About this Product
Our beautiful handcrafted wooden chess board is made in Missouri using quality solid hardwoods and precision craftsmanship. Expertly carved wooden chess pieces complete this heirloom quality showcase set. The handmade board features dark squares of solid walnut and light squares of solid maple, with a border of solid walnut. The beautiful calligraphy style carving with graceful lines and a queen's crown motif design makes for a truly distinctive chess board that you'll enjoy using and be proud to display.
➤ PIECES: Set includes solid wooden chessmen made by craftsmen in India, the global leader in quality wooden chess pieces. Pieces come in a cotton drawstring bag. Choose standard or premium.
Standard: This is a quality Staunton-style wooden chess set with 3.25" king (king's base is 1.25"). Light pieces are boxwood, dark pieces are sheesham wood. Pieces are weighted with green felt on bottom. Extra queens are available, just send us a message.
Premium: In this premium Staunton-style set, the king is 3.25" tall with base of 1.5". Light pieces are boxwood, dark pieces are sheesham wood. This set features a lovely smooth finish and highly detailed carving. Double queens are included. Pieces are nicely weighted for a substantial feel in the hand and lined with green felt on the bottom.
Contact us if you'd like to order the board without pieces.
➤ NATURAL BEAUTY: Each chess board is unique due to natural variations in the color and grain of wood. This variation is part of the beauty of working with natural materials. The item you receive will vary slightly from the one pictured here, but will be just as beautiful.
➤ DIMENSIONS of BOARD:
Playing surface: 13" x 13" (1-5/8" squares)
Overall size with border: 15-1/2" square x 3/4" thick
The playing surface is backed by Baltic birch for stability that will last generations. Rubber pads on the bottom of the board protect surfaces and prevent slipping.
➤ CUSTOM ENGRAVING: We'd be happy to engrave names, dates, or a message on the back of the board. See listing photos for example. Select the "custom engraving" option and enter your request when you order. We'll send a proof for your approval before we actually engrave your board, so please watch for that message.
➤ GIFTS: We do not include price info in our packages. If you'd like to include a gift message, mark your order as a gift and select that option when you check out.
Wood is the traditional gift for the 5th anniversary. A wooden chess set makes a really special gift!
➤ RELATED PRODUCTS: additional sizes and styles of chess sets available in our shop. Also available:
- Solid wood box to store chess pieces
- Tailored cover to protect your chess board ($48); contact us to add it to your order.
We plant 5 trees for every product we sell through a partnership with Trees for the Future. To date, we've helped plant more than 53,000 trees.
Chess board made in the USA, pieces made in India
Three Trees Workshop
Meet the Maker
At Three Trees Workshop, we make wooden games that inspire creativity and connection with the world around us. We use quality solid hardwoods, locally sourced whenever possible, and eco-friendly finishes. And we offer custom engraving for a truly personal touch.
Three Trees was started by Nathan and Cynthia Epp, a husband-and-wife team based in Warrensburg, Missouri. Although we’re both from the Midwest, we met in East Africa while serving as Peace Corps Volunteers. We bring our own values into our business, creating pieces that reflect our love of the natural world, the delight of exploration, and the joy found in personal connections.
We created Three Trees Workshop in 2015 upon returning to the US from Kenya. After years of travel and transition, we were looking to stay in one place for a while. It seemed the right time to act on a long-time dream--a full time creative pursuit based on Nathan's love for woodworking and our desire to make beautiful, useful things.
