diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 15f176a..f2e1c94 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@ blocks with special features:
 * Cauldron: For storing water and cooking soups
     * Recipe: Pour water in, light a fire below it and throw
       in some food items. Collect the soup with a bowl
-* Chessboard: Play Chess against another player or the computer
 * Lever: Pull the lever to activate doors next to it
 * Pressure Plate: Step on it to activate doors next to it
 
+The chessboard, radio and speaker are purely decorative
+and have no special functionality.
+
 ### X-Decor-libre vs X-Decor
 
 X-Decor is a popular mod in Minetest but it is (as the time of writing this text)
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ X-Decor with clearly documented licenses and to fix bugs. No new features are
 planned.
 
 #### List of changes
-The following bugs of X-Decor (as of 30/06/2023) are fixed:
+The following bugs of X-Decor (as of 01/07/2023) are fixed:
 
 * Changed packed ice recipe to avoid recipe collision with Ethereal
 * Changed prison door recipe colliding with Minetest Game's Iron Bar Door
@@ -66,7 +68,8 @@ The following bugs of X-Decor (as of 30/06/2023) are fixed:
 * Minor typo fixes
 
 Maintenance updates:
-* Renamed blocks
+* Chess games were disabled because they were too broken
+* Renamed blocks:
     * "Empty Shelf" to "Plain Shelf"
     * "Slide Door" to "Paper Door"
     * "Rooster" to "Weathercock"
diff --git a/settingtypes.txt b/settingtypes.txt
index b9f8f46..b9f4c34 100644
--- a/settingtypes.txt
+++ b/settingtypes.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 
 
-# This adds a chessboard on which you can play Chess.
-enable_xdecor_chess 		(Enable Chess)		bool true
+# This adds a decorative chessboard.
+# Note: You can't play chess on it.
+enable_xdecor_chess 		(Enable Chessboard)	bool true
 
 # This enables the cauldron which you can use to store water and cook soup.
 enable_xdecor_cooking		(Enable Cooking) 	bool true
diff --git a/src/chess.lua b/src/chess.lua
index ce70677..6038954 100644
--- a/src/chess.lua
+++ b/src/chess.lua
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ local FS = function(...) return minetest.formspec_escape(S(...)) end
 local ALPHA_OPAQUE = minetest.features.use_texture_alpha_string_modes and "opaque" or false
 screwdriver = screwdriver or {}
 
+-- Chess games are disabled because they are currently too broken.
+-- Set this to true to enable this again and try your luck.
+local ENABLE_CHESS_GAMES = false
+
 local function index_to_xy(idx)
 	if not idx then
 		return nil
@@ -1426,7 +1430,7 @@ function realchess.blast(pos)
 	minetest.remove_node(pos)
 end
 
-minetest.register_node(":realchess:chessboard", {
+local chessboarddef = {
 	description = S("Chess Board"),
 	drawtype = "nodebox",
 	paramtype = "light",
@@ -1440,14 +1444,44 @@ minetest.register_node(":realchess:chessboard", {
 	node_box = {type = "fixed", fixed = {-.375, -.5, -.375, .375, -.4375, .375}},
 	sunlight_propagates = true,
 	on_rotate = screwdriver.rotate_simple,
-	on_blast = realchess.blast,
-	can_dig = realchess.dig,
-	on_construct = realchess.init,
-	on_receive_fields = realchess.fields,
-	allow_metadata_inventory_move = realchess.move,
-	on_metadata_inventory_move = realchess.on_move,
-	allow_metadata_inventory_take = function() return 0 end
-})
+}
+if ENABLE_CHESS_GAMES then
+	-- Extend chess board node definition if chess games are enabled
+	chessboarddef.on_blast = realchess.blast
+	chessboarddef.can_dig = realchess.dig
+	chessboarddef.on_construct = realchess.init
+	chessboarddef.on_receive_fields = realchess.fields
+	chessboarddef.allow_metadata_inventory_move = realchess.move
+	chessboarddef.on_metadata_inventory_move = realchess.on_move
+	chessboarddef.allow_metadata_inventory_take = function() return 0 end
+
+	minetest.register_lbm({
+		label = "Re-initialize chessboard (enable Chess games)",
+		name = "xdecor:chessboard_reinit",
+		nodenames = {"realchess:chessboard"},
+		run_at_every_load = true,
+		action = function(pos, node)
+			-- Init chessboard only if it was already d
+			local meta = minetest.get_meta(pos)
+			if meta:get_string("formspec", "") then
+				realchess.init(pos)
+			end
+		end,
+	})
+else
+	minetest.register_lbm({
+		label = "Clear chessboard formspec+infotext (disable Chess games)",
+		name = "xdecor:chessboard_clear",
+		nodenames = {"realchess:chessboard"},
+		run_at_every_load = true,
+		action = function(pos, node)
+			local meta = minetest.get_meta(pos)
+			meta:set_string("formspec", "")
+			meta:set_string("infotext", "")
+		end,
+	})
+end
+minetest.register_node(":realchess:chessboard", chessboarddef)
 
 local function register_piece(name, white_desc, black_desc, count)
 	for _, color in pairs({"black", "white"}) do