DGT board arrives -- serious disappointment

[sje]

3. The white pieces match the black pieces in all but color.

Hm. Don't the same pieces of the same color match each other..?

http://home.arcor.de/mars-chess/Exclusi ... pawns.html

Hand Made Regards,
Martin :wink:

Fortunately, the DGT Ebony set I've received has near perfect color for each side. Having uniformly colored black pieces is perhaps the best reason for paying extra for an ebony set as sets with black pieces made from stained wood often seem to have some noticeable color variances.

Color variances with unstained white pieces may also occur. In less expensive wood sets, there often seems to be that one white pawn which came from a different black of wood, or maybe a different tree. Wooden sets from China seem to be particularly afflicted.

Yet inexpensive doesn't necessarily mean cheap. I have a very attractive wooden folding set handmade in Poland with near perfect pieces and which cost only US$80. Although the pieces aren't weighted, they do have magnets which keep the pieces stuck on the board quite well.

[sje]

With everything now delivered, tested, and fully operational, this is my last post in this tread.

Further telling of the tale is here: http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=63772

[ifekali]

I just know that there are quality DGT pieces somewhere. If only I could lay hands on a set.

Try this:

http://bestchessmenever.com/limited/

-Izmet