And the fuzzy edges also are not a real problem during play either. Of course in most all of our playing situations, this is not a problem and not noticeable. Anyway when the sunlight hit the Butterman board the green squares look kind of translucent, kind of shimmery. Today I was walking my Butterman board out to my car because I decided on the Chess House board and it was put in my bag with a wood set and clock. It's just that The Chess House board has a better green than even the Butterman board. The ACE board also has black notation on its newly printed boards. American Chess Equipment is the current place to get other colors and of course the wood grain print versions of these boards. Of course this is also the only color they currently offer in this type of board.Д©. In my opinion, The Chess House board is the best to get for the standard green color. I have not seen any Butterman boards for sale anywhere lately, so if you want a board like this it is either American Chess Equipment or The Chess House as your choices.ДЁ. They sell it on their website ( ) for $11.00.Д§. The Chess House board is also the least expensive of the three. And they are pretty much the same in sizing and how they handle.Д¦.

All the boards fold and squish up nicely, laying flat when ready to play. However, while playing chess on a Chess House board, I did notice the pieces slid on the board nicely. I have not had the opportunity to perform this direct comparison. Raphael and his staff say that pieces slide on their board easier than on the others. This makes it so that I must use either the Butterman or Chess House boards with my sets that have larger, 1.6' and bigger, King base diameters to look right.Д¤. Also the black border is 1/8' (.125') thick leaving the color portion of the square being 2.125' instead of 2.25' as the other boards are. Because of the black border the sets that look best on the ACE boards are black or a very dark Rosewood. The ACE boards, in color and not wood grain print, have a black border surrounding each and every square. The Chess House and Butterman boards have the squares all one solid color abutting the next square of opposite color. The ACE board is also quite distinct without any blurred lines.ДЈ. The Butterman board has square edges that are a bit blurred coming from the possible bleeding of the ink during the printing process. As you may know all these boards are digitally printed. The print on the Chess House board is very distinct. The Butterman board's green is alright but when compared to the Chess House one looks kind of faded.Дў. The ACE board has a green that actually is too bright to look at under a lot of situations. The Chess House board has the best green color to its squares than the other two. Raphael only has his board in green, as pictured above, while the others have wood prints as well as solid color prints.ДЎ. Recently I discovered that Raphael Neff of The Chess House has come up with his own version. Then we saw Shelby Lohrman and American Chess Equipment bring their boards out for sale. We have seen 3 people, or groups of people have made, and sell the new 1/16' thick mousepad board which bends and flexes like a silicone board, is built like a mousepad board, and allows the pieces to slide more easily across it than either.

Flex board view