- WE Games Tournament Roll Up Chess Board - Vinyl with Green Squares

I love this board, just what I needed. I play chess most weekends, pick a fast food restaurant, and play for hours! This roll up board is perfect, not weighty, easy to carry, looks great, awesome!

My old one got all curled up and I had to throw it away. But this one is like it never left.

After a lot of research I ordered three different roll-up boards from three different companies. All three are good boards but I like this one the best. It lays out flat without too much memory and it just feels well made. The notation around the edges is a bit large, but other than that I think it is one of the best available.

It is good and durable and everything but the font is not a Futura-Book like font as seen on the top view picture but rather a more boxy font like the 8 seen in the roll up picture. It would be nice that they would mention it. Remember that it is big or large.

After 25 years my old roll-up vinyl chessboard needed to be replaced. So I ordered this green one to replace it. I assumed it would be impossible to lower the quality of a vinyl chessboard. Well I am proved wrong. Someone has managed to do that. The board sticks to itself when we unroll it to play. Secondly, the mat feels thinner than my old board. Finally, call me fussy, I preferred my old boards lettering over this one. I have now had this board for over a month and I have lowered my rating to one-star. The reason is that the board still sticks to itself when rolled up, the green paint has now rubbed off on the white squares. Finally, dust and anything else floating in the air sticks to the board, making playing with this board unappealing.

...These 'boards' are easy to roll up, yet lay flat, and I've been purchasing them (and have given many away to chess clubs) since the 1980s when I got into tournament chess. The AN on the borders is handy, plenty of room for even the larger tournament sets, white/dark squares show good contrast, minimal if any glare in most lighting setups, and fits nicely in chess set tote bags.

There are better chess mats out there but they are pricey. This one is really good for everyday chess practice and tournaments and it's inexpensive. It took a while to arrive but no other issues. Make sure you air it out for a few days to get rid of the "paint" smell.

The green is fine, but the white squares are a greenish gray color instead of a beige white. It muddles the contrast. The board size is perfect, but it’s just plain ugly. Not recommended.