Chess & Draught Piece Size Guide
Guide to matching Chess pieces to chequerboard square sizes
Please note this is only a very approximate guide using some of the common sizes of our chequerboards and chess pieces. We are using the height of the King as a guide to how big the base is usually (approx 45%), whereby what size square you would need on your chequerboard / chessboard and vice versa. The size of the squares of the chessboard should be approximately 1¼ to 1⅓ times the diameter of the base of the king. Of course this is a very subjective thing and up to the individual player's personal choice.
Key:
< means slightly smaller than
> means slightly larger than
| Rough Guide to Piece Sizes vs. Chequerboard Square Sizes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chequerboard Square (Metric) | 36mm | 40mm | 44mm | 47mm | 51mm | 54mm | 58mm | 62mm | 65mm |
| Chess Piece King Height (Metric) | 64mm | 70mm | 76mm | 83mm | 89mm | 95mm | 102mm | 108mm | 114mm |
|
|
|||||||||
| Chequerboard Square (Imperial) | <1½" | >1½" | 1¾" | >1¾" | 2" | >2" | 2¼" | 2½" | >2½" |
| Chess Piece King Height (Imperial) | 2½" | 2¾" | 3" | 3¼" | 3½" | 3¾" | 4" | 4¼" | 4½" |
Please click chess for chess sets or chequerboards for our selection of chessboards or draughts.
Guide to matching Draught pieces to draughts board square sizes
As above only this time we're using the diameter of the draught piece as a guide.
| Chequerboard Square Size |
Recommended Draught Size |
Minimum Draught Size |
Maximum Draught Size |
| 34mm - 1⅓" | 24mm - <1" | 22mm - <1" | 26mm - 1" |
| 38mm - 1½" | 27mm - >1" | 25mm - 1" | 29mm - >1" |
| 43mm - <1¾" | 30mm - >1" | 28mm - 1" | 32mm - 1¼" |
| 45mm - 1¾" | 32mm - 1¼" | 29mm - >1" | 34mm - 1⅓" |
| 47mm - >1¾" | 32mm - >1¼" | 31mm - >1¼" | 35mm - >1⅓" |
| 50mm - <2" | 35mm - >1⅓" | 33mm - <1⅓" | 38mm - 1½" |
| 55mm - >2" | 39mm - >1½" | 36mm - <1½" | 41mm - >1½" |
| 63mm - 2½" | 45mm - 1¾" | 41mm - >1½" | 47mm - >1¾" |
Please click chess for chess sets or chequerboards for our selection of chessboards or draughts.
Product Index
View Basket
About Us
Game Rules
Shortcuts
Go
Bowls
Chess
Skittles
Croquet
Mah Jong
Dominoes
Poker
Sets
Fair Games
Party Games
Casino Games