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Laurentiu-Cristofor
hermanjohnell wrote:
Laurentiu-Cristofor wrote:
jsonvr wrote:
AwesomeAtti wrote:
jsonvr wrote:

You mean for the rows/columns? I think I choose capital letters because most board I saw online had capital letters.

Correct. The proper notation is 1.e4, not 1.E4. Some boards may use uppercase, probably for legibility. Some people probably don't care or the manufacturer doesn't know. I see alot of marketing photos with dark square in the bottom right too so I assume manufacturer doesn't know (not a CAD error like yours ) I think the boards are very fun and the storage is a great idea.

Ok good to know, I'll keep it in mind for future projects

Game notation uses lowercase letters, but board notation tends to use capital letters, as can also be seen in the images of the two Polish boards shared between our posts. The electronic boards made by Millenium also use uppercase letters on each square. So there is nothing particularly troubling about using uppercase letters on a board.

Here is a nice set with lower case letters.

I know there are such sets too. It's just that I came across more sets that use uppercase letters - just look on this page: it includes 4 sets (I'm not counting the 2 homemade ones) with uppercase letters and they weren't even posted for this reason. That's why I said that "board notation tends to use capital letters". I personally own at least 4 sets with uppercase letters, probably more.

jsonvr
Laurentiu-Cristofor wrote:
hermanjohnell wrote:
Laurentiu-Cristofor wrote:
jsonvr wrote:
AwesomeAtti wrote:
jsonvr wrote:

You mean for the rows/columns? I think I choose capital letters because most board I saw online had capital letters.

Correct. The proper notation is 1.e4, not 1.E4. Some boards may use uppercase, probably for legibility. Some people probably don't care or the manufacturer doesn't know. I see alot of marketing photos with dark square in the bottom right too so I assume manufacturer doesn't know (not a CAD error like yours ) I think the boards are very fun and the storage is a great idea.

Ok good to know, I'll keep it in mind for future projects

Game notation uses lowercase letters, but board notation tends to use capital letters, as can also be seen in the images of the two Polish boards shared between our posts. The electronic boards made by Millenium also use uppercase letters on each square. So there is nothing particularly troubling about using uppercase letters on a board.

Here is a nice set with lower case letters.

I know there are such sets too. It's just that I came across more sets that use uppercase letters - just look on this page: it includes 4 sets (I'm not counting the 2 homemade ones) with uppercase letters and they weren't even posted for this reason. That's why I said that "board notation tends to use capital letters". I personally own at least 4 sets with uppercase letters, probably more.

Let's leave at a point of preference. 
On one side of the manufacture and on the other side the buyer.
But if anyone ever wants a board of mine in lower case, you can just contact me for it grin.png It's not a big change to do.

ookiiman
Impressive sets, buddies. Really appreciated, I can’t help looking back at each again and again! ❤️❤️❤️
magictwanger

Just ordered Chess USA's 8 1/2 magnetic travel set. Very classy set, with a nice case and overall aesthetics. The Rosewood board looks surprisingly fine. I've been trying to upgrade my old one and wanted something of higher quality. This seems to fit the bill.

Just sayin'.

WandelKoningin

I decided to get myself a small non-folding magnetic chess set to use in the sauna when I study theory. 🤭

Yesterday I ordered this '80s Soviet set with a nice bordeaux color and pretty cool knights. Unfortunately the royals don’t feature opposite-colored finials, but I will probably paint them.

I also got my wife a small plastic coffee house set for Christmas. She asked me if I could turn it into a magnetic set, so I’m currently in the process of adding a bit of weight with tungsten grain and magnets embedded in epoxy. That way it can be used both on a magnetic board and a regular board.