Carrom Magnetic Travel Chess Set Enjoy your favorite game anywhere. Magnetic pieces keep your game secure on bumpy airplane rides or on uneven surfaces. No slip, no slide.
Customer Review: a great thing, but don’t leave it in the car!
I love chess, and have been a student of the game since I was 10, collecting numerous chess books, sets, computers, etc. I should be a grandmaster by now, but how many people have the time for that. My father-in-law gave me this Drueke set as a present. Very nice. I do find the proportions of the pieces to be a bit strange, but the magnets are by far the best ones I’ve ever seen in a magnetic set. I left this in the car recently during a hot spell, and the plastic case has melted. The board itself didn’t melt, so from the outside it looks like a Salvador Dali object. I’ll probably replace it, as I feel bad about letting it melt.
Customer Review: Better than other options
I got this set to play chess with my son. Over all I like the it, but there are many little tweaks in design that could have made it great. The board is rather large to store. This isn’t a pocket chess set. Since they are all the same height it’s difficult sometimes to tell a pawn from a bishop. The pieces are close to the same size as the squares and the magnets tend to attract as you move around the board.

With all of the complaining it is still a good set and I would buy it again. But if other toy makers read this, it would not be hard make better.

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