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Sets, Boards & Clocks
Equipment that survives club night: sets, boards, clocks, and scorebooks.
Sets, Boards & Clocks · Sep 5, 2026 · 9 min
Best Electronic Chess Boards: Chessnut Air vs DGT vs Square Off
Sensor boards compared on the things that decide the purchase: piece recognition versus square occupancy, automatic PGN recording, playing online with real pieces, and the tournament-legality question every manufacturer page leaves out.
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