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grimslade 
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grimslade A chess set usually means the men, at least among people who play a lot. The board is a separate proposition. I don't think you're going to find the kind of set + board dkzzz was asking about for an all-in price of $120, esp. not rotatable. You're either going to have to lower your expectations or raise your price target. That said, you can get great double-weighted plastic sets for next to nothing. A wooden board, OTOH, is going to cost you.
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eg1 I like the plastic pieces, frankly, and have used everything from roll-up "boards" to home-made wooden ones. Mind you, that's about playing, not displaying (which is pointless when you have toddlers
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Plastic, triple-weighted really are the most playable if you're doing it a lot.
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dkzzzz I received my chess pieces from Village Chess Shop in NYC.
They waited a week to ship it. I received 3 pieces with small cracks in the bases. The original cardboard box they came in looked like it was made before WWI and stored in a dusty basement.
All pieces are in playable condition, weighted (quite differently from one another) and felted.
Overall I would say this set is worth $40 bucks on a flee-market day from a one-eyed homeless guy.
Regardless of all that I am keeping it, as I intend to use it for violent chess-practice.
If you were looking for 'violent chess practice,' I don't see why you didn't just go for the standard USChess 'ultimate' plastic set. I think it retails for about 20 bucks. And why would you be looking for a nice, wooden board? Chess boards can be priced from 100 bucks up when you're talking quality wood.
BTW, the village chess shop looks and smells like it's out of WWII. But you should still get that set replaced with a better one. I bought my set in person from them, and the pieces were also in a dusty cardboard box. The pieces, themselves, however, were great.
Anyway, happy playing.
