Weight you can hear
Mahogany Chess Set with Metal Pieces & Storage Drawer
A great game begins long before the first move. It begins with the board it is played on.
Here, the pieces are cast in metal. You feel their weight in the hand; you hear the muted note as they land on the square. A move played with these pieces is a move you stand behind. Their silver and copper finishes rise off the warmth of the mahogany, and the 30.5 cm board is the ideal living-room scale — handsome enough to stay out permanently, compact enough to store anywhere.
The integrated drawer keeps every piece in its place. Nothing to hunt for, nothing rolling under the furniture. Open, play, close.
And because a real game sometimes reaches promotion, two extra queens are included. The day your pawn reaches the eighth rank, you won't be flipping a rook upside down.
- Board size
- 30.5 × 30.5 cm
- Board material
- Mahogany
- Pieces
- Weighted cast metal, silver and copper finishes
- Magnetic pieces
- No
- Storage
- Integrated drawer, a place for every piece
- Folding
- No
- In the box
- Board with drawer, full 32-piece set and 2 spare queens
- Ideal for
- The permanent fixture on the living-room table
Buff pieces with a dry, soft cloth. Avoid polishes and solvents on plated finishes. Dust the mahogany with a soft cloth and keep it away from radiators and direct sunlight.
Every set is packed to travel: pieces secured, board protected, box inside box. UK delivery is free and tracked; the tracking link arrives by email on dispatch.
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- Free tracked UK deliveryPacked to travel, dispatched with tracking.
- Built to stay outReal timber, weighted pieces, a place for every piece.
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Storage
The drawer.
An integrated drawer keeps every piece in its place beneath the mahogany. Nothing to hunt for, nothing rolling under the furniture. Open, play, close.
Promotion
Two spare queens, included.
A real game sometimes reaches the eighth rank. The Sovereign ships with two extra queens, so you will never be flipping a rook upside down. Weighted cast metal in silver and copper finishes.
Under 30 cm is a travel board. Around 30 to 39 cm is the living-room size, generous enough for a comfortable game and composed enough to stay out. From 44 cm upwards you are in full-size territory. Our Choosing Your Board guide puts all eight sets side by side.
On our magnetic sets, yes. Every piece is magnetised, so you can lift the board mid-game, carry it to the sofa or pack it away and the position holds. On our metal and crystal sets the pieces are weighted rather than magnetic: they sit firmly on the square, and the board is meant to stay on the table.
It is the gift that gets kept out. Most MONOLITH sets are chosen as objects first and games second: they live on a coffee table, a sideboard or a desk, and get played when the mood strikes. A full 32-piece set comes with every board.
Pieces are secured in their compartments or wrapped individually, the board is protected on every face, and the set ships in a double-walled outer box. Every order is dispatched with tracking.