The standard contemporary way to record moves and refer to the squares of the chessboard is algebraic chess notation the files are identified by the letters a to h from left to right from the white player s point of view and the ranks by the numbers 1 to 8 with 1 being closest to the white player each square on the board is identified by a unique coordinate pairing from a1 to h8.
Standard chess board size in cm.
Chess boards with 1 1 2 square size chess boards with a 1 3 4 square size.
Size of the square and the board.
The diameter of the piece s base should measure 40 50 of its height.
It is recommended that the chess pieces boards and clocks used.
Chess boards for standard sets should have squares of approximately 2 2 1 2 inches 5 08 6 35cm.
These dimensions may differ up to 10 from the.
The united states chess federation uscf states that square size should be anywhere from 2 inches to 2 5 inches while the king s height should be 3 375 inches to 4 5 inches.
This category includes our chess boards with a 2 1 4 square which is the official tournament size.
Chess board and piece standards.
The standard uscf tournament set has 2 25 inch squares and a king s height of 3 75 inches.
These boards are best suited for a 3 3 4 to 4 1 4 king depending how spread out you want your chess pieces to be.
Modest chess board measurements allow these boards to fit most anywhere from an end or coffee table to desk or display shelf.
These boards are small and best used for either smaller traditional pieces or the range of 3 tall theme chess sets.
One convenient test is that the square formed by the bases of four pawns should be about the same size as any square on their board.