{"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","url":"https:\/\/canariancanary.com\/products\/compact-mount-ararat-folding-chess-set","provider":"CanarianCanary","version":"1.0","type":"link"}