The Recall Desk
HighCPSC·26289·Announced 2026-02-26

Magnetic Chess Games Recalled Over Magnet Ingestion Risk

Magnetic chess games sold on Amazon by Kaiwenshangpin are recalled because loose magnets inside can be swallowed by children, potentially causing intestinal damage or death. No injuries have been reported.

What this means for you

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The CPSC recall involves a risk-of-harm product (loose magnets that can be ingested) with no injuries or deaths reported, meeting the rubric criterion for score 3: risk-of-harm products where injury has not yet been reported.

Plain-English summary

Magnetic chess games containing loose, strong magnets are being recalled. The games were sold in a blue box labeled 'Magnetic', 'Magnetic Chess Piece', and 'Intelligence Strategy Game', and include 20 loose magnets, a yellow string, gameplay instructions, and a plastic storage bag.

The recalled games violate the mandatory standard for toys because they contain small, loose, separable magnets with strong magnetic flux. If swallowed, the magnets can attract each other or other metal objects inside the digestive system, becoming lodged and potentially causing intestinal perforations, twisting, blockage, blood poisoning, or death.

About 1,300 units were sold online at Amazon.com between August 2025 and November 2025 for about $13. The importer is Yiwushixiuxiangfushiyouxiangongsi (Yiwu Xiu Xiang Garment Co., Ltd.) dba Kaiwenshangpin, of China. No injuries or deaths have been reported in connection with this recall.

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled magnetic chess games, take them away from children, and dispose of them. To receive a full refund, consumers should email a photo of the disposed product to [email protected].

The recalled product

Product
Magnetic Chess Games
Manufacturer
Yiwushixiuxiangfushiyouxiangongsi ("Yiwu Xiu Xiang Garment Co., Ltd.") dba Kaiwenshangpin, of China
Category
Consumer Product — Toy
Hazard
  • magnet-ingestion
Affected units
1,300

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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