What type of wood(chess boards) is allowed for tournament play, does anyone know !?

Natural wood with sufficient contrast, such as birch, maple or European ash against walnut, teak, beech, etc.,

So woods like :

1 Walnut

2. Teak

3. Mahogany  

I know those, are allowed any other woods?  

Which chess board would you choose out of this list if you had to buy just one for all purposes?  For ebonized pieces for example. Budget under $200 

https://www.houseofstaunton.com/chess-boards/wood-chess-boards.html?board_finish=1690&folding_board=1694

https://handbook.fide.com/files/handbook/C02Standards.pdf

Lots of good ones. Any with natural grain that are not too busy should be fine. 

Avoid the top one at https://www.houseofstaunton.com/chess-boards/wood-chess-boards/signature-contemporary-iii-luxury-chess-boards.html

Too much happening with two different grain patterns.

This one, although the grain in prominent on the dark squares, is okay: https://www.houseofstaunton.com/chess-boards/wood-chess-boards/folding-standard-traditional-chess-boards.html

Weak opponents will like the notation on https://www.houseofstaunton.com/chess-boards/wood-chess-boards/tournament-chess-board.html

Do not help them. Instead, choose something that frustrates those who need such aids.

This one is similar to mine: https://www.houseofstaunton.com/chess-boards/wood-chess-boards/elm-burl-bird-s-eye-maple-superior-traditional-chess-board.html

But, I do not carry my wood board to tournaments. Instead I have mouse pad boards, some vinyl boards I like, and a leather board. The leather does not lay perfectly flat, but is very nice to play on.

Interesting 

hmmmmm...

Which chess board would YOU choose out of given list !?

Which wood would you choose?  

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As long it doesn’t annoy your opponent, anything should be fine. I once had an opponent who wanted to play on his vinyl board with hot-pink squares. I said a big “No” to that.

I think the Black player has the choice to use their board and pieces, if they want.

For me, it would have to be a folding board. The thought of carrying a heavy, non-folding board around through a long tournament is horrifying. 😄 

From the site you specified, I like this one.