To move its own pieces, a motorized mechanism beneath the board guides an electromagnet along the underside. When activated, ...

My chess board collects dust at home. It’s a game I have loved playing ever since my father taught it to me at a young age, but over the past few years, it has been tough finding opponents within my ...

Chess is one of the most ubiquitous games in the world, and it's easy to get started. All you need is a board and some pieces. There's no need for an app or robotics, and certainly no need for ...

Any chess player worth her salt thinks at least a few moves ahead, which is why when you look at the self-moving chess board in the video above you have to think: how close are we to Wizard’s Chess ...

Using the 'Pi Board' created by mechatronics engineer Tamerlan, it is possible to play as if the pieces were moving by themselves. In the following example, there is a white knight in the F3 square.

An engineer has gone viral after creating a ruthless version of chess that literally punishes players with electric shocks ...

Any Harry Potter fan has surely spent at least a few moments of their life wishing that Wizard’s Chess — the enchanted version of the classic game in which pieces move without being touched — was a ...