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The consumer has to decide between a lot of different chessfigures and boards made from very miscellaneous materials. Normally everyone will find something he likes. But what is the right choice? What is the specialised knowledge behind these various materials used in the manufacturing of figures and boards? How to combine boards and figures? We couldn´t answer these and a lot of other questions not in that aggregate but the following articles should help to bring some light in the dark. We hope you will have fun.

Popular names can force misunderstandings, because a lot of different species of wood have the same name. As example we will look at the ebony, a topic for six different woods. From a brightly, striped type (Diospyros mindanaensisto) up to a deep black type (Dalbergia melanoxylon). especially interesting is  that the name Dalbergia usually will used for rosewood and not for ebony. You see a lot of reasons to bring light in the dark ...