John,

The link I provided is the shop of the Norwegian chess union. Have no idea whether they would only sell to their members or not. I guess that should not be a problem for u.

As an alternative, the same set can be bought from:
http://www.sjakkbutikken.no/shoppingcart.php?action=add&id=286
However here the price is, for some reason, 27 euros....

Had no idea that such a set existed. 
Thank you for the tip! 

You star! Thank you.

Now how do I order one?! Your link just shows a tantlising picture of it, or is that me being dumb?

Maturin13: my hero! Indeed he does. Now I just need to track down all the vaguely Asiatic-looking twelve year olds in the European Youth Championship and ask them where they got their pocket sets. Without getting arrested.
Mortal_Games: thanks but I can't see the type I want on there? Good site though.
Klick: I love the admonition on there - 'for checkers use chess pieces'! Class.

Hi!

I found these boards with space for pieces and strong magnetism. 
 
http://www.labatechess.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=134&products_id=395

 

I think I know what John means, bit like having "a pizza in a pizza box" type thing and a small area round it to scrape off the excess pepperoni and olives etc. (crude analogy I know).

IMJohnCox wrote on 09/18/06 at 15:59:47:


Well, you could get one at a norwegian internet chess shop:
http://www.sjakk-shop.no/

Go: "Produkter" (left menu) -> "Brett og brikker (top right image on the middle of the page)" -> "Reisesjakksett"
=> "Flat magnet chess set"
Two sizes available. 
Price: 14 euro and 21 euro.
Dont know the price shipped to England though... 
You could ask the owner at "stubrud@sjakk-shop.no"

I think the clue word here is "reisesjakksett" = "Travel chess set". Maybe if u use that when "googling"?

Thanks for the link.

100 bucks! Christ! Like so many these people seem to have the illusion I want the bloody thing wrapped in ostrich leather or with rosewood pieces. I don't - what i want is decent functionality, which is what Malc's and the BCM stuff lack.

They do have the right idea in giving you extra pieces, although if they were doing it properly they'd give you a pawn or two as well - forget promotion, it's losing pieces which is the issue. If I wasn't missing two pieces a side (the product I suspect of letting my daughter play with my set while retired from the game) I'd still be using my old one.

To be fair, they do look to have some decent, if expensive stuff, but not quite what I have in mind.

I want, in case it wasn't clear, the flat sort, not the sort with pieces which stick up. I'm not sure if there's some term of art I should be using when googling.

I've tried googling without success. Surely someone must know what I have in mind and surely such a good product must still be getting made somewhere? Like I say, you saw them everywhere 25 years ago. I did have hopes of a recent trip to Amsterdam, but the book stall there had the same junk as we get offered here.