lion holding it up, four dynasties quartered behind them, and below — a sword, a broken chain, wheat and a feather. Power, freedom, work, writing. It is the whole argument of a country compressed into one small inlay, set here at both ends of a board where two people sit down to think.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome gifts are given once in a lifetime, and this is built for that occasion — a fiftieth, a retirement, a father who taught the whole family to play. It will still be in the house when the person who gave it is remembered fondly for having done so.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187260224,"sku":"100831","price":3159.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3848.jpg?v=1788438352"},{"product_id":"coat-of-arms-chess-set-with-wooden-pieces","title":"Luxury Twelve-Sided Armenian Chess Set with Coat of Arms","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Twelve-Sided Armenian Chess Set with Coat of Arms\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwelve sides, not four. The corners of this board are cut away at angles so the whole silhouette changes, and the wide borders left behind are carved in a fine lattice with the coat of arms of Armenia inlaid at each end. It is the kind of Armenian chess set that gets picked up and turned round before anyone thinks about playing on it — and once you have seen the shape, an ordinary square board looks like it gave up early.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe army is all wood: 32 pieces turned in walnut and oak, dark against pale, so the two sides read instantly without anything shiny competing with the carving. The playing field runs a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm and the whole handmade chess set folds to half that width with the pieces packed inside. 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Underneath sit a sword, a broken chain, a sheaf of wheat and a feather. It is a lot of meaning for one small inlay, and every Armenian who sees it reads the whole thing without stopping to think.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a family that plays and a family that remembers where it comes from — both at once, on the same table. This is a gift that stays in a house for a long time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187325760,"sku":"100831-WOOD","price":1039.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3842.jpg?v=1788438354"},{"product_id":"russian-coat-of-arms-chess-set","title":"Luxury Twelve-Sided Russian Chess Set with Wooden Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Twelve-Sided Russian Chess Set with Wooden Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA square board is the default, and this one is not it. Twelve sides, cut so the corners fall away at angles, with wide borders carved in a fine lattice and the double-headed eagle of Russia inlaid at each end of the field. Set on a table it looks less like equipment and more like something that was made for the room — which is the point of a carved chess set at this size.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pieces are wood: 32 of them, turned in beech and walnut, warm and quiet against all that carving. That is a deliberate balance. The board is doing plenty already, so the army stays classic and lets you actually see the position. 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It has outlived every regime that used it. On a board where the whole skill is seeing both sides of a position at the same time, it is a better fit than most emblems ever manage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor someone who plays properly and would rather have wooden pieces than metal ones — this gives them the striking board without changing anything about how the game feels in the hand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187358528,"sku":"100754","price":1039.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3792.jpg?v=1788438356"},{"product_id":"russian-coat-of-arms-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Luxury Twelve-Sided Russian Chess Set with Coat of Arms","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Twelve-Sided Russian Chess Set with Coat of Arms\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first thing you notice is the shape. This board is not a square — it is cut with twelve sides, so the corners come off at angles and the whole thing reads as an object rather than a playing surface. The wide borders are carved in a fine lattice, and at each end the double-headed eagle of Russia is inlaid into the wood. It is a carved chess set that announces itself before a single piece is placed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe army is bronze, thirty-two ornate figures standing on pale bases, one side left bright and one darkened, framed by bronze coordinate markers along the field. At 9 kg this luxury chess set is genuinely heavy — pieces land with a sound, the board does not shift when somebody leans on the table, and nothing about it feels like an ornament that happens to have squares on it. 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Nobody receives this and puts it in a cupboard.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187424064,"sku":"100754-BRONZE","price":2159.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/3785.jpg?v=1788438358"},{"product_id":"coat-of-arms-chess-and-backgammon-set","title":"Luxury Russian Chess Backgammon Set with Double-Headed Eagle","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Russian Chess Backgammon Set with Double-Headed Eagle\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClosed, it is a chess board — and a big one, a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm across in walnut, carved end to end in a tight lattice with the double-headed eagle inlaid at its centre. The pieces that stand on it are faceted rather than turned, cut into flat planes so they catch light down their edges. 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It is the wooden chess set you leave out, not the one you put away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd it still folds. That is the trick of it — a board this wide closing in half, holding all 32 turned pieces inside, and lifting by a built-in handle cut into the edge. 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Armenians put it on everything they make for exactly that reason. It is the country's own idea of itself, and on a board where two people sit down for an hour it quietly presides over the whole game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA full-size board with the mountain on it is a serious gift, and it reads that way. For a father, a grandfather, a house that has just been moved into — this is the one you give when you want it to stay in the family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187620672,"sku":"102159","price":339.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/2406.jpg?v=1788438364"},{"product_id":"carved-folding-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Luxury Walnut Chess Set with Gilded Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Chess Set with Gilded Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pieces are the reason for this one. Thirty-two ornate bronze figures, cast and finished two ways — one army left bright and gilded, the other darkened — so the two sides are told apart by the metal itself rather than by paint. Pick a king up and the weight tells you immediately that nothing here is hollow. On a walnut board with hand-carved corners and maple inlay under them, they look like something out of a much older room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat makes it unusual is that a luxury chess set this heavy still folds. It closes to 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm with the bronze stored inside and lifts by a built-in handle, so 5 kg of board and army travels in one trip. Most sets this good never leave the house they were given to. This one can go to the game instead of waiting for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding walnut chess board with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 ornate bronze chess pieces, one army gilded and one darkened\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen board: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid walnut wood with maple inlay and bronze pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo finishes of real bronze — gilded and dark — instead of painted sides\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-carved corners on a solid walnut board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaple and walnut inlaid playing squares\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds, stores the army inside and carries by its own handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand somebody a bronze piece from this set and watch what happens — they will turn it over, look at the detail, and put it down more carefully than they picked it up. That reaction is the gift.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187686208,"sku":"103201","price":819.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/2210.jpg?v=1788438366"},{"product_id":"carved-chess-and-backgammon-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Luxury Walnut Chess Backgammon Set with Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Chess Backgammon Set with Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClosed, this is a chess board and nothing else — walnut, deeply carved right around the border, with an ornate bronze army standing on it and bronze coordinate markers along the edges. The carving is not shallow decoration either; you can feel the depth of it with a fingertip. It is the kind of chess backgammon set that people assume is only a chess set until you show them otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen you unclip it and open it out, and the inside is a backgammon field with its own checkers and dice waiting. Two games, one object, 15.7\" \/ 40 cm across, folding back down to half that and lifting by a built-in handle. If your family plays both — and in this part of the world most families do — this saves you owning two boards and losing the pieces to both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess and backgammon board with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 ornate bronze chess pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e30 wooden checkers and a pair of dice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen board: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech and walnut wood with bronze pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo games in one board — chess on the outside, backgammon within\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeep hand-carved scrollwork right around the walnut border\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA full ornate bronze chess army with real cast weight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds and carries by its own handle, with everything stored inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuy this for a household rather than a person. Somebody there prefers chess, somebody else prefers backgammon, and this ends the argument by putting both on the same table.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187751744,"sku":"102759","price":1119.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/2195.jpg?v=1788438368"},{"product_id":"classic-chess-set-with-scalloped-frame","title":"Luxury Classic Chess Set with Scalloped Frame","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Classic Chess Set with Scalloped Frame\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome boards are trying to be noticed. This one is trying to be right. The walnut frame is cut with a soft scallop along each edge and given a finely textured surface, and then it stops — no carving competing with the game, no pattern pulling your eye off the squares. What you get is a wooden chess set that looks quietly expensive from across the room and completely uncluttered when you sit down at it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the size serious players actually want: a full 19.6\" \/ 50 cm of maple and walnut inlay, so the pieces have room and nothing feels cramped in the endgame. And it folds in half and lifts by a built-in handle, which is unusual at this size — most 50 cm boards stay wherever you first put them. This handmade chess set closes with the 32 pieces inside and goes wherever the game is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen board: 19.6 x 19.6\" \/ 50 x 50 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 19.6 x 9.8\" \/ 50 x 25 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 4 kg \/ 8.8 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech and walnut wood with maple inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA clean playing field — nothing carved into the squares to distract from the game\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScalloped, hand-textured walnut frame\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull 19.6\" \/ 50 cm playing size, the one most players ask for\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds and carries by its own handle, with the pieces stored inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the safe answer when you do not know someone's taste but you know they play. It suits a beginner and it does not embarrass a good player, and there is nothing on it anybody could dislike.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187817280,"sku":"103228","price":419.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/2206.jpg?v=1788438370"},{"product_id":"compact-mount-ararat-folding-chess-set","title":"Armenian Walnut Chess Set with Mount Ararat and Carved Corners","description":"\u003ch2\u003eArmenian Walnut Chess Set with Mount Ararat and Carved Corners\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the restrained one. Where other boards cover every inch, this walnut chess set keeps its carving to the four corners and gives the rest of the wood room to breathe — and then puts twin-peaked Mount Ararat, inlaid, right above the carry handle where your thumb goes when you pick it up. You end up touching the mountain every time you move the board. Somebody thought about that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe playing field is inlaid maple and walnut across a full 15.7\" \/ 40 cm, with 32 turned pieces to fill it. It folds in half, closes on itself with the pieces inside and lifts by the handle, which makes it a wooden chess set that goes to other people's houses instead of sitting on a shelf at yours. Handsome enough to leave out, plain enough that nobody is afraid to play on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen board: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech and walnut wood with maple inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMount Ararat inlaid above the handle, in wood rather than print\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-carved corners — detail where it counts, clean surfaces everywhere else\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaple and walnut inlaid squares on a full-size 15.7\" \/ 40 cm field\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds flat, carries by the handle, stores the pieces inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMount Ararat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArarat stands on the skyline of Yerevan and just outside the border, close enough to photograph and impossible to reach. That is why it appears on so much Armenian craft — not as a view, but as a promise the country made to itself. Putting it on a chess board, where two people sit down and think for an hour, is a very Armenian idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn easy gift to get right: it is a real board with real wood, it travels, and for anyone Armenian the mountain on the front needs no explaining at all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187882816,"sku":"100548","price":269.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/2171.jpg?v=1788438373"},{"product_id":"pomegranate-and-grape-carved-folding-chess-set","title":"Luxury Armenian Walnut Chess Set with Pomegranate Harvest","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Armenian Walnut Chess Set with Pomegranate Harvest\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe carving on this one does not know when to stop, and that is exactly right. Pomegranates split open, grape clusters heavy on the vine, leaves curling between them — the whole border of this walnut chess board is a harvest, cut by hand into the wood. Above the carry handle, twin-peaked Mount Ararat rises out of the pattern. It is a carved chess set that tells you which country it came from without printing a word.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside it is a serious playing surface: 15.7\" \/ 40 cm of maple and walnut inlay, 32 turned pieces, and the whole thing folds down to half that and lifts by the handle. Most boards this decorated are display pieces you feel guilty using. This is a handmade chess set built to be carried to the table, opened, played on, and closed again with the pieces inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen board: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech and walnut wood with maple inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA full harvest carved by hand — pomegranates, grapes and vine leaves around the whole border\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMount Ararat worked into the carving above the handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaple and walnut inlaid playing squares, not printed or stained\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds and lifts by its own handle, so it actually leaves the house\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePomegranates and Grapes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pomegranate is the Armenian symbol of abundance and family — hundreds of seeds behind one skin, all of them held together. The grape belongs to the oldest winery in the world, found in a cave in Areni and running for six thousand years without a break. Carving the two of them around a board where a family sits down opposite each other is not decoration. It is a wish for the house.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA wedding, a new home, a christening — this is the board for the occasions where you want the gift to mean something as well as be used. It says plenty, family and a full table, and it plays a good game of chess.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098187981120,"sku":"102408","price":439.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/2153.jpg?v=1788438375"},{"product_id":"mount-ararat-chess-set-with-scrollwork-border","title":"Armenian Walnut Chess Set with Mount Ararat and Scrollwork","description":"\u003ch2\u003eArmenian Walnut Chess Set with Mount Ararat and Scrollwork\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery Armenian household knows this mountain. It sits on the horizon above Yerevan, snow on both peaks, and it is on the far side of a border nobody in the family crossed. Here it is inlaid into the lid of a folding walnut chess board, small and precise, with hand-carved scrollwork flowing around it — a carved chess set that carries the one image an Armenian will recognise from across a room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe board itself is honest, useful equipment. Walnut and beech, 15.7\" \/ 40 cm of playing field, 32 turned pieces, and a built-in carry handle cut into the folded edge so you can pick the whole thing up in one hand and go. That last part changes how a wooden chess set gets used. It stops being furniture and starts being something you take to your brother's house on a Sunday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with a built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen board: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: solid beech and walnut wood with maple inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMount Ararat inlaid into the lid — the image, not a printed picture of it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-carved scrollwork running the full border\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA real carry handle: one hand, no bag needed if you are only going next door\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds to 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm and still gives a full-size playing field\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMount Ararat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArarat is where the Ark came to rest, and it has been the emblem of Armenia for longer than any flag. It is also, since 1921, outside the country's borders — visible from the capital every clear day and unreachable. That is why it turns up carved, inlaid and painted on so much Armenian work: it is not scenery. It is the thing that did not move.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive this to someone in the diaspora and you are giving them two things at once — a board good enough to play serious games on, and a mountain they can keep in the living room.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098188046656,"sku":"101686","price":279.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/2069.jpg?v=1788438377"},{"product_id":"turquoise-epoxy-coat-of-arms-chess-set","title":"Luxury Armenian Chess Set with Coat of Arms and Turquoise Epoxy","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Armenian Chess Set with Coat of Arms and Turquoise Epoxy\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTurquoise is not a colour you expect on a chess board, and that is why this one stops people. The dark squares are cast in glossy turquoise epoxy against pale wood, so the contrast comes from something closer to enamel than to timber. Around the field runs a fine cross-hatch cut into the surface, and set into it, in bronze, is the coat of arms of Armenia. It is a handmade chess set that says where it comes from before anybody asks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpen it up and the pieces are the quiet half of the story — 32 of them, turned in beech and walnut, warm and plain against all that colour. The board folds along bronze hinges to 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm and goes in its bag, which makes this an Armenian chess set you can carry to somebody's house rather than one that stays on a shelf being admired. That matters more than it sounds. A board that travels is a board that gets used.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with turquoise epoxy squares and bronze fittings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen board: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: beech wood, epoxy resin and bronze\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInlaid bronze coat of arms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFelt-lined interior\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossy turquoise epoxy squares — nothing else in the range looks like it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Armenian coat of arms inlaid in bronze, not printed or stamped\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA hand-cut cross-hatch border framing the whole playing field\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds on bronze hinges and travels in its own bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Coat of Arms\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe emblem at the centre carries Mount Ararat and Noah's Ark on the shield, held up by an eagle and a lion, with the marks of four ancient Armenian dynasties quartered around it. Below sit a sword, a broken chain, a sheaf of wheat and a feather — power, freedom, work and writing, in that order. Armenians read the whole thing in about a second. Everyone else asks, which is usually how the evening starts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor anyone with Armenia in the family, this is a gift that does two jobs at once: a serious board to play on, and something of home to keep in the room. Give it to a father, a grandfather, a son who has moved away.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098188112192,"sku":"103919","price":689.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1764145293844.jpg?v=1788438379"},{"product_id":"turquoise-epoxy-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Luxury Walnut Chess Set with Turquoise Epoxy and Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Chess Set with Turquoise Epoxy and Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe board is walnut — properly dark, properly heavy — and the squares cut into it are filled with marbled turquoise epoxy. It is an unusual pairing, and that is the point. Turquoise is a bright, almost tropical colour; walnut is the most serious wood in the workshop. Put them together and the resin reads like stone set into timber rather than colour laid on top of it. Brass coordinate markers run along the edges, the way they do on a board meant to be played on properly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen there is the army. Thirty-two ornate bronze figures, every one of them standing on a white base, so the pieces separate cleanly from the squares and catch the light the way the resin does. What surprises most people is that a luxury chess set this heavy still folds: 15.7\" \/ 40 cm open, half of that closed, board and bronze together in one bag. Sets this good usually stay where they are put. This one you can take with you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding walnut chess board with turquoise epoxy squares\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 ornate bronze chess pieces on white bases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen board: 15.7 x 15.7\" \/ 40 x 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15.7 x 7.9\" \/ 40 x 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 4 kg \/ 8.8 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: walnut wood, epoxy resin and bronze\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrass coordinate markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReal walnut, not a stained lookalike — the grain runs right through the light squares\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarbled turquoise epoxy, different on every board that leaves the workshop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA full bronze army with the weight and detail of cast metal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds flat on a central hinge and travels in its own bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBronze pieces on turquoise resin is not a quiet gift. It is for the person who already has a plain wooden set and would never buy themselves a second one — which is exactly why somebody else has to.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098188177728,"sku":"103775","price":1519.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1721985126217.jpg?v=1788438381"},{"product_id":"compact-blue-epoxy-folding-chess-set","title":"Luxury Blue Epoxy Travel Chess Set with Wooden Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Blue Epoxy Travel Chess Set with Wooden Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpen this one on a hotel desk and the room changes slightly. The dark squares are cast in glossy blue epoxy against pale wood, and the colour is far stronger than anything you expect from a board this size — a proper blue, deep and clear, not a stain or a print. A stippled border cut into the edge runs the whole way round, and bronze hinges take the fold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat makes it a travel chess set worth owning is that nothing about it was cheapened for the size. The 32 pieces are turned in beech and walnut, the real woods, not plastic filling out a small box. It closes to 11.8 x 5.9\" \/ 30 x 15 cm and goes in a bag, and it comes back out looking like a wooden chess set someone chose rather than one they settled for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with blue epoxy squares and bronze hinges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen board: 11.8 x 11.8\" \/ 30 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 11.8 x 5.9\" \/ 30 x 15 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 2 kg \/ 4.4 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: beech wood, epoxy resin and bronze\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossy blue epoxy squares that keep their colour under any light\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA stippled border cut by hand around the whole playing field\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReal turned wood pieces, not the moulded set most small boards ship with\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLight at 2 kg and folded flat in seconds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive this to somebody who travels and you have solved a small recurring problem for them. It fits in hand luggage, survives being packed badly, and turns a delayed train or a quiet evening away from home into a game.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098188243264,"sku":"103757","price":419.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1708604266193.jpg?v=1788438383"},{"product_id":"brown-epoxy-chess-set-with-figural-pieces","title":"Luxury Brown Epoxy Chess Set with Figural Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Brown Epoxy Chess Set with Figural Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou will not mistake this for an ordinary folding board. The dark squares of this wooden chess set are not wood at all — they are brown epoxy, poured and polished until the marbling shows, amber where the light falls across them and almost black where it does not. Around the field runs a border of carved arches, cut by hand into pale beech, and the whole board folds shut on a bronze clasp into something you can carry in one hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen you open the bag and the pieces come out. Thirty-two of them, every one carved as a figure rather than turned on a lathe — robes, faces, small details you only notice once you have picked one up and turned it over. That is what stops this being a spare set. It is a travel chess set at 11.8\" \/ 30 cm that looks like it belongs on a desk permanently, and that is usually where it ends up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with brown epoxy squares and a bronze clasp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 figural carved wooden chess pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen board: 11.8 x 11.8\" \/ 30 x 30 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 11.8 x 5.9\" \/ 30 x 15 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: beech wood, epoxy resin and bronze\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarbled epoxy squares — the pattern in the resin is different on every board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA hand-carved arch border framing the playing field\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFigural pieces with real carved detail, not plain turned shapes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carved chess set small enough to travel, finished well enough to leave out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift Worth Giving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive someone a luxury chess set this size and you have given them something they will actually use — on a kitchen table, in a hotel room, on a long train journey. The marbled resin and the carved arches do the rest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098188374336,"sku":"103699","price":879.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1697541751181.jpg?v=1788438388"},{"product_id":"compact-green-epoxy-folding-chess-set","title":"Luxury Walnut Travel Chess Set with Green Epoxy","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Walnut Travel Chess Set with Green Epoxy\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWalnut is not what small travel boards are usually made of — it is expensive, heavy for its size and unforgiving to work, so most compact sets use something cheaper. This one does not. The board is solid walnut with its dark squares poured in glossy green epoxy resin, brass coordinate markers ringing the field, and the deep brown of the wood makes the green look considerably richer than it would on pale timber.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 11.8\" \/ 30 cm it folds to 5.9 x 11.8\" and weighs 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb, with 32 turned pieces in beech and walnut included. So what you have is a genuine travel chess set built from the wood the workshop normally saves for its best full-size work — which is the kind of small extravagance that gets noticed every single time it comes out of the bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompact folding walnut chess board with green epoxy squares and brass markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard: 30 x 30 cm \/ 11.8 x 11.8\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15 x 30 cm \/ 5.9 x 11.8\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: solid walnut with green epoxy resin and brass fittings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Stands Out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolid walnut — rare in a compact travel board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreen epoxy squares that read far richer against dark wood than pale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds to 5.9 x 11.8\" and weighs just 3 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury walnut chess set at a genuinely portable size\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift That Punches Above Its Size\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmall gifts are hard to make impressive. This one manages it by being made of the right thing rather than the big thing — and anyone who knows wood will spot it immediately.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098188439872,"sku":"103627","price":569.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1682598050840.jpg?v=1788438390"},{"product_id":"red-epoxy-folding-chess-set-with-brass-corners","title":"Luxury Red Epoxy Chess Set with Brass Corners","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Red Epoxy Chess Set with Brass Corners\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the heaviest small board the workshop makes — 7 kg \/ 15.4 lb at only 15.7\" \/ 40 cm across — and you feel it the moment you pick it up. The dark squares are poured in deep red epoxy resin against blonde wood, a fine diamond-lattice border is carved around them by hand, and ornate brass brackets finish all four corners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat weight matters more than it sounds. A heavy board does not shift when somebody leans on the table, does not slide when a piece is set down firmly, and simply feels like equipment rather than furniture. Combine it with the red resin and the carved border and you get a luxury carved chess set that is unusually solid for its size — and it still folds in half to 7.9 x 15.7\" when you are done. Complete with 32 turned pieces in beech and walnut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with red epoxy squares, carved lattice border and brass corners\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard: 40 x 40 cm \/ 15.7 x 15.7\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 20 x 40 cm \/ 7.9 x 15.7\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 7 kg \/ 15.4 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: beech and walnut with red epoxy resin and brass fittings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Stands Out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 kg \/ 15.4 lb at 15.7\" — exceptionally solid for a board this size\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeep red epoxy squares poured flush into blonde wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA hand-carved diamond-lattice border and ornate brass corners\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury carved chess set that feels like equipment, not decoration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift For Someone Who Notices Weight\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand this to a player and watch what they do first: they will lift it. Everything they need to know about how it was built is in that one movement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098188505408,"sku":"103563","price":819.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1685699798140.jpg?v=1788438393"},{"product_id":"green-epoxy-chess-set-with-grape-vine-border","title":"Luxury Green Epoxy Chess Set with Grapevine Border","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Green Epoxy Chess Set with Grapevine Border\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreen resin and grapevines is not a coincidence. The dark squares of this folding board are poured in glossy green epoxy, and around the whole 19.6\" \/ 50 cm field the carver has cut clusters of grapes and vine leaves by hand — so the colour of the squares and the subject of the border are telling the same story about abundance. In this part of the world that is not decoration; it is more or less the local religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a lavish amount of carving for a chess board, and the vine work is deep enough to catch shadow rather than being scratched into the surface. There is a built-in carry handle cut into the edge, so despite the generous size it folds to 9.8 x 19.6\" and comes with you — which suits it, because a board about plenty ought to be taken to where the food is. Complete with 32 turned pieces in beech and walnut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding chess board with green epoxy squares, carved grapevine border and a carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard: 50 x 50 cm \/ 19.6 x 19.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 25 x 50 cm \/ 9.8 x 19.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 4 kg \/ 8.8 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: beech and walnut with green epoxy resin and bronze fittings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Stands Out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-carved grape clusters and vine leaves framing the whole board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreen epoxy squares poured flush, echoing the border's subject\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds to 9.8 x 19.6\" and travels by its own built-in carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury carved chess set at a full 19.6\" \/ 50 cm playing size\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift About Abundance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVines and grapes are what you carve when you are wishing somebody a good life. Give this at a wedding or a new home and the border says it — then the board keeps them at the table for years afterwards.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098188570944,"sku":"103637","price":969.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1682597836928.jpg?v=1788438395"},{"product_id":"compact-red-epoxy-folding-chess-set","title":"Luxury Red Epoxy Travel Chess Set","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Red Epoxy Travel Chess Set\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeep red resin on blonde wood, at a size that fits in a bag. The dark squares of this compact folding board are poured in glossy red epoxy, ringed with brass coordinate markers, and finished to exactly the same standard as the workshop's full-size boards — which is the whole point of it. A travel chess set does not have to look like a compromise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt opens to 11.8\" \/ 30 cm, folds to 5.9 x 11.8\" and weighs 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb, with 32 turned pieces in beech and walnut included. Small enough to bring without thinking about it, good enough that it will end up living on a shelf rather than in a drawer — and the red means you will always know where it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompact folding chess board with red epoxy squares and brass markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard: 30 x 30 cm \/ 11.8 x 11.8\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15 x 30 cm \/ 5.9 x 11.8\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: solid beech with red epoxy resin and brass fittings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Stands Out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeep red epoxy squares poured flush into blonde wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds to 5.9 x 11.8\" and weighs just 3 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned pieces in beech and walnut included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury travel chess set finished to full-size standards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift For the Bag\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrains, holidays, waiting rooms, other people's kitchens. This is the set that turns dead time into a game, and it is handsome enough that nobody minds it being left out afterwards.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098188636480,"sku":"103627-RED","price":489.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1682597486175.jpg?v=1788438397"},{"product_id":"compact-blue-epoxy-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Luxury Blue Epoxy Chess Set with Bronze Warriors","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Blue Epoxy Chess Set with Bronze Warriors\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pieces are the reason for this one. Instead of the usual abstract shapes, this set comes with 32 figural bronze pieces cast as classical Greek warriors — and the rooks are columns, which is exactly the joke a good sculptor makes when nobody asks them to. Every piece is sculpted, weighty and individual, and the whole army stands on a compact board whose dark squares are poured in glossy blue epoxy resin, ringed with brass coordinate markers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe contrast in scale is what makes it charming. At 11.8\" \/ 30 cm, folding to 5.9 x 11.8\" and weighing 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb, this is a genuine travel chess set — and yet what comes out of the bag is a bronze army. It is a great deal of character in a very small package, and a luxury chess set that will be taken far more places than a full-size one ever would.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompact folding chess board with blue epoxy squares and brass markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 figural bronze chess pieces — Greek warriors, with columns for the rooks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard: 30 x 30 cm \/ 11.8 x 11.8\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15 x 30 cm \/ 5.9 x 11.8\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: solid beech with blue epoxy resin and bronze pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Stands Out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 sculpted bronze Greek-warrior pieces, with classical columns as the rooks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlue epoxy squares poured flush into pale wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds to 5.9 x 11.8\" — a bronze army that genuinely travels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury epoxy chess set with far more character than its size suggests\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift That Surprises\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmall box, unexpected contents. Whoever opens this will not be expecting a full set of bronze warriors to come out of something that fits in a bag — and that moment is most of the pleasure of giving it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098188767552,"sku":"103627-BLU","price":1089.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1682597218163.jpg?v=1788438401"},{"product_id":"red-epoxy-chess-set-with-celtic-knot-border","title":"Luxury Red Epoxy Chess Set with Interlace Border","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Red Epoxy Chess Set with Interlace Border\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo strong ideas meet on this board and somehow agree with each other. The dark squares are poured in deep red epoxy resin against pale wood — bold, modern, impossible to ignore — and around them runs a hand-carved interlaced border, strand over strand, all the way round the 23.6\" \/ 60 cm field. Ancient pattern, contemporary colour, one object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe interlace is the part that takes the time. Every crossing has to stay even or the eye catches it immediately, and on a border this long there are a great many crossings. It is the sort of work that does not announce itself from across a room but rewards anyone who leans in. Full playing size, brass coordinate markers, 32 turned pieces in beech and walnut — and it still folds in half to 11.8 x 23.6\" when the game is done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLarge folding chess board with red epoxy squares, carved interlace border and brass markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard: 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: beech and walnut with red epoxy resin and brass fittings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Stands Out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeep red epoxy squares poured flush into pale wood at a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA hand-carved interlaced border running the entire way round the board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery crossing cut even — the detail that only shows when you lean in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury carved chess set that folds in half despite its size\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift With Two Sides To It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBold enough to please someone with modern taste, traditional enough to please the person who thinks resin is a fad. Very few boards manage both.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098188833088,"sku":"103607","price":1039.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1680689176885.jpg?v=1788438403"},{"product_id":"large-blue-epoxy-folding-chess-set","title":"Luxury Blue Epoxy Chess Set with Fleur-de-Lis Border","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Blue Epoxy Chess Set with Fleur-de-Lis Border\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the big one. At 23.6\" \/ 60 cm across, the board gives every piece room to stand properly — the size serious players ask for and most folding sets never offer. The dark squares are poured in glossy blue epoxy resin against pale wood, brass coordinate markers ring the field, and a fleur-de-lis border is carved by hand all the way around the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat carved border is what stops it looking like a modern novelty. Blue resin on its own reads contemporary; a hand-cut fleur-de-lis running round it puts the whole thing back into a much older tradition of decorated boards. Then, despite the size, it folds in half to 11.8 x 23.6\" and goes away. A luxury carved chess set that plays like a club board and stores like a travel one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLarge folding chess board with blue epoxy squares, carved border and brass markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard: 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: beech and walnut with blue epoxy resin and brass fittings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Stands Out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing size — room for every piece to stand properly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlue epoxy squares poured flush, with brass coordinate markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA fleur-de-lis border carved by hand right around the edge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury carved chess set that still folds in half and packs away\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift For a Serious Player\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnyone who has spent years on a board too small for their pieces knows what this size is worth. Give it to them and watch how quickly the old set disappears.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098188898624,"sku":"103606","price":969.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1680689044353.jpg?v=1788438405"},{"product_id":"royal-blue-epoxy-folding-chess-set","title":"Luxury Royal Blue Epoxy Travel Chess Set","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Royal Blue Epoxy Travel Chess Set\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmall boards usually get made cheaply, on the assumption that nobody looks closely at a travel set. This one was not. The dark squares are poured in vivid royal-blue epoxy resin against pale wood and ringed with brass coordinate markers, exactly as they are on the workshop's full-size boards — the size came down, the standard did not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 11.8\" \/ 30 cm it folds to 5.9 x 11.8\" and weighs 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb, so it goes in a bag without ceremony, and it comes complete with 32 turned pieces in beech and walnut. That is the useful thing about a travel chess set that actually looks good: it stops living in a cupboard between trips and starts living on a shelf, where somebody eventually picks it up and starts a game on a Tuesday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompact folding chess board with royal-blue epoxy squares and brass markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned chess pieces in beech and walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard: 30 x 30 cm \/ 11.8 x 11.8\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 15 x 30 cm \/ 5.9 x 11.8\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 3 kg \/ 6.6 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: beech and walnut with royal-blue epoxy resin and brass fittings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Stands Out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoyal-blue epoxy squares poured flush into pale wood, with brass markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds to 5.9 x 11.8\" and weighs just 3 kg — a genuine travel chess set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 turned pieces in beech and walnut included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury epoxy chess set built to the same standard as the full-size boards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift For Someone Always Going Somewhere\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHolidays, trains, long waits, other people's houses. It packs down small enough to bring without thinking and looks good enough that the person you gave it to will leave it out at home too.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098188964160,"sku":"103605","price":539.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1680175170119.jpg?v=1788438407"},{"product_id":"gray-epoxy-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Luxury Gray Epoxy Chess Set with Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Gray Epoxy Chess Set with Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGray is the restrained choice in a range full of jewel colours, and on this board it is the interesting one. The dark squares are poured in marbled gray epoxy resin — not flat, but swirled, so each square has its own drift of pale and dark like polished slate — set into pale wood and ringed with brass coordinate markers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgainst that cool, quiet field, the 32 ornate bronze figural pieces do all the talking. Sculpted rather than turned, warm-toned and heavy in the hand, they stand out on gray in a way they simply would not on a bolder colour. It makes for a luxury chess set with a modern, understated look and no shortage of presence — 15.7\" \/ 40 cm open, folding to 7.9 x 15.7\" on a bronze clasp when the game is over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding wooden chess board with gray marbled epoxy squares and brass markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 ornate bronze figural chess pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard: 40 x 40 cm \/ 15.7 x 15.7\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 20 x 40 cm \/ 7.9 x 15.7\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 4 kg \/ 8.8 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: solid beech with gray epoxy resin and bronze pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Stands Out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarbled gray epoxy squares, each with its own drift of pale and dark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 sculpted bronze figural pieces that read strongly against the cool field\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds in half on a bronze clasp and travels at 15.7\" \/ 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury epoxy chess set for someone who wants presence without colour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift That Suits Any Room\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGray goes with everything, which makes this the safest of the bold sets — all the craft and weight of the bronze army, in a board that will not fight with the furniture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098189029696,"sku":"103588-GRY","price":1579.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1680175364829.jpg?v=1788438409"},{"product_id":"red-epoxy-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Luxury Red Epoxy Chess Set with Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Red Epoxy Chess Set with Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRed is the boldest thing you can do to a chess board, and this one commits to it completely. The dark squares are poured in vivid red epoxy resin against pale wood, ringed with brass coordinate markers, and the effect across a room is closer to a lacquer cabinet than a games board. There is no way to be quiet about a red board, so it does not try.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe army matches the ambition: 32 ornate bronze figural pieces, sculpted rather than turned, with animal-head detailing worked into them. They are heavy, they are individual, and on red squares they look like something out of a treasury. At 15.7\" \/ 40 cm the board is a proper playing size, folds to 7.9 x 15.7\" on a bronze clasp, and makes a luxury chess set that will be the most looked-at object in whatever room it lands in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding wooden chess board with red epoxy squares and brass markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 ornate bronze figural chess pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard: 40 x 40 cm \/ 15.7 x 15.7\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 20 x 40 cm \/ 7.9 x 15.7\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: solid beech with red epoxy resin and bronze pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Stands Out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVivid red epoxy squares poured flush into pale wood, with brass markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 sculpted bronze figural pieces with animal-head detailing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds in half on a bronze clasp and travels at 15.7\" \/ 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury epoxy chess set with no interest whatsoever in blending in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift With Confidence\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the player who wants their board seen. Nobody walks past this one without stopping, and nobody who plays on it forgets it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098189095232,"sku":"103588-RED","price":1679.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1680174709164.jpg?v=1788438411"},{"product_id":"turquoise-epoxy-chess-set-with-wooden-pieces","title":"Luxury Turquoise Epoxy Chess Set with Carved Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Turquoise Epoxy Chess Set with Carved Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost folding chess sets are a compromise — something you accept in exchange for portability. This one is not. The board is a full 19.6\" \/ 50 cm across, its dark squares poured in glossy turquoise epoxy resin, with a softly scalloped textured frame around them and a built-in carry handle cut into the edge. 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This is the set for the player who does not want to leave the good board at home — because with this one, they do not have to.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098189193536,"sku":"103584-BLU","price":769.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1680174358272.jpg?v=1788438415"},{"product_id":"teal-epoxy-chess-set-with-bronze-pieces","title":"Luxury Teal Epoxy Chess Set with Bronze Pieces","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLuxury Teal Epoxy Chess Set with Bronze Pieces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dark squares on this board are not wood at all. They are cast in glossy teal epoxy resin, set flush into pale beech and ringed with brass coordinate markers, so the whole surface is one clean plane with the colour doing all the contrast. It is an unusual thing to see on a chess board and it reads beautifully from across a room — far more alive than the usual dark-and-light timber.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat arrives with it is a full army of ornate bronze figural pieces, one side gilded and one blackened, each one sculpted rather than turned. They have real weight, and that matters: a piece with heft lands with a small definite sound and stays exactly where you put it. Together with the resin board it makes a luxury chess set that behaves like a serious playing set and looks like a display piece — and at 15.7\" \/ 40 cm it folds down to 7.9 x 15.7\" and travels without complaint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolding wooden chess board with teal epoxy squares and brass markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 ornate bronze figural chess pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoard: 40 x 40 cm \/ 15.7 x 15.7\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 20 x 40 cm \/ 7.9 x 15.7\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 4 kg \/ 8.8 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: solid beech with teal epoxy resin and bronze pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Armenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Stands Out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeal epoxy squares poured flush into pale beech, with brass coordinate markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 sculpted bronze figural pieces — a gilded army against a blackened one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds in half and travels at 15.7\" \/ 40 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury epoxy chess set that plays as seriously as it displays\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift For a Real Player\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChess sets are usually either handsome or good to play on. This one is both, which is rarer than it sounds — and the bronze army will be the first thing anyone comments on.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098189390144,"sku":"103524","price":959.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1677154457226.jpg?v=1788438420"}],"url":"https:\/\/canariancanary.com\/collections\/folding-chess-sets.oembed","provider":"CanarianCanary","version":"1.0","type":"link"}