Homemade chess board moves its own pieces. And wins.

It’s been nearly 30 years since chess champion Garry Kasparov lost to IBM’s Deep Blue, marking the first time a reigning ...

Man builds electrified chessboard that shocks players for bad moves

Heisler’s Skinner box-esque chess set was inspired by similarly masochistic DIY projects like an electrified keyboard, and gets its voltage from a reconfigured TENS unit. Short for Transcutaneous ...
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This chess set literally shocks players when they make bad moves

Open Chess project delivers electric shocks for bad moves and costs $22 versus $600 commercial smart boards through open-source DIY design.
Geeky Gadgets

Chessnut Move : A Robotic Chess Set with Pieces That Move Themselves

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, ...
Dexerto

Engineer creates brutal chessboard that shocks players with taser when they lose pieces

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

Cynus Chess Robot: A Chess Board With A Robotic Arm

There are many chess robots, most of which require the human player to move the opposing pieces themselves, or have a built-in mechanism that can slide the opposing pieces around to their new ...
Bleeding Cool

Learning & Mastering Chess: We Review The GoChess Lite

We had a chance to review the GoChess Lite, an electronic chess board designed to teach, compete, and bring a modern style to chess ...