Better than advertised!

I bought this as a gift for my son. He doesn’t use the board because of another portable chess game he has. However the pieces to this set are far more superior than the ones from the old portable chess game he has. In my opinion I think the chess board with this game is better than the one my son chooses to use to play chess on.

This portable chess board is awesome! Small and thin enough to easily fit in my purse, great for use at restaurants—you can always have a chessboard on hand! It’s about as big as a large cellphone, but extremely thin. Fantastic quality. Highly recommend!

This is the best portable chess I've had. Others don't secure the pieces well and you wind up losing them. This is self contained and very sturdy. Well worth the price!

This is perfect to take on trips!

Good quality

Liked the ease of keeping score.

It's really a decent board, the magnets are nice and strong, no chance of a piece moving accidentally. One problem that maybe nobody thought of: where do you put a piece when it's captured? There could be a little magnetic area on each player's side, but there isn't. Our recommendation: stack the captured piece under one of your other pieces. This can work for a little while but in the end game you're gonna have some really tall pieces. Also if a pawn gets promoted, finding the queen might be a headache. Maybe always keep a captured queen right under your king as a cheat. Only other complaints (1) the instructions are totally inadequate for actually learning the rules of chess and (2) obviously it's made in China. So other than these few gripes it's actually a nice product and I would buy it again. I wish they had a little extra magnetic space for captured pieces. That would be a lot smarter.

Basically a good chess set

The magenets seem to hang on during play. The design doesn't have a place for them to be when they're removed from play. It's very compact, less than the thickness of a checkbook. The hinge has snapped a couple times, but we could put it back with a little finesse. We did lose a piece in the car, and after trying everything we emailed the company. They spoke like they were offering to replace a piece. If they did not though, it's pretty easy to make a proxy for the piece lost with magnet material.