marble chess board
If you want a permanent fixture in your chess area, choose something heavy and hard. A marble chess board doesn’t need to be folded up and closed from time to time every after game. You can have it fixed steadily atop a chess table so you can just play with it anytime you want. Marble chess boards are heavier and they are designed more durable. Meaning, they are not easily broken so you don’t have to worry about it falling whenever moved or struck by somebody passing by it.
Since marble chess boards are ‘heavy-duty’ they tend to look more special. Meaning, when buying this, the owner must be an extraordinary chess player as well. He probably:
~ is a consistent chess champion
~ loves to play chess and is determined to compete professionally
~ is just starting to learn but his parents are well supportive of his passion
~ is an nth member of the chess-playing family and an marble chess board is more than enough to share among the household members