Check out this awesome chess set, which was designed by Dave Pickett, the Skeleton Key Chess Board. “A chess set I designed around the function of skeleton keys. The skeleton keys are made of brass.

Chess is timeless, but automating it? That’s where the real magic begins. Enter [Tamerlan Goglichidze]’s Pi Board, an automated chess system that blends modern tech with age-old strategy. Inspired by ...

A giant chess set was unveiled today in central London sparking interest from would-be grand masters and tourists. The 32-piece set, featuring two-metre high ceramic pieces on a glass chess board, was ...

Computers have been beating humans at chess for decades, and they’re now so predictably good at it that chess grandmasters won’t even bother to compete against them. But in what feels like a gesture ...

Imagine a chessboard where the pieces move on their own, gliding across the squares with mechanical precision, as if guided by an invisible hand. It might sound like a scene from a futuristic movie, ...

Former SpaceX engineer Brian Ignaut has created a lot of origami-inspired furniture and “kinetic home products” that are whoa-inducing. But his folding chess set? It may be one of his masterpieces.

Think chess, and chances are a certain, generic set of images will come to mind: that of stout, rounded-headed little pawns; crenelated towers for the rooks; the split mitre of the bishop; horses' ...

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Being able to play chess against an opponent remotely is nothing new – there are apps for that. However, a 23-year-old student in the U.S whose user name is FunGowRightNow12, has invented a robot ...

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