Portable chess set that preserves positions of chess pieces during a pause in game play to permit transportation and continuation of a chess game

A portable chess set able to preserve positions of chess pieces on a chess board during temporary interruption of game play, thereby permitting transportation of the chess board and then resuming game play, the portable chess set comprising:

• a chess board having a playing surface partitioned into a plurality of square areas, each square area having a square center;
• a plurality of ferro-magnetic elements, each square area having a ferro-magnetic element embedded under the playing surface at the square center;
• a plurality of chess pieces;
• a plurality of magnets, each chess piece having a magnet embedded in a bottom center portion of the chess piece;
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• a chess piece position preserver including a planar member having a plurality of holes arranged as a square array, each hole having a hole center, each hole center configured to substantially align with a square center when the chess piece position preserver is secured in place over the chess board.