The idea is to build a cylindrical checkerboard. Imagine rings of 9 segments. 8 of them alternate cherry and mapleand the 9th segment is ebony (or some other combination). Imagine 10 rings. 8 are as just described and there is a bottom and top ring of ebony.
Now imagine drilling each segment from the inside and embedding a rare-earth magnet in each one.
If we turn this into a cylindrical vessel, we should have a round checker/chess board.
-- Gotta keep north/south straight
-- The magnet has to be spaced back far enough so we don't accidentally turn down to it. It has to be close enough that the pieces will stick.
-- I would put the whole thing on a rotating base
It seems to me that I am creating an interesting twist on checkers in that you can't see the whole board.
I'm considering this for next years Christmas presents.
Anybody see any big problems?