Spherical chess board that can be turned around like a globe

There are chess boards of various sizes and various materials in the world, but there was a person who produced "spherical chess board" that will definitely enter the "rare" class even though it is widely in the world.

Globe Chess Board - YouTube


Mr. Ben Mayers and his father David Meyers produced. Although it is a feeling that it is interior that you do not understand something at a glance ... ...


Putting the piece ... ... There is still an impression that it is just a "thorns object", but it looks somewhat like a chessboard.


The feature of this chess board is that it is mobile. In addition to being able to turn around when the table on which the axis holding the chess board is secured ......



I can also rotate the chess board itself. It is an image like a globe.


In addition, as the board becomes spherical, the left and right of the field are connected and the range of movement of the piece widens, so depending on how you proceed it will take the King on the second turn only.