What is being measured?
FIDE’s standard height for this chess piece. Up to 10% variance is allowed if the required relative height order is maintained.
Use the named object, variant and dimension. A manufactured or natural object can differ from this reference.
- Dimension
- standard piece height
- Reference value
- 95 mm
- Evidence
- Nominal standard size
- In metres
- 0.095 m
- Variant
- FIDE equipment specification, March 2026
Put the length in perspective
One Chess king — FIDE standard height represents approximately 1.11 card lengths measured end to end. This is a length ratio; it does not calculate how the objects pack or fit.
Chess king — FIDE standard height · 0.095 m
Metre · 1 m
Foot (international) · 0.3048 m